Peanut

About it

Kind

Vegetables · Annual

Family

Fabaceae

Sun

Full sun

Spacing

6 in apart

Soil depth in a pot

At least 10 in

Water

About every 7 days

ⓘ We don't know this plant's soil pH, feeding needs and mature size yet.

When to plant

Ready

About 145 days

Based on your last frost date. Outside the US, check local advice.

Planting partners

No cited companion planting notes for Peanut yet.

Safety for pets and children

• Cats No information in our sources
• Dogs No information in our sources
• Horses No information in our sources
• Children Listed as a problem for children (NC State Extension) — High severity; in the seeds; toxic principle: Seed storage proteins ARAH1-13

If a pet or child eats part of this plant, call your vet or poison control.

Read from NC State Extension ↗.

"No information" means our sources do not say, not that the plant is harmless. A non-toxic listing is not a reason to let anyone eat a plant.

Pests and diseases

No pest or disease notes for Peanut yet.

Check the label and your local extension service before using any product.

Where this comes from

• category NC State Extension ↗ Listed in Table 16-4, "Garden Planting Calendar for Annual Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs"
• climate requirement NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox: "Plants are not frost-hardy". No zones: an annual has no winter to survive (see the header)
• days to maturity NC State Extension ↗ Table 16-4: Peanuts 145-160; low end. The Toolbox gives pods ripening 120-150 days after planting
• family npgsweb.ars-grin.gov ↗ GRIN page: Arachis hypogaea L.
• life cycle NC State Extension ↗
• life cycle NC State Extension ↗
• min soil depth in NC State Extension ↗ Not in Table 18-1; beans take 8-10 in there, and the upper end is taken because the pods form underground. Derived. A group figure, as every ch. 18 depth is
• space requirement NC State Extension ↗ Table 16-4 distance between plants: 6-8 in; low end. The Toolbox gives 6-9 in within the row. The table publishes no row distance, so rows equal plants -- the square spacing of an intensive bed
• species NC State Extension ↗
• sunlight NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
• toxicity NC State Extension ↗ toxic for child from the page's "Problem for" listing. Severity, parts and principle are the page's poison characteristics for the whole plant.
• water frequency days NC State Extension ↗ NC State Gardener Handbook ch. 16, "Watering": "On average, vegetable gardens need 1 inch of water per week; provide only what is not supplied by rain." This is the handbook's general guidance for a vegetable garden, not a figure published for this crop.