Best soil for growing peanuts (How to grow peanuts) – Best soil for groundnut cultivation
Growing groundnuts in outdoor cultivation. (How to grow peanuts at home.) Easy and delicious way to grow peanuts for beginners. Last time, we planted vegetable seedlings. About a week has passed since then. This time, we’ll prepare the soil for peanuts (best soil for peanuts).
https://www.vege-try.net/en/plant-the-vegetables-and-green-s...How long do peanuts take to grow？ Peanuts have a long cultivation period, taking about 5 months from sowing to harvest. The best time to plant peanuts is from mid May to early June. Harvest time is around mid to late October.
Although the growing period is long, cultivating peanuts is relatively simple, so I think it’s easy for beginners. Let’s start growing delicious peanuts, then.
Preparing the soil for peanuts (Best soil for groundnut cultivation)
The place for cultivating peanuts is bed C. We’ll prepare the soil for peanuts (groundnuts) here.
Remove the mulch, sprinkle 50cc (1.8 oz) of dolomitic lime, and plow. Adding dolomitic lime (garden lime) is to adjust the soil acidity. (Neutralizing acidic soil with alkaline dolomitic lime.)
In peanut cultivation, we don’t use fertilizer. Despite having “nut" in the name, peanuts are vegetables in the legume family, similar to edamame and snap peas. Vegetables in the legume family tend to produce excessive leaves and poor fruiting at harvest if too much fertilizer is used.
So, in peanut cultivation, we avoid using fertilizer and simply plow the soil.
While plowing the peanut plot, if thick roots or anything similar appears, we’ll remove them.
After plowing, we’ll shape the bed with wooden boards. With this, the peanut cultivation preparation (best soil for peanuts) is complete.
Related information on peanuts cultivation（Frequently Asked Questions for growing groundnut）
When is the best time to plant peanut seeds?
The best time to plant peanut seeds (groundnut seeds) is from mid-May to early June. Peanuts come from South America and prefer a warm climate. If it’s cold and the ground temperature is low, peanut seeds may not sprout, so wait to plant until it gets warmer. The best sprouting temperature for peanuts is about 20°C (68℉), and the best growing temperature is between 15-25°C (59-77℉).
Please tell me how to plant peanut seeds (How to plant groundnut seeds)
Sow peanut seeds by seeding in hill. If you grow peanuts with mulch, cut the plastic mulch with a mulch cutter and plant peanut seeds there. Sow 2 seeds in each spot.
Is there a specific direction to plant peanut seeds?
There isn’t a specific direction for the seeds, but it’s more stable if they are laid flat. So, it’s good to place them flat on the soil and press them into the soil. The planting depth for peanut seeds is about 2cm (0.8 inches).
Following is the video for how-to. English subtitles are available.