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Buckwheat

Establishes quickly and helps suppress weeds. Buckwheat is a rapidly growing cover crop that will help reduce nitrogen losses.

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Usage

Buckwheat is good to scavenge phosphate in the soil, which it can make available for subsequent crops after incorporation.

ACRES Scheme

A mixture of at least two crops from the prescribed ACRES list must be sown.
Buckwheat cover crops must remain in place until after 1 January.

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Sowing rate: 50kg/ha

Frost tolerance: Poor

Biomass: Good

Pests & diseases: Generally not a problem

Buckwheat

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