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Polygonaceae
India buckwheat
Fagopyrum tataricum
Also known as Fleece flower, Fagopyrum tataricum var. rotundatum, Fagopyrum rotundatum, Climbing buckwheat
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Cover Crop · Grain · Buckwheat · Edible Grain · Pollinator Plant · Fast Growing · Annual · Green Manure · Cool Season · Asia
India buckwheat (Tartary buckwheat) is a fast-growing annual grain crop that thrives in full sun to part shade and tolerates poor, slightly acidic soils with minimal fertilization. Sow seeds directly in the ground after frost danger has passed and water regularly to keep the soil evenly moist, especially during flowering and seed set. It matures quickly in 70–90 days, making it an excellent cover crop, green manure, or pollinator-support plant for home gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.6–6.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 20 ft – 40 ft
- Spread
- 20 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Bangladesh, Belgium, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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