The Latest Peanut Planting Techniques and Methods Tutorial

The peanut is one of China's important economic crops, and it is grown in every region of the country. As planting techniques have improved and advanced, peanut yields have kept breaking through new limits, and the economic returns have grown higher and higher. So how should peanuts be planted? Let's take a look at peanut planting techniques.

1. Land preparation and basal fertilisation

Peanuts prefer relatively loose soil. If the soil is too sticky or too hard, it is not suitable for peanut growth, so it is best to choose relatively loose loam for planting. However, continuous cropping is also not advisable, because then the soil's organic matter content is low and the harm from pests and diseases is also more serious. After choosing the soil, plough it deep 3-4 times to let it fully mature and become loose. Then apply basal fertiliser: generally 2000-300 kg of decomposed farmyard manure per mu, or 300 kg of compound fertiliser per mu.

2. Seed selection and sowing

To grow peanuts with high yields and good quality, when selecting seeds you should choose plump, larger seeds to plant, and sow them after drying them in the sun. When sowing, the hole method is generally used: open holes at a plant-to-row spacing of 20×40 cm, place 3-4 seeds in each hole, and after sowing cover with a thin layer of soil. To promote seedling growth, you can scatter a thin layer of fertiliser on the surface. Also pay attention to temperature: if the temperature is too low, the germination rate of peanut seeds will be relatively low, so cover once with plastic film to keep them warm and help them sprout quickly.

3. Thinning and gap filling of seedlings

When the seedlings have just emerged, check them 1-2 times every day in good time. When the seedlings grow evenly, begin thinning and filling gaps: where seedlings are missing, fill them in, and promptly thin out seedlings that are too densely grown, transplanting the overcrowded seedlings to the spots where seedlings are missing. This makes the seedlings evenly distributed, which also raises the yield and speeds up seedling growth.

4. Fertilisation

The peanut is a fertiliser-loving crop. To achieve high and excellent yields, fertilisation is essential, especially fertilisers such as calcium and sulphur. During the pod-setting stage, be sure to apply calcium fertiliser and sulphur fertiliser, and also pay attention to supplementing boron and molybdenum elements to ensure the peanuts have sufficient nutrition and to promote their growth. Generally apply 10-15 kg of gypsum per mu, usually 15-25 days after the pegs enter the soil; at the early flowering stage, spray 45-65 kg of 0.2% borax solution per mu; during the growth period, use 50 kg of 0.1% ammonium molybdate aqueous solution for foliar feeding 1-2 times.

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