Comments on: Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria

By: No-Weed Beans | Bifurcated Carrots

No-Weed Beans | Bifurcated Carrots — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:27:46 +0000

[...] I’ve grown beans within the last few years and so I know there’s good availability of rhizobia bacteria. These things are important, because I think the ability of this variety to compete against weeds [...]

By: keerthi

keerthi — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:34:07 +0000

what is this no use in this there is no types of bacteria in this

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:26:18 +0000

Hello Howdy, no garlic can’t fix nitrogen. Mostly it’s only peas, beans, clover and the other plants I mention near the top of this post.

You can tell if a plant fixes nitrogen after you dig it up by looking at the roots. If it has been fixing nitrogen it will have nodules on the roots. These are small round white balls, that look something like what’s in a bean bag chair only the root nodules are usually smaller.

By: Howdyya'lll

Howdyya'lll — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:18:33 +0000

Sooooo do only legumes have the nitrogen fixing ability thing? or can like garlic “fix” the nirtogen?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:27:26 +0000

Hi Charlaine,

You should turn the clover under about a month before you plant other crops. Good luck!

By: Charlaine McAnany

Charlaine McAnany — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:14:05 +0000

I have planted red clover in November to add Nitrogen to my soil. Since I live in Illinois and we have freezing temps up until April, when should I till the clover and turn it under? Thanks

By: Bifurcated Carrots » Nitrogen Fixing Trees

Bifurcated Carrots » Nitrogen Fixing Trees — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:00:08 +0000

[...] Posted by Patrick on 02 Jan 2008 at 02:59 am | Tagged as: Garden I’ve mentioned nitrogen fixing plants and the bacteria that goes along with them before in posts like this one. [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:32:12 +0000

your a bunch of garden nerds

By: ANONYMOUS

ANONYMOUS — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:57:39 +0000

THANKS FOR THE TIP NOW I KNOW

By: doviende

doviende — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:32:58 +0000

This was quite an interesting article for me, as a beginner gardener. My friend was just telling me about his failed attempts to grow soybeans, and how the plants always produced fewer beans than he used to plant them.

thanks for the tips

By: Hanna in Cleveland

Hanna in Cleveland — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:19:18 +0000

I was thinking of trying a cover crop this year. I will have to look into the bacteria to help it work better. Thanks for the info!

By: Loretta

Loretta — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:41:47 +0000

Many fertilizers nowadays often have rhizobia in them, usually a few strains. Not sure if they have this in Amsterdam, though!

Cheers!