2007-05-02 10:34:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
both above are correct, just a side note: the flowers are above ground and then send out runners that penetrate the ground and grow the peanut underground. Crazy plants.
2007-05-02 10:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many people are surprised to learn that peanuts do not grow on trees like pecans or walnuts. Peanuts are legumes, not nuts. The peanut plant is unusual because it flowers above ground but the peanut grows below ground. Planted in the early spring, the peanut grows best in calcium rich sandy soil. For a good crop, 120 to 140 frost free days are required. Farmers harvest the peanuts in the fall. The peanuts are pulled from the ground by special machinery and turned over to dry in the fields for several days. The combine machines then separate the peanuts from the vines and blow the tender moist peanuts into special hoppers. They are dumped into a drying wagon and cured by forcing warm air through the wagons. Afterwards, the peanuts are taken to buying stations where they are inspected and graded for sale.
2016-05-19 00:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
peanuts grow in the ground like potatoes.
2007-05-02 10:40:22 · answer #3 · answered by barbara m 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Peanuts are grown on roots like potatoes. Just ask our former president Jimmy Carter.
2007-05-02 10:49:07 · answer #4 · answered by don w 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
peanuts do not grow on trees. they are plants and like sandy soil and hot summers.
2007-05-02 12:31:08 · answer #5 · answered by Ron S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. they grow underneath the ground along the roots of a small bush.
2007-05-03 00:19:41 · answer #6 · answered by romualdo m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, you would think this though. Really, they grow underground like carrotts, potatoes, or turnups
2007-05-02 10:42:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