How To Grow Peanuts at Home

In this video I'm going to show you how to grow peanuts at home in your organic garden. Growing peanuts is easy if you meet just a few basic needs. I'm growing peanuts in a raised bed. I live in a warm dry climate with a long growing season. But there are things you can do if you live in a shorter season. I am doing this video in collaboration with Paul Wells. She lives in a hot and humid climate with a shorter growing season. We will be comparing our successes and failures and who gets the best harvest over the next few months. You can watch Paula's progress on her channel here: • How To Grow Peanuts At...
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[@nellanddudley]

I was born and raised in Georgia, and I love boiled peanuts. So I grew them for the first time last year, although my family always grew them. I'm growing them again this year. Just be aware that we generally pick the variety of peanuts to grow based on what you plan to do with them, e.g. roasting versus boiling. They were truly a breeze to grow. I did not pre-sprout them and grew them in pure compost in a raised bed. Not fussy at all. I'm in Maryland zone 7b. I grew Red Valencia peanuts. You're going to love doing this!!!

[@RiceaRoni354]

What kind do you grow for roasting?

[@nellanddudley]

@@RiceaRoni354 You'd probably want to plant a Virginia peanut. Good luck!

[@dear_prudence]

Here in SC, we're waiting for your peanuts to be ready and challenge you to try boiled peanuts. :)

[@cityofoaks]

Boiled peanuts are so good.

[@matthewfarrell317]

We grew them last season, only pulled them up a few weeks ago, just two plants but got a fair few pods. We will try again in late September. Interesting, that here in Australia they are all just marked as peanut seeds, haven't seen any different varieties.

[@wandadavis276]

I'm in Dothan Alabama the Peanut Capitol of the World! Red clay soil, high humidity and long hot summers. Farmers rotate planting peanuts with planting cotton here

[@lawana960]

Oh, wow, that’s the home of Timothy Dixon!

[@lindamoore6117]

Then I am sure you are familiar with the boll weevil statue in Enterprise, Al. .......thanks to that little critter the farmers diversified from cotton to peanuts.

[@NextLevelGardening]

Wow!

[@wandadavis276]

@@lindamoore6117 I believe it's the only insect that has a monument in the world

[@lindadourte8263]

I grow peanuts every year by accident (sort of). I put peanuts out for the blue jays and crows and they love to hide the nuts in the garden. Always fun to find them.

[@walkingturtlejones9239]

So, no more videos on these peanuts?

[@Grandma.Lilly.]

I’m in Tucson and I grew peanuts from migardener last year. It was a great success in my extremely dry climate. I saved seeds and I already planted a birdie bed of peanuts under my eggplants this year.

[@sherrybailey649]

Awesome...I'm gonna try peanuts! I live on peanut butter by the spoonfull 😝!!

[@jamescotterman8474]

I already have a peanut / squirrel problem in my garden. My neighbor feeds the neighborhood squirrels and they come and plant their peanuts in my garden. So far none of their peanuts have sprouted. Maybe they need to view your video :)

[@virginian3390]

Probably about 10 years ago I bought a pack from Baker Creek seeds and planted them. At the time I knew nothing about peanuts, but later in the season I pulled up the plants and had peanuts! Haven't planted them since, but I am interested. to do so. Virginia, zone 7.

[@Autism_Forever]

When I was a school kid, we had community vegetable garden in the schoolyard. We mostly grew dill, parsley, carrots, beets, and potatoes, but some of us, including me, were insane and tried growing the funky things, including peanuts. We tried a few years and only succeeded once. They were nice and very tender, much better than the awful ones sold in Soviet stores. I think you will have much better success though. Where I grew up, we had a very short growing season (sometimes there was snow in June) and extreme temperature variations between seasons - down to minus 52 C in the winter and up to plus 48 C in the summer, with 90% humidity. I wish you the best of luck with your peanuts and look forward to seeing you harvesting them when they grow :)

[@mikeedenfield4076]

In Georgia, we always inoculate our peanuts before planting in the ground, also add gypsum to soil

[@PaullaWells]

I am so excited to watch you grow peanuts! They really are the most fun to watch grow and go to sleep at night. I am so looking forward to the first time you see them close their leaves at night.

