A fast-growing annual grain crop with triangular seeds and delicate white or pink flowers. Valued as a nitrogen-fixing cover crop, edible grain, and pollinator attractor that can be grown in poor soils.

Companion Planting

Plants well with

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chili pepper

Capsicum annuum

Buckwheat attracts beneficial insects and can be used as a preceding cover crop to improve soil structure for peppers.

Traditional