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Mike wrote:
> I was perusing the BEE-L archives for sources and varieties of
> buckwheat to plant next spring as a honey source and came up with very
> little info.
I grew it for what it does really well and that is ground cover and
picked the ones that seeded best so I could have seed to plant the next
year. That was some ten years ago and forget the variety. It can
recapture a field that is weed prone and when plowed under helps a bit
to restore it and did that well.
My guess is whatever you plant will give you what you want. I doubt if
there is much difference in taste since it a small family. So I would go
for the variety that best suits your other needs, such as germination,
seeds and the like. (Which, in a place like Maine, is my starting
criteria.) And I would look up a local farm store and buy it from them
since that seed is usually best for the area. (Which is what I did, and
it was.)
The honey was not something I would rave about so I ended up with a lot
of buckwheat seed after the first year and never bothered with it again.
Bill Truesdell (who has never made buckwheat vinegar)
Bath, Maine
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