Harvested rest of round 1 buckwheat

About a week ago I had harvested 1/3rd of the round 1 buckwheat; today I harvested the rest.  I did it by cutting near the base of the stem, and left the roots and a bit of stem in the ground, because I read somewhere that you can get a second crop if you leave them in (??).  All of the round 1 buckwheat harvest went to the two northmost zukes in the west bed, by placing on top of the soil.

Don't try to get seeds out of the buckwheat

Yeah, definitely grow it for the soil enhancer, but my seed collection attempt didn't quite work out.  First, I had only 30% germination rate for the final batch of 10 seeds I had collected.  Second, during stormy weather many seeds fell off the plant and were eaten (the eater opens the seeds for the insides) so there were a bunch of seeds I never got to harvest.  Third, the plants go all spindly and lose a lot of biomass during the seed stage, so less soil enhancer given there was no extremely minimal seed collection.

Was worth a try, though!

Buckwheat biomass applied to north part of central bed

Just plucked out of the pots, root balls and all, and laid on the surface.  Not chopped or dug in or anything.

Buckwheat biomass into the NE part of central bed

Just plucked it (out of two of the former potato pots) and layed it down.  Didn't cut it at all or scratch it in etc.

It's a good amount of biomass for this one little zone, which is part of where next year I plan to grow broccoli followed by later season zucchini.

2 of 10 of the Sep 15th buckwheat seeds have germinated so far

Planted them in front of the former cucumber place.

Buckwheat biomass scratched into the the hydro meter bed

(north and south sides of the hydro bed)

Buckwheat biomass scratched into the two air conditioner beds

So, those two beds (north and south of the a/c) are done for biomass.  This comes from one of the pots, which I harvested today, chopped up with scissors, and scratched in to these beds.

I have no idea if this is enough to make a difference, or two much, or whatnot, but it is what it is!