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🥜 Peanuts
Vegetable Garden · growing reference
| Days to maturity | 100 days – 140 days, by type |
|---|---|
| Germination | 10 days |
| Direct sowing | +5 days vs transplants |
| Spacing | 8″ in the row × 30″ between rows |
| Planted as | seed |
| Expected yield | 0.1–0.3 lbs per plant |
| Water | ~0.75–1.2 in a week |
When to plant
In USDA zone 6, for example: Plant around Apr 29, once the soil has warmed — sown into cold ground it just sits.
| Spring | |
|---|---|
| Zone 3 | May 29 |
| Zone 4 | May 21 |
| Zone 5 | May 10 |
| Zone 6 | Apr 29 |
| Zone 7 | Apr 15 |
| Zone 8 | Mar 29 |
| Zone 9 | Mar 6 |
Dates are the typical window for each zone's average frost dates — your own last frost can differ by a couple of weeks. Zone 10 and warmer is effectively frost-free: plant to the season, not the frost. Southern Hemisphere: shift six months.
Peanut Types
- Valencia · 100 days · 0.1–0.3 lbs/plant — Upright, 3–4 sweet seeds per pod — the boiling peanut; the quickest, best for the North.
- Spanish · 120 days · 0.1–0.3 lbs/plant — Compact bunch, small high-oil seeds — roasting and peanut butter.
- Runner · 135 days · 0.1–0.3 lbs/plant — Spreading, uniform medium seeds — the dominant US crop.
- Virginia · 140 days · 0.1–0.3 lbs/plant — Large seeds — the gourmet in-shell and cocktail peanut; wants the longest season.
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