The truth about nitrogen fixing plants

[matt]

It is somewhat sad that people believe that you can both increase soil nitrogen and harvest the fruit.

[ravensclawtemplar]

I think the algorithm heard my thoughts. I was thinking while watering the beans today, HOW exactly do the beans "fix" the nitrogen in the soil. Does the plant not use nitrogen at all for some reason? Welp I didn't even have to Google it. Thanks for the info!

[noeditbookreviews]

What a coincidence, I was just reading about this in Soil Science for Gardeners.

[Redcloudshinobi]

How about clover grass/plant? Are they gonna use up the nitrogen for their seeds?

[buddydavidson]

Where would the world be without these Bernie axe nerds make the world go round

[ketokrazyguy]

After watching so many yt videos the fixing only is beneficial the following season but what do I know 🤷‍♂️

[Redcloudshinobi]

For me the best nitrogen fixing plant is clover, since it does not produce large seeds, so no nitrogen usage (at large scale)... idk 🤷🏻‍♂️

[ariellephan]

when should we cover the peas to stop the seeding?

[bitTorrenter]

So it's an old wives tale then. I thought it didn't sound right.

[piotrkamieniak]

That's why you have to prune trees, shilubs an parrenisls