Vegetable Planting Calendar
Peanuts
- Approximate planting per person per year, fresh, 10 to 25 plants
- 0.5 pound of seeds for 100 feet of row
- Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 30 inches
- Minimum row space if using field implements, 42 inches
- 6 inches between plants in row
- Plant 1 inch deep
- 135 days from planting to eating stage
- 0 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
- 0 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
- Recommended varieties
- Spanish
Small, sweet, early
- Jumbo Virginia
Large, rich flavor
- Recommended planting dates
- South Missouri
April 25 to May 15
- Central Missouri
May 5 to 25
- North Missouri
May 10 to 20
G6201, revised April 2000