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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 week ago (8 children)

The air is full of nitrogen with trace amounts of carbon. The soil is rich in carbon but nitrogen poor. Plants draw carbon from the air and nitrogen from the soil.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Is there a reason for this? Like, just a fluke of evolution, or is it just not as bioavailable from the opposite source?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Gotta catch em all.

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