OG had a wonderful article on Soybeans in the mag this month. ANy comments you guys have. Last year was our first year and they were wonderful. I want more. do you guys innoculate yours? I did not last year? I thinkin about ordering from Winkemener seeds. looks like the best . Any comments!

I inoculate all my seeds, not just legumes. Even the seeds that dont directly benefit, do benefit from having those fungi around them in the soil, competing with the bad fungi.

Legumes are inoculated with specific rhizobacteria that naturally live inside of its host legume's root system. They fixate free nitrogen from the atmosphere. There is a rhizobacteria for all clovers. There is a different species of rhizobacteria for all plants in the beans, peas, and vetch families.

Mycorhizza fungi is a totally different animal. It can live in the roots of almost all veggies, and it does not fixate nitrogen. This fungi digests organic matter around ther root zone, and makes many nutrients like phosphorus more available to crops.

Beneficial fungi can live in the soil without legumers or other plants. Not true about rhizobacteria. They need legume roots to breed.

Fungal composts or soils are created naturally by using lots and lots of woody or leafy composts, untreated sawdusts, or natural woody mulches. You can get the same effect economically just by using lots of fungal food products in tea brews like rotten fruit, seaweed, starches, leaf mold, forest dirt, etc.

Captain, I think we should change your name to Doctor Compost.

Capt..I use a general mixed inoculant that has many types in it, as well as a legume inoculant for the legumes. Since all my plantings are mixed, it works pretty well. I would think that I'd have to be more scientific if I planted in groups, though.

I use an inoculant specifically for soybeans and another for beans and peas.

Dirt

I vote also you should be called DR. captain. Dr. Captain Compost! WOw all that info my mind is a sponge and it just soaks that right up Thanks DR.'post!