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Western US – One of the best spring forage sources for honeybees. Blooms 45–60 days and continuously produces nectar throughout the day. Can be seeded several times per year. Prefers 3 ft of topsoil. 180–1,500 pounds honey per acre, depending on soil quality and depth; 300–1000 pounds of pollen. [9] G, H Plantain: Plantago Major ...
The buckwheat plant has a branching root system with a primary taproot that reaches deeply into moist soil. [14] It grows 75 to 125 centimetres (30 to 50 inches) tall. [ 15 ] Buckwheat has tetrahedral seeds and produces a flower that is usually white, although can also be pink or yellow. [ 16 ]
Fagopyrum tataricum, also known as Tartary buckwheat, [2] green buckwheat, [3] ku qiao, [3] Tatar buckwheat, [citation needed] or bitter buckwheat, [4] is a domesticated food plant in the genus Fagopyrum in the family Polygonaceae.
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Despite sharing the common name "buckwheat", Eriogonum is part of a different genus than the cultivated European buckwheat and than other plant species also called wild buckwheat. In addition to the widespread common species, approximately a third of the species in the genus are rare, endangered, or threatened.
Eriogonum abertianum, with the common names Abert's buckwheat and Abert wild buckwheat, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae. [1] Distribution
Eriogonum fasciculatum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common names California buckwheat and flat-topped buckwheat. Characterized by small, white and pink flower clusters that give off a cottony effect, this species grows variably from a patchy mat to a wide shrub, with the flowers turning a rusty color after blooming. [ 2 ]
The units by which the yield of a crop is usually measured today are kilograms per hectare or bushels per acre. Long-term cereal yields in the United Kingdom were some 500 kg/ha in Medieval times, jumping to 2000 kg/ha in the Industrial Revolution, and jumping again to 8000 kg/ha in the Green Revolution . [ 1 ]