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A natural bacterial colonization

This is so old it is now new again. This was quite common in the Midwest in the 40, 50’s and 60’s. I can remember mixing this in with the soybean seed.

The problem is, yes it does provide nitrogen but it takes plant energy to capture the nitrogen, nothing is free . But it is better than no bacteria so there is a net gain. After the first few years we stopped using it because we were told there was enough bacteria in the soil and we didn’t need to use it every year.

The problem is it WILL NOT provide the large yields we are used to. It will NOT replace the current amount of N needed for our large yields.

Another one of those, “sounds good until you think about it.”