[@NextLevelGardening]

I can't wait! Super excited 😃

[@conniedavidson1807]

My first peanut is just sprouting.

[@NextLevelGardening]

Awesome!

[@maryzwierecki5646]

I have thought about growing peanuts. I could make my own peanut butter. Probably next year.

[@AnneGinders]

If you want to timelapse, maybe approach David Trood. The Weedy Gardener is his Chanel. Not sure how to link you to him but his photography is stunning.

[@pascalxus]

i like the fact that they can be stored for the winter.

[@carmellayates2503]

I'd love to try growing peanuts because I love peanut butter . Where can I get a few seeds. Can I grow them from raw peanuts sold at the supermarket ? Zone 9A Florida.

[@DebRoo11]

I guess this peanut experiment didn't work out? There's no more videos... 😅

[@lvanderb3]

I live in zone 5b/6a and love to grow peanuts, forgot this year, however last year I did well (for me), but a squirrel stole them, lol…. Maybe next year? Under cover 100%.

[@Anne--Marie]

I wish that you connected folliw up peanut videos to this one!

[@vinhkha1674]

I grew peanuts from Baker Creek in raised last couple years, the Fastigiata Pin Striped, in zone 9b Sacramento. They grew well and the peanut pods were huge . The peanut itself has purple stripes and very sweet. The only experience I would add to your planting tips is spacing. They need a lot of space so they can extend out the branches and touch the soil to form peanuts, 8 inch spacing might be too close, especially the rows by the edges of your raised bed.

[@sepheroth350z1]

Too much selling products. Not enough planting peanuts

[@lilal3753]

As a Virginia gardener, I have always wanted to grow Virginia Peanuts. I just didn't know how. Thanks for this video!

[@johnmoss4140]

I literally decided to grow peanuts yesterday, I put raw peanuts from the store in moist paper towels last night to sprout. I live in Colorado at 7000ft, it gets hot during the summer but it's very dry here and cooler at night. the growing season is basically June through mid Sept which may not be long enough/ we'll see.

[@angelm1750]

I've always wanted to try growing peanuts!! Can't wait for this video!

[@jovanny253]

I see those corner pipe let you extend the pipe upward to easily be able to put bird netting all around the bed so no animals get to whatever your growing. This looks like a good option for me having groundhog issues. And birds eating my stuff

[@Sherry8172]

Great to know. I was always wondering how I could grow them. I live in a dry climate. I am going to try it. I hope I win. I have a squirrel infestation this year. I am trying the raised bed product you are showing. By the way, what's the great reveal???

[@joycemcmillan5057]

Just a note about my experience with Grassroots. I ordered a fabric container from them. At no point did they provide the shipping cost until after the order placed. It was more than the cost of the container. They were great about processing the cancelation and refunding my money. I was bummed but just could not afford to spend that much at that moment.

[@caroldragon7545]

I tried growing peanuts once, many years ago (PA zone 6). I just sowed them in my ordinary garden soil, no special treatment. My plants produced a bumper crop of peanuts, but the cold weather set in too soon, and most of them were immature. If I were to try them again, I would start them indoors. It was fascinating to see how they grow.

[@songsforthemaster]

Oooo❣️ Can’t wait to see the outcome Brian❣️ Love peanuts❣️ 🥰

[@air7tv]

Was there ever a follow up video?

[@matthewstolmeier752]

Wow All that work? For peanuts? I put some peanuts in the ground. I water. I harvest right before a freeze. I get 2 or 3 five gallon buckets yearly.

[@janmyers2715]

What a great idea! Time lapse video of them being pulled into the ground. I hope you can do it. I wish you both success!

[@borracho-joe7255]

Is it safe to assume that you will not be using a mulch cover on the soil? I would assume that would impede the stems hitting the ground. A time-lapse video would be awesome!

