We planted two varieties of peanuts this year in our backyard garden — Valencia Red and Virginia Jumbo. Having never successfully grown peanuts, we didn’t really know what to expect. But we think we may have something!
We planted these peanuts back in the spring and most peanut varieties take between 120-140 days to mature. We grew them just like we would grow field peas or cowpeas. We planted them on a double row, using some Nature 10-2-8 fertilizer in the planting furrow. We then side-dressed and hilled them again as the plants got taller.
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24 Comments
Awesome video. Thanks for the great farming ideas 🌱
I've never tried growing peanuts or boiling peanuts but would like to try it
I'm not there and the Ducks aren't there which is a good thing for all, if we were there at the same time those Quakers would have to fight me for it and I'm bigger than they are, there's more of them but I think I can still whoop them.
I watched you plant them last year, so I picked some up at Walmart and planted them and they came up great. I used my seed peanuts from last years harvest to grow this years. Mine are not turning yellow yet. I will try roasting . Thanks for all the ideas. Love the show.
Lol dont upset the ducks
LOL the ducks didn't come running!
Bowled peanuts.
I may be nuts, but I'm gonna try growin' peanuts here in Idaho. Certainly I'll need to extend my season and probably use some row cover. If we have the heat that we've had over the past two years, there is a chance it could work. For the last two months we've been hotter than you! Anyway, if you want to trade some Domingo giant tomato seeds (direct descendants from the 9.67 lb. world record from a few years back) for some Valencia peanut seeds, let me know.
I did it in clay soil.
Did you spray your peanuts with what you spray your peas with or the natural products?
WHOO HOO fall watermelons! I'm trying that next year. I don't know if committing to a buried manifold is a good idea or not vs. above ground and movable. You do you…gl and gg
🤣 I too, was waiting to see if the ducks came running 🦆
My mom used to grow peanuts in pots. Works great and sure does make harvesting easy, just dump out the pots!
Uh I aint growing peanuts if it takes 140 days. A 100 day growing cycle is pushing it
The suggestions about running the mainline up inside each raised bed is spot on and I wish I would’ve thought that far ahead. The mainline going up and over the wooden bed I have doesn’t look necessarily bad but on the 3 Birdies beds it looks kinda weird. Btw I chose the Birdies beds simply because I appreciat Kevin and wanted to further support Epic Gardening. If I were doing it now I’d probably choose Olle to support Travis and Lazy Dog Farm.
Ive been spamming the internet for a few weeks. If you have to cut the vine on the watermelon its not done. Reach down with one finger and it should snap off. The tendril is iffy as a judgement on ripeness. Think of it like a cantaloupe. You would never cut a cantaloupe vine, They will come off on their own. Watermelon is the same principle, just a slight tug though.
I'm ashamed to say, this Kansas born, Missouri transplant has never had boiled peanuts.
I've never seen anyone pick peanuts off the plant immediately after harvesting. The commercial guys spray something that kills the top and they harvest after the tops are dry. But for the average home gardener I thought you needed to hang them to dry. Not exactly sure of the reasoning but that's how I've seen it done
My field peas did excellent except the critters soon found them and started shelling them before they could dry down. Maybe I should do bowlin peanuts and see if underground leaves more yield for me 😀
just get under the barn and a case of beer and take your time putting them together.
Nice
Second year growing Virginia Jumbo peanuts here… north central Tennessee, on the Cumberland Plateau. They grow just fine and not much problem getting them to grow. No special lime or anything of the sort. We aren't "organic" but pretty close to it, rarely use anything that wouldn't be compliant anyway. Not gonna pay the government fee to use the word. Getting almost time to harvest here, sometime in early October is about right. We'll pull them and hang them to dry for a while, probably in one of the barns, and then pick them off, shell them, and put 'em in the freezer. When we want some peanut butter, we'll get out some, wash 'em, roast 'em, skin 'em, and run 'em through the ol' Vitamix with a bit of salt added. Just a minute or two and "shazzam", some of the best peanut butter a person can eat. Seriously, it's some good stuff. And we know none of it has been sprayed with any kinds of desiccants (do they use Round up for that purpose commercially?) or pesticides or stuff the plants don't really need in our garden setting. We do see some Japanese beetles on them but rarely enough to do much damage. We do have to keep the rows weeded early on but a couple of months in, they are so big that weeds aren't gonna be able to compete. They take quite a lot of space for the amount of peanuts we actually get but we really like growing them, and eating them! My dear wife (from lower Alabama) will take some of the smaller ones and make some boiled peanuts, just a few. And they're good. But I'd much rather have the peanut butter.
Think you could can some boiled peanuts 🥜?
Enjoying some jubilee watermelons. I want to try some different varieties next year. Been taking notes from you. Thank you so much. This grandma tries really hard to grow some veggies. This year was the hardest to get the seeds up & keep them alive once they popped up. I planted some seeds 4 times , just sooo hot in Arkansas & dry!! Keep your videos coming!!!!!