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Beans still require extra fertilizer. This corn species does not. Also it is corn, and not beans...? Beans is used in crop rotation in service of corn harves
by RajT88 3y ago
Beans still require extra fertilizer. This corn species does not.
Also it is corn, and not beans...? Beans is used in crop rotation in service of corn harvests. What if all of a sudden you don't have to rotate crops?
This is a big deal. Don't pooh-pooh it.
- adastra22 3y agoBeans have been used for thousands of years without fertilizer. They restore the nutrients in the ground by exactly the same process as this maize, because it is the exact same nitrogen-fixing bacteria at work. I'm pooh-pooh'ing the idea because this isn't any more practical than rotating beans to restore a field was. These microbes don't fix nitrogen anywhere fast enough to supply acceptable yields. You end up with fields giving out 3-4x less end product with this strategy vs. using artificial fertilizer. You're not going to feed the worlds population with replenishing crops.
- RajT88 3y agoI defer to you, internet expert.