How To Grow Peanut/Groundnut In Container

The Peanut, Also Known As The Groundnut, Goober, Or Monkey Nut, Is A Legume Crop Grown Mainly For Its Edible Seeds. Peanuts Can Be Grown In Pot Or Ground. Peanuts Oil, Peanut Cake And Seeds Are Useful.

How To Grow Peanuts In Container:

First Step Is How To Sprouts Peanut Seeds:

1. Take One Cotton Cloth Or Carry Bag In Which Excess Water Can Drain Out Easily.

2. Put Peanuts Seeds (Raw Peanut) In Bag And Pour Water Inside It. Excess Water Will Drain Out. Check And Always Moist The Bag. About 24 Hours Your Peanuts Seeds Will Sprouts Easily.

Note: You Can Keep Seeds In Bag Untill Seeds Started Producing Plant (First Seeds Leaves).

Second Step Is How To Transplant Peanuts Seeds:

1. You Can Grow Peanut In Three Inch Pot (One Plant) Or You Can Use Bottle (One Liter, Cut In Half) Or You Can Plant Two Plant In Thirteen Inch Wide And Six Inch Depth Pot. If You Want Good Harvest Then Use Big Size Pots. Gap Between Each Seeds Should Be Three To Four Inch.

2. For Potting Mix Use More Sand. Peanuts Grows Best In Sandy Calcium Rich Soil For That Use One Part Soil, Two Part Sand, Half Compost, One Handful Neem Khal, One Handful Bone Meal.

3. Make Sure Pot Have Drainage Hole. Peanuts Plants Don't Like Soggy Soil.

4. Cover Drainage Hole With Broken Piece Of Clay Pot And Fill With Potting Mix. Keep One Or Two Inch Gap For Watering.

5. Plant Seeds In Potting Mix. Roots Side Should Be Inside Potting Mix.

6. Give Water And Kept Pot In Shade For One Day. After That You Can Keep Pot In Sunlight. If Sunlight Is Harsh Then Give Only Morning Sunlight. You Can Grow Peanut Plant In Rainy Season But Save From Rain. High Temperature And Low Temperature Is Not Suitable For Growing Peanut Plant. You Can Grow Peanut In 21 To 30 Degree Celcius.

7. Peanuts Plant Will First Produce Leaves, Then Flowers And At The End Pegging. Flowers Will Dry Out And Pegging Will Formed. Pegs Will Go Inside Ground And Peanuts Formed. You Can See Easily Peanuts Below Ground By Removing Some Soil And Peanuts Will Come Above Ground When They Are In Good Size.

8. Harvest Peanuts When Leaves Started Yellowing Or When Plant Die Back.

Note: If Soil Level Is Too Low Cover With More Soil. Fertilize Peanut Plant With One Handful Vermi Compost And Tea Spoon Bone Meal Every 20-25 Day's.

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