Growing buckwheat in Florida is easy.
I took some pictures of the experimental buckwheat section of my big fall garden a couple of weeks ago… the bed is much crazier now.
First, the shot from high up:
And then, a little lower…
That’s more dramatic, don’t you think? Let’s go further!
Whoa. Look at that. The buckwheat towers above! I feel so insignificant! LET’S GO FURTHER DOWN!
AHHHH! I am a tiny ant!
Okay, enough silliness. I’m very hopeful that buckwheat will be another easy-to-deal-with grain like corn. Not having grown it before, I can’t say much yet – other than the fact that I like the way it looks and I appreciate how it brings in the bees and butterflies.
Buckwheat grows very quickly, so I think it would make a great green
manure or compost crop. Once I harvest these seeds I’ll have lots more
to throw around. Next year!
6 responses to “Growing buckwheat in Florida”
Hi David,
I'm planning on adding buckwheat next year to help build my soil. When you harvest your seed, please post how you do it. It would be very helpful.
BTW, I love my new garden fork …. very high quality!
Thanks,
Mark Biggs
I'm really glad you like the fork – I was sold the first time I handled one.
I'm not an expert on buckwheat yet, but I'll try and write about seed saving when I harvest in a few weeks.
Can you please advise of the planting dates that you are using for Buckwheat and how your experience has been. From this post it looks like you first experimented in 2013. I am interested in your results and any advice you can offer. We have been considering planting buckwheat for the deer and bees in late summer or fall. We live in Northwest Florida.
It doesn’t like the summer. Early spring, just after frost, then fall, say, after September, did well until frost.
Did you ever get to harvest seeds from your summer buckwheat crop in Florida?
We did get seeds. It doesn’t like the hot weather, though.