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Old 22-05-2009, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by shazzbat View Post
Recently something, we assume it was a squirrel, got in the shed, attacked
the bird food peanuts, and buried them in anything which had compost in it.
Today I found one we missed, and it's sprouted. I'd always assumed that
wouldn't happen. So, I've planted it up in a pot, and .... Now what?
Indoors/outdoors/greenhouse? any tips or advice welcome.
Google is your friend. Peanut growing project for children from BBC. http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to...plant-growing/
Advice from Which. http://www.which.co.uk/documents/pdf...ts--153967.pdf
It's an indoor project. Peanuts are cultivated in places with hot humid summers, or hot humid all the time, like Georgia (USA) where Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer, West Africa, Indonesia, etc. The botanical evidence is that they are originally from northern Argentina, and it is a bit of a mystery how they apparently got to Africa before Europeans brought other South American crops there.