[@katherinecain7821]

Never grown peanuts. In Wichita Kansas but FROM Mississippi. I LOVE BOWLED PEANUTS.

[@thesilentone4024]

Can you grow some mesquite trees please theres 13 edible kinds. Ok 1 of the 13 is called cotton Mesquite you use this for BBQ when you get mesquite at store for well BBQ but the rest well are used for food. All mesquite trees are drought tolerant and they grow 3 feet a year if from seed tell its 7 years then its 1 foot a year they normally max out at 35 feet sometimes 45 feet if it gets lots of water all the time.

[@Eric-gi9kg]

I WILL be following this Very Closely. I've wanted to grow peanuts for a while now, but being in a short season area I didn't think it was remotely possible. Definitely checking out her videos

[@laurieanne9712]

Did I miss the one on making sauerkraut? Loved this!

[@NextLevelGardening]

No. Sunday... but on the Next Level Homestead channel.

[@songtann]

Can I grow them in Las Vegas? I just dug up my yard and changed leaking drip sprinklers. They are all rocks. 6 inches of Decorative red granite pebbles and then native soil is petrified mud rocks below 🤨😭 Help!

[@DamengtheGang2021]

I came because I wanted to know how to plant peanut but my gawdd your eyes caught me off guard ☺️

[@annettepaulhus6946]

Hi Brian--I am Annette from Sask. Canada--I have a question--can I grow the peanut plant under summer squash that will be staked and pruned??

[@tambarb8235]

This is important. My whole family loves peanuts but I can't reliably find them organic except by order at Koinoinia Farm in Georgia. I'd love to learn to grow everything that I can't easily find organic.

[@jdbender46]

Just had to tell you, I am growing peanuts for the first time here in N California. Not because I wanted to but because we have squirrels and apparently someone gave them peanuts and they buried them on our property. I dont have the heart to kill them (the peanuts) so I have 6 plants in my greenhouse and 3 in my garden area. Very interesting plant and I look forward to your videos! Thx

[@TheTeknoroker]

Great video! Thank you for letting me know about the Valencia variety. Our growing season is so short. A melon video would be incredibly helpful as well. 🍈

[@brendasettles1046]

Yes, please!

[@huzbum]

I planted spanish peanuts for the summer crop in my raised bed. Looking forward to watching them grow and harvesting home grown peanuts! I'm not sure if I missed it, did you use any inoculant? I'm not sure if peanuts really need it or not, but I read that they should be inoculated if you have not grown them before. They are a legume, but require a different inoculant than beans and peas. Maybe they are naturally inoculated being that they grow underground?

[@papirojo4228]

Have you checked out Green Thumb nursery in San Marcos? Great place. It’s been there for years. Where do you get mushroom compost?

[@johnlord8337]

5 species of peanuts. Only the Virginia (larger seeds) and runner (smaller seeds) genus give peanuts seeds. The Virginia genus has 11 current-industrial use - while there are 16 out of former production. The runner genus has 18 current-industrial-use - while there are 19 out of former production. Plenty to choose from for growing with 28 current and 35 former genus available. (Clemson University references).

[@paulhutson5632]

I've tried to grow peanuts before. They do ok here, but I can't tell you how they taste - except to say that the ground squirrels love them. 😒 We'll see if I can actually harvest enough to eat this year. I got them in the ground back in May.

[@nicoler3269]

I have been thinking about growing peanuts !! This is so exciting .. This might be what helps me make the final decision to do it …. 👩🏻‍🌾

[@kclewis8360]

I tried to grow peanuts once, but them squirrels kept digging them up. Last year a squirrel did plant a few peanuts, but I didn’t know when to pull them

[@manuelromero4408]

Cool intro to starting to setup growing peanuts. I was trying to grow dragon fruit and frost caused them to die. Then I noticed some strange plant with smooth round leaves. It was a peanut plant. Later two more pots have peanut plants growing. Some crazy squirrel planted them and forgot. Now I have 3 pots with peanut plants in New York City heat weather.

