Choose good peanut seeds, grow a small bonsai, and you'll have more peanuts than you can eat

The "grow whatever you eat" series is back! Today I saw Mom shelling peanuts somewhere, and some even had three kernels per pod. They're tasty but look pretty ugly! Raw peanuts nourish the stomach, and cooked peanuts have many benefits too. Plus, peanut leaves are round and also very pretty. Oh my! Even if it's not for looking at, for eating's sake you've got to grow them!

Step 1: Peanut kernels

Many people probably don't know how peanuts are grown. You need to crack open the outer shell of the peanut! Get the peanut kernels inside. Be careful not to damage the pink skin of the peanut kernels.

Step 2: Soak in water to sprout

Find a shallow plate, put the peanuts in, pour in water to half the height, then quietly wait for them to sprout. They'll sprout in 3-5 days

Step 3: Planting

As long as they've sprouted, either water culture or soil culture works.

For soil culture, once sprouted, you can plant them directly into the soil. Push the end with the little sprout into the soil, leaving half the peanut exposed. Put it in a warm place, spray with water at the right times, and it will quickly grow into a small seedling.

If you want water culture, after they sprout, you can leave them in the water for a while longer. Once both ends have grown little sprouts, then put them in water. Point the end with more white roots downward, and water culture will work. The other part will quickly grow leaves!

For peanuts planted now, be sure to keep them warm. With good care in soil culture, you'll pretty much be able to eat your own homegrown peanuts around Chinese New Year!

Just treat water culture as an ornamental bonsai! But Yatou has never done water culture, so I don't know whether the water-cultured ones will eventually grow peanuts too! Just enjoy it as a bonsai for viewing!