Planting: Well drained sandy soil in sun, hardy annual, 3’
Harvest: Leaves and flowers are collected as flowering begins and dried for infusions and tablets. Seeds are harvested when ripe and dried for use whole or ground.
Culinary: Hulled grain (groats) is eaten in breakfast cereals, made into kasha and polenta, and brewed into beer and spirits. Flour is used to make pancakes, noodles, and bread. Also as a thickener for soups and gravy. Buckwheat honey is a traditional ingredient of Jewish Honey wine, and gingerbread.
Medicinal: A bitter but pleasant tasting herb that controls bleeding, dilates blood vessels, reduces capillary permeability, and lowers blood pressure. Used internally for varicose veins, chilblains, spontaneous bruising, frostbite, retinal hemorrhage, and hypertension.
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Seeded: Spring 2009 in C8
Links: Wiki
Sources:
The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses (RHS)
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