[@kimberlyann1029]

Well, I'm out! It rarely gets over 85 here and 8 hours of full sun isn't going to happen! Mountain life. Thanks for the info though. I never knew how they grew.

[@juliesimmonds7445]

We moved from a zone 4-5 to a 7a. Trying peanuts for the first time. I planted them in buckets. Kind of a try it for grins and giggles. :) Will see what happens.

[@pamelamurphy4765]

One year I bought peanut hay from a local farmer to use for mulch. Well you probably guessed that I ended up with peanuts sprouting all over my garden. I had Sandy loam soil and the peanuts sprouted like crazy!

[@cewaffles]

Not sure if you were able to get a time lapse, or if you had a good harvest, but I found this time lapse. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX_RaH1jq6h_oKM

[@lindalaw6638]

Thank you so much trying peanuts for the firat time also. Just wondering what is a companion plant and what pest should I lookout dor?

[@donrobinson2156]

xlnt! i'll be a couple of days behind you in almost identical conditions, so it will be invaluable to compare what's happening here with what's going on there. i tried peanuts last year with seeds from a catalog and they did very well for a while then suddenly died with a sparse harvest. this time around i will use raw peanuts from winco and/or an organic market.

[@audreyconner8655]

I have never grown peanuts but always wanted to. I'm in New Mexico and were in a drought and its very hot 107.

[@lakeeriegirl8143]

The squirrels have been leaving peanuts all in my yard,some have germinated with the shell on them, I never thought about growing peanuts I may try it some day.

[@blackbones15]

Just got my Spanish peanuts from urban farmer. Wish me luck and pray alot!

[@stacylandis9806]

Blue Jays planted peanuts all over my yard this year, so I am just letting them go. I may not be successfull because our temp ranges are more extreme, but I am willing to give it a shot.

[@gigihenderson8567]

I see you got some Living Beds! I am using one of their round pots, (50gal size), for my cukes and zukes.

[@amyreid9649]

I have peanuts growing in my garden (first time) this year! Can’t wait till they flower and drop spikes.

[@empresskimberly4410]

How exciting! I’ve never even thought of growing peanuts

[@caribbeanqueen6107]

Woohoo! I live in the US Virgin Islands I want to grow them am so excited!! it's 80 and above most of the time!

[@roclaroc]

Just got some peanuts and started germinating today, but to late in the season for where I live in Canada for an outdoor harvest, but I will try a couple in pots and bring in over the winter. Start the rest next year is the plan.

[@tesoro5867]

We find peanuts in our garden every year and we've never planted them. Not sure how that happens here because we live in a very dry 5b Idaho climate.

[@connieeneix3891]

I haven’t grown peanuts but I like to eat them 😂. This will be fun to watch. Good luck 👍

[@judymckerrow6720]

Good luck Brian. I bought some seed peanuts once and was going to give it a try, I misplaced the seeds and by the time I found them it was too late to plant them. I live in a short growing season but I was still going to give it a shot. Maybe I’ll try again next year because it sure would be fun to grow them and my husband LOVES peanuts. 🌸💚🙃

[@laurarowland7926]

I'm so excited for this video..we eat peanuts all the time!!Thankyou

[@debbiep7419]

we grew peanuts once when i was a kid and they were so cool. but i have no memory of ever harvesting them. i plan to grow them next year after i expand my garde.

[@pn3940]

my peanut plant has way too many pegs, but the plant gets bigger than the pot and most of the pegs (at least a hundred) are in the air.

[@MSB1080]

I randomly find one or two peanuts when I’m digging in the dirt. No roots or anything just a shell and nuts

[@markdagostino9666]

Thank You. I’ve always wanted to grow peanuts, but, didn’t know how.

[@betsyreed4500]

Never grown peanuts but interested to live in Portland Oregon

[@RiceaRoni354]

Funny I was just thinking about it. I live in the south so I assume it would be a given.

