Abstract:
Calliandra is less dependent on the nitrogen in the soil (plants themselves cannot fix nitrogen from the air). Check the root nodules, if you cut them A. I ci( and when they are purple inside, they are likely to be active. Calliandra often nodulates well with the bacteria naturally available in the soil. However, it is advisable to inoculate seedlings when raising them (see: raising Calliandra seedlings). It is important to note that little evidence has been found for a direct transfer of nitrogen from one plant to another. This implies that when Calliandra is grown in the cropland, the crops do not benefit directly from the shrub's nitrogen fixing. It is only when the nitrogen-rich leaves (and roots) decompose that the fixed nitrogen becomes available to the crop.