Tommy tells Gus to rotate his crops because peas eat up nitrogen. In fact, peas are nitrogen-fixing plants and contribute nitrogen to the soil.
Tommy "Big Man" Jepperd says that peas eat up all the nitrogen in the soil. The opposite is true: Peas (like many legumes) are known for their ability to fix nitrogen from the air and thus enrich the soil with nitrogen.
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