[@trishcraig723]

Tried it last year here in IL and had some success. Hard to do with so few heating degree days

[@1949chefjojo]

May I have some of your peanut butter? Sell it. I will buy it.

[@MarkOtto1776]

PVC cloth bags. You’re reachin.

[@alicecowan3499]

I would like to try but live in zone 6 A? Not sure about it, but I have a greenhouse

[@PaullaWells]

The first year I did peanuts I did in containers in the greenhouse and containers outside to see the difference. The ones in the greenhouse at first did better, but before long the heat was just too much for them and I had to move them outside. I'd say do them in containers in the greenhouse so that when it reaches too high of temps you can move them outside. That would extend your season nicely. I'm in 5b.

[@alicecowan3499]

@@PaullaWells Thanks for the tip! I will do them in grow bags to easily move them out 👍🏼😉🌸

[@PaullaWells]

@@alicecowan3499 - Yes! Where there is a will there is a way. 😉

[@alicecowan3499]

@@PaullaWells That is very true!!! Lol

[@tinab7791]

Fingers crossed the time lapse works out, I would love to see that!

[@theresafinn4257]

My grey farmers, squirrels, planted peanuts for me.

[@diablomom]

I think you need to plant peanuts for us again! 😂

[@christyw2010]

Grew up in Visalia, CA and my great uncle grew peanuts! I love eating them raw! So very excited to watch your process!! Might have to try some too! 🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜

[@NextLevelGardening]

I have family in Visalia! Used to go every year!

[@ShortbusMooner]

Cool! I just ordered a 50lb bag of raw, for my birds..

[@RaquiTysheen]

Im in Baltimore. Am I able to grow them on my balcony?

[@fountainpensinksmore3290]

You be said to use crab and (forgot the other) meal. What else can I use instead. Fish (all) and the tiniest bit (I’ll just say, not good, Epipen). I do feed my plants worm castings and kelp tea. Can’t use use organic dirt. I’ve written to companies, the very few that write back said not recommend.

[@patricialucas8149]

Maybe crushed egg shells

[@fountainpensinksmore3290]

@@patricialucas8149 YES! I forgot to list. Thank you 💗

[@phini108]

Hi Brian, what are the dimensions of the fabric grow beds you're using? Love the idea of these beds and soon need to replace some container beds in the not so distant future.Thank you!

[@NextLevelGardening]

Mine are 4x4 but they come in all sizes. They even do custom sizes.

[@pn3940]

I started mine in early May, and now, they're still green and producing flowers?

[@pn3940]

they started flowering after 4 or 5 weeks, and is still flowering and the bushes are still green

[@hilbertakabuckshotdillon9458]

does someone like to hear themselves talk?

[@Wickedstickyflowers]

I’m so juvenile ! Imagine! I’m 40

[@betsyreed4500]

If I did, could I build a special sort of like a heated greenhouse for it?

[@NextLevelGardening]

It would be a great experiment

[@davidgeorge4784]

Will they tolerate temps up to 120f

[@pacema1]

My first year growing peanuts and I only have three plants. Sprouted indoors and planted outdoors about 04.01.22. Sprouted quickly, but slow-growing now, but look healthy. Waiting for the first blooms. In Metro Atlanta.

[@ram1brn]

Georgia aint nothing but clay soil

[@DamengtheGang2021]

Your eyes are amazing 😱😍

[@nancycowell-miller4321]

Ooh! I've been checking the Asian veggie booth at our Farmer's Market. They don't have raw peanuts yet - but I'll definitely buy some. I've been wanting to try peanuts for awhile. Now you've inspired me (the same farmers also sell fresh sugar cane - I want to try that too)! Oh, I left you a message on IG about my experience with my Timelapse PlantCam. It's definitely do-able - although I never uploaded my videos to YT!

[@slomo1716]

SOUNDS exciting - only wish I'd know this two months ago when I could have planted earlier, but I still have time in zone 7 Maryland.

[@kat6084]

Growing peanuts where I live (South Dakota) would be definition of insanity. lol. I'll grow peanuts vicariously with you.