TGS N fiks – Soil enrichment by biological N

• Nitrogen is considered one of the most important nutrients for plants. As soon as the soil temperature rises above 8 ° C, the legumes start fixing nitrogen from the air with the help of nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Rhizobium leguminsarum). Specifically, these bacteria settle on legume roots, form tubers and transform atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen available to plants. The plant provides the bacteria with energy and nutrients and in turn receives nitrogen. This additionally produced nitrogen allows to plants themselves grow better. The positive benefit is noticed to plants growing together with legumes or to the plants to be grown after cover/catch crop. In this way legumes save your money you would spend on mineral nitrogen fertilizers.
• Fast-growing Berseem clover or Persian clover are well suitable as nitrogen-fixing plants in cover/catch crop. Meanwhile, vetches should grow for a longer period of time to accumulate more nitrogen.
• Legumes or mixtures with legumes can accumulate about 200 or more (320-380) kg/ha of nitrogen in the soil per year, but when the growth period is short, the amount of nitrogen accumulated will be lower (nitrogen is also needed for the legumes themselves).