Subject: Re: clover
From: Alan.Holmes@brunel.ac.uk (Alan J Holmes)
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 98 07:59:59
Message-ID: <MOD$980814.176@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$980811.21413@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$980812.9483@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$980813.23064@rec.gardens.ecosystems>



In article <MOD$980813.23064@rec.gardens.ecosystems>,
Rev Chuck wrote:

>It's not the clover itself that adds nitrogen, but the symbiotic
>bacteria which live on its roots. Pull up a few and look at their
>feet. Do you see the lumpy "nodule" colonies?
Should we then be encouraging clover to grow all over our
vegetable beds?

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