Peanut

Peanut

Arachis hypogaea

Sow outdoors 2 weeks after your last spring frost. Space plants 6 in (15 cm) apart.

Photo: Ibn Dagara, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

When to plant

Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.

See the dates for your garden

Enter your average last spring frost and first fall frost. Every timing on this site turns into a calendar date. Not sure of yours? Your local extension service or a search for “last frost date” and your town will tell you; the app finds them from your location.

Last spring frost
First fall frost

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Optimal Direct Sow

From seedRecommended
  1. Sow outdoors2 weeks after your last spring frost
  2. First harvestabout 130 days after sowing

Growing peanut

Spacing in the row
6 in (15 cm)
Between rows
30 in (76 cm)
Planting depth
1.5-2 inches (up to 3 inches in sandy soil)
Sun
Full Sun
Life cycle
Annual

Feeding

How often
At planting, then once at midseason. As a legume it needs no nitrogen; the midseason feed is calcium (gypsum) spread over the row at early bloom so the pods fill.

Your peanut, planned to the day.

Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.

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