[prakash_mib]

couple of years ago I saw seeds at the garden centre.
these are vague description but the final punch line is true to every word.
sow them indoors, blah blah blah, plant when no frost guaranteed blah blah
and if you are lucky you might get some pods underground.

[Pip Judgeford]

I didnt think I had anything to add to this question of Robin Redbreast's, but this weekend I found I had grown.....one peanut!   

I got seed in NZ and planted it in early spring.  the spring was cold but the seed grew surprsingly well.  then I figured they would like heat so planted 2 in tyres stacks.  Watered them a bit, one got hammered by a critter  then came right.  Then they flowered. Then we got a drought  :mad:and I had to water some more cirical things and the peanut plants got neglected & died.

So DESPITE this neglect, I got a harvest (ok, so only 1 peanut but I think it counts).  So I figure they cant be as hard as I thought.  This year I'm going for the 2 tyre stack, quite sandy soil so the flowers can bury their seed pods in the dirt, and a line of dripper irrigation to these tyres and others, that I can plug the hose in to.

Peanut butter here I come!        Pip