we plant buckwheat for looks, cover crop/weed suppression, and for the bees. Photographers like the white field. We don't want it to go to seed and become a weed which is why I don't mix it in with sunflowers. Throughout our property we've been working to improve soil. After decades of haying and grazing its pretty depleted. Last year was the first year I noticed heavy deer pressure. I planted them a little plot in another section of our property its a couple weeks ahead of everything else I hope they just pig out there and leave my other fields alone

How do you control the weeds between rows or do you let the sunflowers grow and they shade out the weeds.. or do you cultivate?