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| Funky shadows. Wheat on the left, kernza on the right. A penny in the center. Click on image to make it bigger. |
I picked these two samples about two weeks ago.
Kernza is really tiny, roughly 80,000 seeds/lb, while wheat has around 14,000 seeds/lb. It's going to be a challenge to sucessfully combine the kernza.
It'll be another 2-3 weeks until both are ready to harvest.
For a lot more info on Kernza you can search Kernza.org, where you find a fairly comprehensive 48 page grower's production guide.
direct download link here - [https://Kernza.org/wp-content/uploads/Grower-guide_final.pdf]
In other farm news -
The corn is up and, where I got a good stand, looks promising. I replanted about 15 acres, which seems to have been the right move. Some weeds, some poor emergence in about ~15% of the ground ; at this point it's canopied and I'm done with it until harvest.
The beans are from 6-16" tall, with most towards the larger end of that range. It turned out to be a nice stand of healthy plants, though there are weeds in about 15%, which at this point I'm ok with. I've made the 2nd pass with the row cultivator on 1/3 of the acreage and will finish up the rest of them in a couple of days. I'm not sure if I'll make a 3rd pass. It depends if they can canopy before any weeds make it up.
The buckwheat is about 4" tall, looks good, with some weed pressure.
I've got a bunch of equipment to fix, and have been busy working my way through the list of projects.
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