Same innoculant?
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sand Springs, OK
Posts: 77
Same innoculant?
I'll be planting some clover/chicory/alfafa here pretty soon. The clover and alfafa are already innoculated, but I've read that it's a good idea to do it again before planting. These require different innoculants though, don't they?
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,059
RE: Same innoculant?
They need different innoculants but the blend that you buy will dictate what it's meant for. If they are already innoculated and have been kept cool and dry they should be fine.
Dan O.
Dan O.
#6
RE: Same innoculant?
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These require different innoculants though, don't they?
These require different innoculants though, don't they?
Soybeans would use a different bacteria, Kura clover yet another different inoculant bacteria. A 6.6 ounce bag cost about $6, and will do about 80 lbs of clover seed.
Inoculant bacteria is not required to grow healthy clover, alfalfa, or soybeans! It only insures these legumes will have the ability to store Nitrogen from the air, in root nodules, for later use, or for next years crop. These legumes will use, and benefit from some applied Nitrogen, just like every other green plant. But in turn, Nitrogen will also benefit weeds and grasses that might be competeing with the legumes for water, nutrients, and space.
For farmers, inoculating legume seed is a cheap way to insure banking an extra 50 to 100 lbs of Nitrogen, in the soil, for next years crop, and saving on his future fertilizer bill.