Does alfalfa really put nitrogen and nutrition back in to the soil?
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Absolutely. It's called green manure. You seed your garden area in the fall and then in the spring, before anything set seed, you till it into the soil. If you go to any garden store in the fall, you will probably find a variety of different seeds and mixes for cover crops.
Other answers:
Yes... it's one of the most favorite and inexpensive to practice crop rotation with. Keeps the soil from getting burned-out.
Yes... it's one of the most favorite and inexpensive to practice crop rotation with. Keeps the soil from getting burned-out.
Yes it will.
Also clover will add nitrogen to your soil.
only if you turn it or mulch it in... but yes it really does... so does clover