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Anyone grow peanuts? Do you fertilize them before planting them,,or after?? How deep,,,how far apart??Any help would be appreciated..
Thanks..Jeff

6/22/2004 1:15:25 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Hey Jeff,

This is our second year playing with Peanuts. We have 2 Peanut bushes going. A pretty modest start, but one that grows if we don't let the "Show-N-Tell" crowd pick all of 2005's starts again like last year! LOL We'll be more careful & have a larger crop next year if all goes as planned.

Our plants might be too close together at 12". I'm not sure.

They like loose sandy soils with a pH of 6.0 - 6.5. Rhizobium soil inoculant is dusted onto peanut seeds by commercial growers who are starting in "new peanut soils". This gets the Nitrogen fixing legume doing it's thing. I 've heard of folks using brewers yeast, but I doubt this would really work. We haven't used any such inoculant this year or last. In time the inoculant will develope on it's own. A good thing here in CT since no one grows peanuts, so no one stocks peanut inculant.

There are 3 phases of growth. Pre-flower/flower, Pegging/Pod-set, & Kernel-fill. Gradually reduce water during Kernel-fill, though peanuts like water early.

After flowering, the plant sends down a "peg" from the flowers location that will grow into a peanut. So don't cultivate closely after flowering.

The supplemental fertility recommendations I have seen call for ZERO supplemental Nitrogen once plants are going, 1 lb of Phosphorous, & 2 lbs of Potassium without a soil test in hand. Too much K is bad.

A lot of info here:

http://ipm.ncsu.edu/Production_Guides/Peanuts/contents.html

Detailed commercial growing guide:

http://soilcrop.tamu.edu/publications/pubs/b1514.pdf

Clemson HGIC 1315 Growing Peanuts (a nice short one):

http://www.frugalfolks.com/Members/files/garden/Peanut.pdf

Another unusual Peanut growing site we found:

http://www.troycable.net/~aquarius/peanut.html

http://www.oldhouseweb.com/gardening/garden/01701360.shtml

Google the words "peanut production guide" in exact order & have a read. There's quite a bit out there

6/22/2004 7:12:15 AM

Ohio, USA

Could peanuts grow in Ohio? I've never grown them because I always assumed I couldn't. Maybe I'll have to try peanuts next year.

6/22/2004 10:56:28 AM

Massillon, Ohio

aussie...my boyfriend tried peanuts last year and the success wasnt very great. they grew and all, but i never saw a peanut LOL

6/22/2004 11:01:09 AM

Ga.

Reason I brought this up,,my landlord grows commerically..He says they add no ferts,,only landplaster..I'm assuming this is calcium...Just wondered how others have done..Never tried before..
Jeff

6/22/2004 11:09:40 AM