Identifying Nitrogen fixers in the Wild for Agroforestry Uses

Here are some tips on spotting nitrogen-fixers you can use in your food forest and agroforestry projects. Watch as we take a walk through the jungle and run over some leguminous tree identifiers.
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[@betty8173]

Got notified late, will pray for Natasha and her husband. Enjoy these walking teaching tours, thank you : )

[@Danfoodforest]

I recently made a video on the importance of Supporting species ( Nitrogen fixers) for the food forest Happy you made this video ..Thank you cool to see the bamboos I know stinking Toe ... Thank you

[@brianthian8449]

Very educational 👍🏼 Thanks for providing the Latin names verbally and as captions! 😁

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

Thanks David! That was super interesting. I'm glad you made it out of there alive!

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

Inga Laurina would be a great name in your next novel. The femme fatale of course

[@davidthegood]

That is a really good idea

[@mannurse7421]

I love your sense of humor. I don’t watch many people who don’t live in zone 7 or lower out of hatred and jealousy. (I bought your pushing the zone book btw and I try but still) zone 6 … no mangos for me. But you, you stick around my feed because I love you.

[@kathyjacques2688]

I do a lot of foraging for compost materials but I don't have a forest. I did find wild goji berries, yucca seeds n desert willow

[@GHumpty1965]

Leucaena leucocephala grows here in the Arizona Mojave desert 10B and withstands 120+ degree temperature and down past 32 for those interested in this tree.l

[@daynaandsteve]

This was great! I recognized quite a few species I have on my own property. Yay for more chop and drop!!

[@lawntofoodforest]

I’ve opted for ice cream bean and pigeon pea as my backyard nitrogen fixers. In my limited space I’m always searching for edible or multiple use fixers. Might fit a poinsettia for a splash of color, as the seeds are free and available.

[@msdramamusic]

You should try the Moringa tree. I have that one

[@aeryrivers6832]

@@msdramamusic Unfortunetly Moringa does not fix nitrogen., if only! :)

[@johnarmlovesguam]

That was very helpful. Thank you DTG.

[@jettyeddie_m9130]

Awesome video man, wish I lived there !

[@slugbyte]

Great video

[@lisakelley9451]

very interesting and informative. Thanks!

[@reneek2290]

Very informative. Thanks David! Now I just need to find the zone 3 equivalents....

[@ToonLeighporpeangfarmThailand]

Excellent tips thanks. Recognised a few from here in Thailand 👍

[@GrimeKnight]

Here in Hawaii we have Leucaena leucocephala growing in the more arid regions of the islands. It's commonly called "Haole Koa" which I presume refers less to white people and more so to it being a foreigner in general. But good stuff all around DtG! Loving the fever dream cuts in-between the wealth of knowledge you give!

[@karen-hillshomestead]

Thanks for the info! :)

[@ordinarybear7037]

love thag space . .

[@nidalshehahadeh7485]

Whenever I need to identify a specific plant which is one too many times , I will take a photo of the vegetation then email it to the Charlotte County University of Florida chapter and they have been doing a fantastic job in identifying it , they have a 100% score in identifying just about everything I send them , I'm sure that any and all universities in your state or locality will have some sort of program or a local chapter that could help identify plants , at the most they want to know where is it at .

[@loserboymcbobpants6205]

I never knew that the feathers shaped leaves were almost always nitrogen fixers, here in south Florida, leucanas and royal poinsiennas grow like weeds!

[@ZE308AC]

What is the biggest bean pod in the world? Can you eat the wild ginger? I want some stinken toe fruit. I wish my dad was like David the Good.

[@awsome869]

Unboxing xD very cool

[@kylegreenwood469]

Recommending one of the most invasive trees in the world to plant in your garden Haole Koa probably not a good idea. Here in Hawaii it's a major problem it is taking over many native landscapes I would really rethink recommending this especially planting the seeds in your garden the seeds are viable for like 60 years and grow extremely fast.

[@shenick100]

What are your thoughts on carob as nitrogen fixers ?

[@ZE308AC]

Where can i buy those big bean plants?

[@nancyfahey7518]

I use the earpod tree for chop n drop. Plus golden rain tree, deep roots, and mexican sunflower and inkberry. Central Florida.

[@davidthegood]

Earpod is excellent!

[@archenema6792]

The main lesson I have taken from this is new method of burn scar art production. I'm thinking of opening up a shop between the tattoo and piercing parlors. I figure one stop shopping's gotta be a big selling point, right? 💉🔥🧯🧷

[@ZE308AC]

David the good how do you find these rental awesome places to rent?

[@mrdub.303]

I Did not know LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHELA is a nitrogen fixer!

[@beachbear368]

Thanks David! Is Mimosa púdica a nitrogen fixer? It looks similar to the albizia.

[@davidthegood]

Yes

[@beachbear368]

Awesome! I’ll let it go crazy then.

[@laurachatfield4142]

But are these edible? Or only use for nitrogen fixers?just in case someone comes along and tries to cook them

[@custardcb]

Do elderberries in Florida have any value as a chop and drop? I have a small section that grows like crazy and use it for that. Or should I pull it out completely and replace with something else?

[@msdramamusic]

Yes they can be used for biomass chop and drop.

[@47retta]

The Jackaranda tree has a large bean pod. Why is it not a nitrogen fixer?

[@davidthegood]

Because God made it just to mess with us.

[@DreidMusicalX]

Is the mimosa and its seeds a nitrogen fixer?

[@davidthegood]

Mimosa fixes nitrogen, yes.

[@-stayinzambia8950]

can i say that Nitrogen fixers are those trees which can grow very fast and be used in Chop & Drop?

[@davidthegood]

Not quite

[@evw6486]

Have you been affected by the storms and floods?

[@beachbear368]

... why is there a creepy doll head stuck on a pole?!

[@davidthegood]

What? Where?

[@pootispenserhere8083]

I'm new and he says tropics but can anyone tell me where he is?

[@davidthegood]

I have not shared my precise location

[@pootispenserhere8083]

Dang I was gonna come steal some nitrogen fixers...lol not. Understandable though

[@coolruler8856]

If I remember correctly that bean pod stinks .

[@alcatelkey]

It taste powdery and slightly sweet though so it's all good.

[@eljardinperdido]

Speaking of goats.. When are you going to get some?

[@davidthegood]

Not in the plans right now

[@eljardinperdido]

@@davidthegood Understood. I know you're just building an infrastructure and getting as much food going as you can. It's looking great! Btw- Their manure is doing wonders in my food forest!

[@davidthegood]

It is great stuff.