Buckwheat in green manure mixtures — experts explained the negative factors

Among the components in green manure mixtures, buckwheat is often seen. Specialists from FD Seeds explained on their Facebook page why they do not use buckwheat as a component of green manure mixes. It is noted that the issue with using buckwheat as a component of green manure mixtures lies in its main physiological advantage—extremely rapid start and a short period from germination to seed formation. "That is, at temperatures of July-August from +28°C and above, within three weeks from germination, buckwheat can form viable seeds. During September, these seeds begin to fall to the ground. This 'unbalances' the mixture—buckwheat, which finishes flowering, already needs to be harvested, while the rest of the plant species have not yet accumulated biomass 'to the full," the statement noted. The specialists also pointed out that buckwheat root secretions have a rather strong allelopathic effect on subsequent crops in crop rotation. This is the second problem with buckwheat. "In dry ...