How to grow peanuts to get high yield?

Peanut is a unique dicotyledonous plant that blooms above ground and its fruit matures underground, so it is also called "groundnut". It is also popular for its rich nutritional value and is known as the "immortality fruit". In order to increase the yield of peanuts and thus increase the economic benefits of planting, let’s learn together how to grow peanuts to achieve high yields.

1. Seed selection

Choose peanut varieties suitable for local soil and climatic conditions to ensure seed stability and vigor.

2. Land preparation

Select fertile sandy loam and implement a crop rotation system with leafy crops. Carry out fine land preparation and apply basal fertilizer mainly, supplemented with root fertilizer during the flowering period to ensure sufficient and deep fertilization.

3. Seed treatment

Shell the seeds 15 to 20 days before sowing and dry the seeds for 2 to 3 days before shelling. Select seeds with full, undamaged grains and coat them with seed dressing or fertilizer .

4. Planting seeds

When sowing in the open field, ensure that the ground temperature is not lower than 13℃. When sowing under film, the temperature must be above 15℃. Pay attention to soil moisture, control the sowing density to 8,000 to 10,000 holes per mu, and use double-seed sowing. Adjust the sowing depth according to the soil texture, adopt the ridge-forming and film-covering sowing mode, and use the seeder to complete multiple processes at one time.

5. Field management

After sowing, check the emergence of seedlings regularly to prevent damage to the ground film. After the seedlings emerge, they should be removed in time, and if there are missing seedlings, they should be germinated and replanted in time. Pay attention to the prevention and control of diseases and pests in the seedling stage, and increase the amount of water during the flowering period and when the fruit needles are buried in the soil to avoid waterlogging in the field. Carry out root soiling and inter-row weeding in a timely manner to control vigorous growth of plants, and spray foliar fertilizer appropriately when the peanut fruits are full.

6. Harvest at the right time

When the above-ground part of the plant stops growing, the lower leaves fall off, the upper leaves turn yellow, and the underground pods have clear reticular patterns, the fruits are plump, and the shells harden, it can be harvested.

The above are the key points for high-yield cultivation of peanuts. By following these steps, you can increase the yield and quality of peanuts and thus obtain higher planting benefits.