How to grow peanut
Arachis hypogaea
When to plant peanut
Peanuts are a warm-season crop you direct sow once the soil is warm. Clemson Cooperative Extension says the ideal planting time is the first week of May when the soil is warm and moist, with germination best between 68 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit; planting after June 1 will not leave enough time for dry peanuts to mature.
Peanut is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Days to maturity
- 90 to 150 (from sowing)
- Spacing
- 12 in apart, rows 20 in
- Planting depth
- 1.5 in
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 5.8 to 6.2
Common problems
- leaf spot
Sources
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