How to Grow Peanuts in the Home Garden & Cook Them to Eat

This video shows how I grow peanuts in the home garden and also how to cook them to make a delicious TV snack!

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[JulieWallis]

In the 1970’s I planted a peanut from my hamsters food mix. it grew into a peanut plant, we waited for it to flower then I harvested the nuts on my dads advice. I was immensely proud and my hamster and I appreciated fresh peanuts.

[didyouknow]

Love your video on peanuts. I am from Papua New Guinea and we grow alot of peanuts. Just 2 tips: 1st if you want to increase your prodction then when its start flowering put alot of soil around it just like potatoes. In that way it will produce lots of peanuts. 2nd is when the flowers go off and leaves looses most leaves that shows peanuts are ready. You can harvest. The other best way to eat them is dry them, then peel the skin and pry them with garlic, onion pinch of salt and oil till they have slightly brown spots. They can be eaten with salad. They are delicious. Love yr videos.

[grindstone]

I've been growing peanuts at my suburban home in Oklahoma, USA for the last 2 years. It all started from ONE peanut the previous homeowner left in a small garden when I bought the house! From that one, I've propagated dozens of peanut plants and have expanded my garden to suit. I average well over a dozen peanut shells per plant!


I've found when the leave start to yellow they're ready to go. They're fairly easy to grow (at least to me, a novice gardener) if you've got a good raised bed with plenty of weed barrier. I found that mulching with something 'fluffy' (high volume, low density) after bloom, recovering the peanuts is fairly easy. I use cotton seed hulls for my mulch.


I'm going to experiment with growing them together near corn, to see if they compliment the nitrogen needs.

[sheraleethomas]

Was looking for a tutorial on how to grow peanuts and found this old one of yours! I always watch your videos but didn’t know your channel went back so far! It was great to see you here and notice how much you’ve developed in your YouTubing techniques! Great job! And as you said, it’s a free world. Yes, with our gardening we can continue to fight for freedom one plant at a time.

[Arcadia]

Never heard of boiled peanuts before. In my neck of the woods, plain roasted peanuts are like a ceremonial finish to a festive meal. A great time for telling short anecdotes between one shelling to the next. Everyone leaves the table feeling nicely full and content.

[penelopepenobscot]

One time while traveling through Georgia I stopped at a roadside stand for boiled peanuts. The seller did not tell me that they had added liquid smoke while cooking them. They were the best peanuts I've ever had.

[DoingItCheap]

I also love boiled peanuts.  When I was a little years ago....my grandfather let them air dry and then in the winter, he would lay them directly on top of the wood stove or in a baking sheet on top of the stove and "parch" them.  DEE licious.  Love your videos...keep 'em coming.   Bob in Tennessee

[wild-life-x]

I grew peanuts from a pot bound seedling from a local nursery. I planted in a newly made garden in very clay soil that i turned with rich organic compost. It was heavily fertilised guano for phosphorus and potassium sulphate from chicken manure. I yielded around 1.5kg from a single plant after 12 months (some peanuts were still a little small, but still good to eat). My limiting factor was i planted it too close to the edge of the garden (didnt expect it to grow so big!). All in all it was a great experience and after i dried and roasted them with some garlic, rosemary and salt they were delicious and crisp.

[dannyhughes]

Love your stuff...no frills or fancies just info and good humor.
From an Aussie in Israel about to grow Peanuts.

[DanWebster]

Awesome video. Reminds me of when My uncle and I would go down by the creek and dig up some green peanuts, wash them in the creek, and boil them in a big old iron pot with creek water and lots of salt. Nothing better. Thanks for posting.

[StevePorter_au]

We had a great crop when we tried growing peanuts earlier this year. Four plants completely filled a small raised garden bed, meaning very few weeds. Imagine my disappointment when I roasted them all in the oven, then shelled them and found nearly all of the shells were empty. I found out later that peanuts need a lot of calcium in the soil, otherwise the seeds don't form in the shell. Growing them definitely helped the soil though. That garden bed is now chockers with volunteer tomatoes and nasturtiums. We'll be planting peanuts again this spring, but adding lots of ground up eggshell to the bed.

[mr.zafner]

I'm so delighted that you're still around and you've been doing this for so long. It's cool to see how far you've come, but this is still a very informative video. Thanks

[amypellicer]

Happy Monday! I agree with you that boiled peanuts are the Best! They are Extremely popular here in Florida! We eat them all the time. Actually, it's the preferred way to eat them here in the South! Looking forward to another video from you soon & have a GREAT week!

[robb]

Awesome vid. I remember being a child and being at my grandparents' house and eating boiled peanuts that they had grown in t heir garden. And you are SO right about the difference in flavor between something bought from the store and something you grow at home.

[dstringf]

Boiled peanuts are the best! Driving around in the summer and stopping by a boiled peanut stand on the side of the road is always my favorite pastime. Maybe next year I will have to try my hand at growing some.

[sarahsmith]

I’ve been growing peanuts in Southern California. Our summers push 118 often and 100+ days for months on end. They do great here

[dianasvideos]

I love boiled peanuts! Thank you for this video... I had no idea how peanuts actually grew until now!

[godslove]

Thanks for this, the grandson asked me to plant some, now I just wait for spring. I am in a 9 grow zone on the gulf of Mexico about 5 miles inland. I have really been learning from your videos.

[AAHomeGardening]

We used to grow loads in Jamaica
Lovely video
We harvest when majority of leaves are yellow

[lynnbry]

Having ready supply of fresh off the farm peanuts - try preparing boiled peanuts with crab boil or Old Bay seasoning. For "Cajun style" throw in a couple of cayenne peppers. Common preparation in the southern US.