Pure
Get your digging tools ready. Those stalks are pumping. Your soil is being protected from rain compaction by using heavy fabric. It may end up being loose enough to trowel the bulbs out. A long handled 10" trowel angled away from the bulb might work. I use a short 2 foot shovel for many things. These could be cut down in the shape of a trowel to give you more leverage. Or cut down a standard flat shovel small enough to fit your holes and dig from a standing position. Is your fabric tough enough to last another year? Have you considered shifting it a few inches and try to get another year out of your bed.
I follow up buckwheat with a thick grain rye sowing. If you cut down your buckwheat the rye seed could be sown on top of the stubble, no need to cover. It throws a deep root in loose soil. This can be knocked down at any stage for your green component. You could get 3 crops in before mid October.
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