growing peanuts

Clodagh & Dick · « **on:** October 04, 2007, 10:07 »

Just about to go off line to clean and dry the peanuts harvested yesterday.
We plant them in May here . Anyone grow in the uk and with what luck.
Home grown freshly dried are rather better than most packaged peanuts ...which can be nearing their recommended 'eat by' date.

Aidy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2007, 10:29 »

Just noticed some in a seed cat and was thinking maybe I might try them in the little ones plot!

WG. · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 2007, 14:05 »

I dug some up in a friend's garden in Mexico & they are very tasty fresh (don't eat many fresh though - big digestive problems!!).

Home roasted in the shell are fantastic - like any GYO, shop-bought doesn't come close.

Never grown them but I reckon they'd need a greenhouse in the UK.

David. · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 2007, 15:25 »

Quote from: "whisky_golf"

Never grown them but I reckon they'd need a greenhouse in the UK.

My father occasionally grew some in his greenhouse, but only as a bit of fun for us when we were small, as the the yield was so small for the space taken up.

Clodagh & Dick · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2007, 13:40 »

iF YOU PLANT SAY EIGHT NUTS IN A 50 CM DIAMETER CONTAINER YOU MAY BE SURPRISED BY HOW MANY YOU HARVEST. ...and a green hoise would be of help in a typical uk summer.

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growing peanuts

WG.

David.