If you want to get an idea of how well your legumes are fixing nitrogen, the first thing to do is to dig a couple of plants up, wash the roots and count the nodules. It won't tell you the whole story, but it is a start, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries senior soil microbiologist Dr Nikki Seymour advises.
There aren’t hard and fast rules about how many nodules you should see, but you should definitely see some,” she said. “The number will vary depending on the plant – on peanuts you may have 100 whereas...
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