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Common Name(s): Tartary buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Growth Habit: Annual
Invasiveness: Weed
Growing Days: 70 to 150 (days)
Temperature:

Abs.Max=86° (F)	Opt.Max=77° (F)
Opt.Min=59° (F)	Abs.Min=41° (F)

Precipitation: 18 to 55 (in.)
Winter Minimum:
Soil pH: 4.6 to 6.5
Soil Texture/Type: Medium coarse; sand or silt loam
Soil Drainage: Well
Photoperiod Response: Long day, short day and day neutral
Light Intensity: Bright to clear
Comments:
Grown in colder climates than common buckwheat, but rest of needs are the same.
Diseases:
Crop not found in disease search.
Uses:
Animal Food - fodder, Weed - possible seed contam., Food - pseudo cereal
Woodiness:
Herbaceous
Climate:
Temperate, steppe and semi-arid
Geographical Origin:
Siberia
 
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