Posted on 09/27/2013 12:37:17 PM PDT by greeneyes
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This year I grew two experimental patches of peanuts. The Jumbo Virginia were a bust. Failed miserabley. The other patch was Caroina Black. They have done extremely well.
So far, I’ll be planting them again and expanding the area. Very pleased with the results, and there was not much effort beyond planting, and an occasional watering during the drought period.
So I pulled one up thinking they must be done by now, and there were lots of peanuts on the plant. I broke one open and the hulls are white inside, and the nut looks great.
My book says that the harvest should not occur till the plants begin to turn yellow. Well they are still a pretty nice shade of green.
JFR- How can I tell if it is time to harvest the peanuts? Do you wait till they are yellow, or the hull inside turns colors or what?
After you harvest them, do you let them kinda dry for a while, or do you roast them immediately?
Caroina=Carolina
I cure my peanuts for a week or so before roasting them. I just left them spread out on the worktable in the shop for a week.
/johnny
I’ve been wanting to try the rubber tire method of growing potatoes. Hubby keeps saying no. We have 4 or 5 tires in the garage that haven’t been used since 1997.
They are studded tires, and fit an old car that just died. It is at the stage that fixing it is more than it is worth, leaking oil, won’t start, dies at every stop sign, been in the shop several times works for a day or two then quits.
Hubby gave up on it, and bought a truck-more fitting for him anyway. So, I am thinking that maybe next spring he’ll let me use those old tires, and I am hoping to get the junkyard to come and get the car.LOL
OK. Thanks for the info. Guess I’ll wait a while before I harvest, and I’ll put the ones I pulled up on a paper plate for a week before I roast them. They look good inside.
Yes. It is kinda telling. Myself, I never met a glass jar that I wouldn’t keep. For one thing, every water glass I ever bought always gets broken.
For some reason, the jars almost always never break. I have sooo many mayonaise jars. One day they’ll be antiques. The mayo jars these days are plastic-ugh.
The price of scrap metal is high; old cars bring several hundred dollars. Just something to think about when contemplating the old car’s eventuality.
Not just plastic but not a quart anymore. Double ugh.
I have a disposed garbage dumpster that I found years ago, cut a hole in the bottom and use it for composting. I may try that for potatoes. I know some people who use tires for potatoes, but never tried that.
As far as peanuts go, just wait until the leaves turn yellow or look dead. Dig the up and leave the nuts on top in the garden - if you don’t have deer or crows that can get to the nuts.
Yes, it is a learning process. I just wish my memory was better-sometimes I forget what I learned and repeat the mistake.
Eventually though, it sticks LOL.
Yes, I was thinking about that. Passed a scrap yard the other day, and it was advertising $180.00 for any old junker. I’m to the point that I would pay someone to take it away.LOL
It died in a most inconveniant spot in the driveway. Takes up twice the space it should and I have to carefully navigate my way out. Backing up my van is not my best talent-in fact my skill at this sucks.
It is a Collette Pear and I believe it is a semi-dwarf.
That is the perfect example of why those who have prepper seeds stored for fan hitting times will starve. Gardening has a long hard learning curve which is never fully learned.
Thanks for the info on peanuts. I was thinking about the trashcan method too, but decided that the tires would be better.
I am thinking that you take the first tire, and put in very good compost for that first layer. After the plants have grown enough, put on the next tire, and more soil/compost or straw up to about 3 tires high. That way the leaves are not unduly shaded as the plant grows.
That’s so true. However, they’ll probably do ok with some of the easier stuff. Like bush beans and mint.LOL
Ain’t it the truth! I hate all that plastic stuff. Now they are even putting olive oil in plastic. Every time I go to the store I buy a bottle to use and a bottle for the pantry.
There are still a few brands that are glass. Won’t be long though. Same for the peanut butter. Those used to be nice jars to use-now they are all plastic.
I did several 4-H meetings on peanuts years ago. There’s some neat stuff you can get from:
American Peanut Council
http://www.peanutcircusclub.com/resources.htm# - the teacher kits are fun
http://nationalpeanutboard.org/recipes/
http://www.gapeanuts.com/links.php - IIRC, the Georgia Peanut Council will send a boatload of neat info.
I have a composter from the A&M Extension Service, through the county extension agent. It consists of four 3x5’ (?) plastic coated metal fencing panels that fit together to form a square and a center section to all air circulation. It was free. Don’t know if they still have that project but Texas folks might ask.
I need to do peanuts again next year since there’s only three little baggies left in the freezer. Who knows if they’ll germinate or not. I wouldn’t bet on it.
I have forgotten more then I ever knew GE...
Nice late season tomato crop, gonna make sauce and salsa tomorrow.
Got a couple zukes from my late-season planting.
Got my first-ever crop of yams from a sprouty yam I cut in half and planted in late June.
It’s been dry so the fall garden is slow in coming along, but having some bok choy tonight with the yams and zukes.
Three nice pumpkins from the volunteers from last year’s jack-o-lanterns.
And a decent crop of butternuts.
Throwing the runt ears of corn that have dried up to the chickens.
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