• Trafficone
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    29 months ago

    For the people who read “fertilize” and think pollinate: plants already do this a lot.

    I’m not going to knock this research, but we’re doing so much work in understanding and cultivating the soil microbiome which seems more promoting. For example, bean plants, especially will do a lot to cultivate nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and farmers are starting to add bacteria to the soil like they would add fertilizer.