Topic: Buckwheat Bingo

[Oldmanofthewoods]

Hello

I have just been given 30ilb of buckwheat which I intend to use for a prolonged assault on my bindweed.  Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of how well this will work?

Jack

[manicscousers]

hiya, old man, looking forward to replies to this, I've never heard of it..if it gets rid of bindweed, we'll all be looking for some  ;D

[emmy1978]

Sorry old man, I have no answer either. Had no idea you could use it for killing bindweed. My local cafe makes buckwheat pancakes so if all else fails you could use it for that!

[natasha]

How do you use it? :o

[asbean]

I'll watch this thread with interest - we had loads of bindweed in our garden and on the lottie, got rid of most of it but it would be wonderful to see the back of the last few stragglers for ever  :) :) :)

[Oldmanofthewoods]

Using Buckwheat:

Clear the ground as much as you can. Sow the Buckwheat seed thickly and watch it grow and hope that it stifles everying else.  Hoe it into the ground when it starts to flower but leave it in the soil as it fixes nitogen.   

If the area is not contained (raised bed, impervious border) the bindweed will spread underground (approx 60 sq yards/season) so watch for this.

Go to the pub and drink Wadworths 6x, Arkells 3B or Eldridge Pope Huntsman.

Jack

[emmy1978]

 ;D

[Marymary]

Or harvest it & make blinis. Yum

[Oldmanofthewoods]

This Buckwheat seems to be beating off all opposition.  It has been saturated, flooded, attacked by pheasants and pigeons and it is still coming on strong.  No sign of bindweed or anything else, just Buckwheat.

[Larkshall]

This Buckwheat seems to be beating off all opposition.  It has been saturated, flooded, attacked by pheasants and pigeons and it is still coming on strong.  No sign of bindweed or anything else, just Buckwheat.

My father (a smallholder) grew buckwheat before the war, the local farmers created hell, They thought he had set it to attract the pheasants. He had actually grown it under contract for a seed firm.

[Oldmanofthewoods]

Those perishing birds (yummy!) seem to be attracted to anything.

The buckwheat is still growing strong.  I will keep it going until Autumn and then sow field beans or winter tares to overwinter.  If this works against the bindweed I will be one hell of a happy bunny.