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Tag archive: rhizobia

Growing legumes? How to check their nodules

published - 17 October 2018
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Late winter and early spring is the best time to check legume nodules. To fix nitrogen, legumes need the symbiotic soil bacteria rhizobia in their root nodules. Legumes without effective nodules will deplete soil N and can perform poorly. Lack of rhizobia causes poor nodulation. Rhizobia come from the soil […]

Get the best nitrogen benefit from legume rotations

published - 2 November 2016
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Legumes grown under ideal conditions can add 30 to 120 kilograms of nitrogen per hectare, per year, back into the soil for use by other crops. The benefit of legume rotations to the following crops comes when the nitrogen-rich legume residue has decomposed and released nitrogen into the soil. Wheat […]