Showing posts with label nitrogen fixing bacteria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nitrogen fixing bacteria. Show all posts

Monday, July 18, 2016

Nitrogen fixing root nodules. 7.18.16

I cleaned out one of the barrel containers for a new crop of greens. This barrel contained fava beans.

I dont think that I inoculated these, although I could be wrong. Fairly sure I did not. So, I'm guessing the beneficial rhizobium were in the container soil already, either from airborne spores, plants in the compost, or prior clover or beans.

Containers are sheltered compared to garden soil, so less likely to have rhizobia without inoculation. I wonder if inoculation is really necessary.

It would not hurt to mix these roots into garden soil for my next crop of beans.
Fava bean roots with nitrogen fixing nodules.  7.18.16