RE: The Amazing Buckwheat "Green Manure" for Home Gardens!
yeah, I just ignore all of the pesticide/herbicide/chemicals bits. IO meant to mention that and forgot. :(
It seems like all the farming websites and videos still toss that in there with a side bit on organic practices. They'll learn eventually I think...hope.
It breaks down really well for us. It was not a thick mat at all by the time spring arrived. In the raised bed I just chop it up with shears. It's fantastic. I'll share photos of the whole process this year so you can better see the full picture of what we do. We just hand spread the seed today because we are expecting lots of rain this week. Hopefully a good start to the season.
I've seen examples of organic growers planting in the living mulch - it's really interesting and I'd like to try that as well but probably not this year ...already started too many new projects and I still have questions about how to make that work! :)
I did try the broadcast method into living mulch and none germinated. Lotta money down the tubes. Not sure what we did wrong...
That's why I'm curious about how you do it. If I use cover crops, it goes on bare, or almost bare ground.
it's so hard to speculate on what happened so I won't try because I know how frustrating that can be! :)
Maybe try it in a very small area as a test bed?