How do peanuts grow?
Here in Bertie County peanuts are planted in about 1 1/2″ deep rows, 36″ apart at a rate of around 100 lbs. of seed per acre. Peanut plants, when mature, range from 12″ to 18″ tall and about 18″ to 36″ wide. During the fruiting season these plants have small yellow blooms from which a long, narrow structure we call a “pin” emerges. These “pins” grow toward the ground and when they touch the ground they begin forming a peanut which actually grows below the surface of the soil.
