Koto Buckwheat

Koto Buckwheat is a popular all-around warm season annual that has many uses as a food plot crop with an abundance of seeds that appeal to a large number of the wildlife. Buckwheat grows well in almost any soil and is usually planted alone, produces clusters of small white flowers forming triangular shaped black seeds that shatter easily giving access for stalk feeding for smaller birds. Provides good ground cover and the stalks will remain after the seed shatters out thus providing additional cover for smaller wildlife. A great cover crop for enhancing soil, excellent summer food plot forage that is extremely early maturing with seed yields as fast as 7-10 weeks after emergence.

• Soil Types: Wide variety of soils
• Seeding Rate: 40-50 lbs. per acre
• Planting Depth: 1-2 inch
• Planting Date: April-Sept 

• Fits into rotations at a time when fields might otherwise be idle.
• Inexpensive to grow because it requires no pesticides and little fertilizer.
• Can be grown basic equipment.
• Requires little attention during the growing season.
• Mellows the soil and suppresses some weeds.