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When building soil or feeding hungry plants, go heavy on nitrogen fixers. | When building soil or feeding hungry plants, go heavy on nitrogen fixers. | ||
+ | Nitrogin fixers come in all sizes from clover to shrubs, to trees such as black locust, alder, and acacia. | ||
Many **legumes**, | Many **legumes**, | ||
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+ | Nutrient accumulators include: | ||
+ | ***yarrow** | ||
+ | ***chamomile** | ||
+ | ***fennel** | ||
+ | ***lamb’s quarters** | ||
+ | **chirory** | ||
+ | ***dandelions** | ||
+ | ***plantain** | ||
+ | and many more. | ||
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+ | Most of these plants are considered as weeds; and they make their living ass pioneer species: tough sundependent, | ||
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+ | ====== Pestcontrollers/under and above the ground | ||
***Tagetes** - Africaantjes: | ***Tagetes** - Africaantjes: | ||
- | ***Marigolds** - Goudsbloem -Calendula officinalis: | + | ***Marigolds** - Goudsbloem - Calendula officinalis: |
- | ***Nasturiums** - Oostindische kers - Tropaeolum (L.): for all grounds: good groundcover and/ or climber | + | ***Wild marigold** - Tagetes minuta: repels soil nematodes |
+ | ***Nasturiums** - Oostindische kers - Tropaeolum (L.): it deters white flies for all grounds: good groundcover and/ or climber | ||
+ | ***Elderberry** | ||
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====== Roots ====== | ====== Roots ====== | ||
The roots of trees and shrubs can go deep in the underground and even throught the underlying stoneground to get from there minerals and to suck water, and to make this available for themselves and their neighbours who don’t have these long roots. | The roots of trees and shrubs can go deep in the underground and even throught the underlying stoneground to get from there minerals and to suck water, and to make this available for themselves and their neighbours who don’t have these long roots. | ||
- | all members of Pea family / Vlinderbloemigen do have a taproot to penetrate deeper in the ground | + | ***all members of Pea family** / Vlinderbloemigen do have a taproot to penetrate deeper in the ground. |
+ | ***All Rootvegetables** are aswell usefull. | ||
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+ | when soil is compacted or clayey, plants are excellent tools to restore tilth and fluffiness. | ||
+ | Species with deep, soil busting taproots are perfelt for the job. These include: | ||
+ | ***Daikon** | ||
+ | ***Chirory** | ||
+ | ***Comfrey** | ||
+ | ***Artichoke** | ||
+ | ***Dandelion** | ||
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+ | Others don’t have a single taproot but instead thrust a massive, fibrous rootsystem deep into the erath to accomplish the same soil loosening: | ||
+ | ***Mustard** | ||
+ | ***Rapeseed** | ||
+ | ***Alfafa** - Luzerne - Medicago (also a good nitrogen fixer) | ||
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+ | You can use these plants either of two strategies; sow them into afuture orchard or garden to work a year of two before the final planting or intercrop them among beds or under trees to continually break up the soil. | ||
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