legume
The dry, single-celled fruit of the Leguminosae, formed of a simple pistil, and usually dehiscent by both sutures and often grouped in a long pod, as found in a pea-pod.
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Many legumes are edible, not to mention than many legume seeds are used by most of the world population as one of the main food sources.
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The Asparagus Pea-A Wonderfully Frolicsome Legume
I live on the Caribbean island of Vieques, seven miles off the coast of Puerto Rico. This year I am putting in a 75- by 50-foot vegetable garden and am wildly excited by the project.
Legume: Dehiscent fruit that splits into two when mature.
Lithophyte: A plant that grows naturally on rocky ground.
Loam: Good soil, usually easy to work, with equal proportions of silt, sand and clay and with a high proportion of humus.
Legume-A dry fruit with two seams in the outer wall. Example: Black locust.
LEGUME -- A plant whose roots form an association with soilborne bacteria that can capture atmospheric nitrogen. A good example of this are soybeans.
Legume A pod; the characteristic fruit of the pea family.
Lenticels Very small wart-like structures, breaking through the bark of most young twigs.
Drying Legumes The technique for drying beans is the same for both food and future seed stock. The process is relatively straightforward: Allow the beans to ripen on the plants until the pods are dry and brittle.
Legumes good for summer cover in tropical and subtropical locations include Alyce clover (or white moneywort; Alysicarpus vaginalis), cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata), hairy indigo (Indigofera hirsuta), sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea), ...
Legumes are key elements in plant guilds because of their nitrogen fixing properties.
Legumes are an example of a nitrogen fixing plant. These should be rotated with your vegetable crop in order to keep a proper amount of nitrogen in your soil. Crops most often paired by farmers are rice and cotton, and soybeans and maize.
Legume
Any plant belonging to the pea family
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Legumes include the many types of beans and peas and some green manures. Celery is often grown with this group. Rotating them can help prevent diseases such as foot and root rots, downy mildew and pea thrips.
In legume flowers, two lower petals are fused along their edges, to form the "keel".
kidney-shaped
Shape of a kidney with blunt ends. The leaf stalk is attached in the center of the concave margin.
other legumes on the same spot.
If another well-fertilized crop precedes your peanut
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As the legume mulch decomposes, it adds nitrogen and organic matter to the soil. The result is healthy broccoli that requires less water, little weeding, and fewer fertilizers.
Proteins. Legumes are a good source of proteins.
Carbohydrates. Potatoes and beets are an excellent source of complex carbohydrates, as well as minerals.
Clover is a legume which fixes nitrogen, so it is often found in lawns having low fertility. To discourage it, increase turf density with proper watering, mowing and fertilization.
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Jicama is a legume, native to areas in tropical and subtropical Central America. The Jicama plant grows from seed, and its vine can reach up to 5 meters in length. Its root, which is the edible part, can weigh up to 50 pounds.
Clover is a legume, meaning it fixes nitrogen from the air and puts it into the soil. "It's an amazing chemical process, one that reduces the need for additional nitrogen from fertilizers.
legume search for term- n. (L. legere, to gather) a 1-locular fruit, usually dehiscent along two sutures, bearing seeds along the ventral suture; a leguminous plant.lemma search for term- n.
Grasses and legumes provide cover for ground-nesting birds if the area is not mowed during the nesting season. Some also provide seeds.
Nectar-producing plants attract hummingbirds and orioles.
Wet, cool springs and early summers promote prolific growth of two legume family weeds in lawns, white clover (white flowers) and black medic (yellow flowers).
Some cover crops suitable for winter use are legumes such as crimson clover, fava beans, or hairy vetch. Non-legume cover crops such as barley, winter rye, or winter wheat may also be used with good results.
The legumes, clover and vetch, have the ability to grab nitrogen from the air and eventually release it into the soil through their roots. If allowed to flower, clover especially is attractive to pollinators and beneficial insects.
Soybeans actually are one of the most commonly grown and consumed legumes in the world. Soils used to grow soybean sprouts must be well draining and not waterlogged. The soil must possess important nutrients, such as nitrogen and calcium.
Beans: Beans are also called pulses when they are grown for the dry bean, but legumes otherwise. The common bean, pods of which are eaten fresh, is Phaseolus vulgaris. Kidney beans are a pulse, but the same plant produces tasty snap beans.
Avoid adding further nitrogen because beans and other legumes have nitrogen fixing nodules on their roots and fix their own nitrogen once established. Excess nitrogen delays flowering and encourages excess vine growth.
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Group 2: Legumes - peas and beans. Fix nitrogen from the air in their root nodules, which is appreciated by group 3.
Group 3: Brassicas - cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale and turnip.
NODULES: Swellings on the roots of legumes where nitrogen-fixing bacteria live.
NURSERY: A business which is certified to sell and practice the growing techniques of plants and plant material.
Cultivation of a second type of crop primarily to improve the production system for a primary crop; examples include grasses or legumes maintained in orchards or vineyards and legume or other crops grown during the winter season to improve soil ...
Clovers (includes other legumes). Good for both nectar, and as a host plant.
Coneflowers and daisies. Excellent nectar source.
Violets. Host plant for fritillaries.
Willows. Excellent host plant for many butterflies.
Mallows.
Soybeans, or soya beans, are legumes that originate from Asia. Also known as edamame, the.
Organic Fertilizer & Compost
If you want to use more natural products and save money at the same time,.
Growing legumes can also supplement soil nitrogen. Although organic fertilizer must be broken down in order to release compounds containing ammonium and nitrate, which is much slower, ...
Thrips have been collected from 29 plant orders, including various berries, cotton, day lilies, field crops, grass flowers, legumes, peonies, privet hedges, roses, azaleas, rhododendrons, trees, vines, and weeds.
Short-stemmed Lupine Lipinus brevicaulls (Legume-Fabaceae) has clusters of stems with hairy leaves and tall flower stalks in clusters with royal blue flowers.
Rhizobia bacteria Bacteria that live in association with the roots of legumes and convert atmospheric nitrogen to plant-available forms, a process known as nitrogen fixation.
Nursery stock, peach fruit, other hosts (legumes such as alfalfa, clovers)
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Zinc (Zn) is used in development of enzymes and hormones. It is used by the leaves and needed by legumes to form seeds.
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If you can imagine cooking up a mess of green beans freshly-picked from your backyard garden - you'll be delighted to know that planting and harvesting these delicious members of the legume family number among the easiest home-garden tasks you'll ...
Whether you're direct seeding or transplanting, peas grown in early spring will benefit from the addition of inoculant. Peas, like other members of the legume family, ...
The chief food plants in North America are cereal grains. The major types of grain crops include wheat, corn, rice, oats, barley, and rye. Next are legumes, such as peas, beans, soybeans, and peanuts.
The presence of legumes such as white clover and lespedeza is often an indication of low nitrogen levels. Cultural and environmental problems should be corrected before embarking on a program of herbicide use.
Alternatively, or in addition, the use of seaweed fertiliser as a foliar feed will give a much needed boost to leafy vegetables and legumes.
 See also: Plant, Soil, Nitrogen, Flower, Growing
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