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@ NunyaBidness
2025-02-25 22:34:49
Microorganismal Nitrogen Fertilizing
When protozoa ingest bacteria they only need a small amount of the nitrogen contained. The protozoa needs 5 to 10 times less nitrogen than that contained in the bacteria.
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Nematodes need even less nitrogen than protozoa. Nematodes eat both bacteria and fungal hyphae. Bacteria contain 10 to 100 times more nitrogen than a nematode needs and hyphae have 5 to 50 times more. When either are eaten by nematodes all manner of free available nitrogen is released in forms readily available for plant uptake.
If soils have a healthy component of bacteria, protozoa, and nematodes then free, available nitrogen is constantly available to crops and trees.