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Are Legumes Good For Soil?

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Are Legumes Good For Soil? Soil quality benefits of legumes include: increasing soil organic matter, improving soil porosity, recycling nutrients, improving soil structure, decreasing soil pH, diversifying the microscopic life in the soil, and breaking disease build-up and weed problems of grass-type crops. Are legumes good for plants? Legumes are a family of low-maintenance plants

Can Legumes Be Used As Fertilizer?

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Can Legumes Be Used As Fertilizer? Can legumes be used as fertilizer? Legumes, with the proper soil bacteria, convert nitrogen gas from the air to a plant available form. Therefore, they do not need nitrogen fertilization, and can even add nitrogen to the soil. “Much of the nitrogen benefit of legumes comes from the plant