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Re: Nitrogen fixing beans






Jack Dingler <jdingler@onramp.net> wrote in article
<MOD$970928.20324@rec.gardens.ecosystems>...
> 
> Chuck, beans and other legumes fix nitrogen by using nitrogen fixating
> bacteria that are harbored in root nodules under the soil.  So to answer
> your question the notrogen is already in the bed.
> 

Actually, this isn't quite the whole story.  Most of the nitrogen produced
by the nodule bacteria is immediately absorbed by the legume, and that's
where it stays until the plant is dug in.  If you remove the plant and take
it somewhere else, most of the nitrogen goes with it.


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