Living · 6 pages · 12 min
How clover in a lawn is doing a job
Clover fixes nitrogen from the air and covers gaps where thin grass opens.
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From the opening
Clover in a lawn is doing a job because it is a legume, with bacteria in root nodules that turn nitrogen from the air into a form the plant can use. When clover leaves, roots, and clippings break down, some of that nitrogen becomes available nearby, and the plant is also a living cover on the soil. The opening covers nodules fixing nitrogen from air, a share recycled to nearby grass, and green cover on less fertilizer.
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Inside
- Nodules fixing nitrogen from air
- A share recycled to nearby grass
- Green cover on less fertilizer
- Why pure-grass fashion renamed it
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Rhizobia and nitrogen fixation in white clover
- Clover as a former component of lawn seed