A detailed guide to peanut growing techniques, from sowing to harvest

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

1. Land preparation and fertilisation

Peanuts prefer fairly loose soil. If the soil is too sticky or too hard, it is unsuitable for peanut growth, so it is best to choose fairly loose loam for planting. However, continuous cropping is also inadvisable, as this leaves the soil with a low organic matter content and makes pest and disease damage more serious. After choosing the soil, plough it deeply 3-4 times to fully mature and loosen it. Then apply base 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, choose plump, larger seeds for planting and dry them in the sun before sowing. Sowing is generally done by dibbling, opening holes at a plant and row spacing of 20×40 cm, placing 3-4 seeds in each hole, then covering 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 filling in seedlings

When the seedlings have just emerged, check them promptly 1-2 times a day. Once the seedlings are growing evenly, begin thinning and filling in: fill in seedlings where there are gaps, and promptly thin out seedlings that are growing too densely, transplanting the excess seedlings to the gaps. This gives an even distribution of seedlings, which also raises the yield and speeds up seedling growth.

4. Fertilisation

Peanuts are a fertiliser-loving crop. For high and quality yields, fertilisation is essential, especially calcium and sulfur fertilisers. During the pegging stage, be sure to apply calcium and sulfur fertilisers, and also pay attention to supplementing boron and molybdenum 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 growing period, use 50 kg of 0.1% ammonium molybdate aqueous solution for foliar feeding 1-2 times.

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