I understood Buckwheat to be a summer cover crop. We use it then in our coop gardens here in the Sierra foothills at 2,000 feet. Val Myrick Sonora, CA > On Jan 17, 2022, at 12:46 PM, Christine Doud via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > *interesting. I never knew they ate bulb leaves. I have always had some > form of lawn or grass,complete with worms and whatever else inhabits the > patch. Buckwheat sounds like a great idea. I have natives buckwheats - > several kinds. What about coreopsis. There are some tiny ones that have > tons of seeds. * > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 8:26 AM Judy Glattstein via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> Buckwheat is a quick maturing crop that, when dug into the soil improves >> fertility. >> >> "It establishes quickly, which suppresses summer weeds . . . . Buckwheat >> has a growing period of only 10–12 weeks and it can be grown in high >> latitude or northern areas. Buckwheat is sometimes used as a "green >> manure <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_manure/>", as a plant for >> erosion <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion/> control, or as wildlife >> cover and feed." >> >> "Buckwheat seeds will sprout in about a week, but the best time to sow >> buckwheat seed is while temperatures are still cool (below 70 degrees >> Fahrenheit) since warm weather can cause slow growth" >> >> On 1/17/2022 10:25 AM, Jim Barton via pbs wrote: >>> Does anyone know of a cover crop that will attract White Crown Sparrows >> better than my just coming up bulb leaves? Lettuce will work but I want to >> eat that myself. My current solution is to use bird netting. >>> >>> Jim Barton >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >>> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >>> Unsubscribe:<mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>