peanuts

I was wondering if anyone as grown any, in the uk.
As i have planted a seed and it as shooted,and is just over an inch tall.

 

Yes, I'm trying some this year Boebrummie.
I planted them quite a while back. They came up no problem at and grew on well to about 18".
They then started to come into flower but they only made a couple of token flowers and gave up. They've done nothing since. I'm about ready for giving up on them.
I gave a few away to gardening friends and they've had the same experience.
Any peanut success stories out there ?

 

I tried growing them a few years ago.
I had only limited success, I think they need heat and humidity to do well.

My crop was smaller than the number of seeds I planted:lollol:

 

thanks for replies..alice are yours in pots or planted in the ground..i,m thinking of just trying this plant in a pot.. might leave it in my house as an house plant. strange things i though peanuts grew on tree's lol.

 

My peanuts were in pots in the conservatory for quite a while. As I said they grew well but the flowering was pathetic. I thought it might have been too hot and dry for them so I put them out in the cold frame and they've done nothing since. They're only getting that space til I need it for something else then they've gone. I might put one in the ground and see how it gets on there. Nothing to loose.

 

Not sure whether this is the correct thread for the following query but here goes............ does anyone know what is used/contained in the Peanuts sold for birds/wildlife which warrants the warning "Not for Human Consumption ".
I'm aware that even those sold for human consumption always carry an allergy warning but assume there is something else involved in the wildlife peanuts.
TIA for any info.

 

I think its just a case that they may have not been stored correctly for human consumption, I buy sunflower seeds and some sacks say for feeding animals only, other say baking quality, which I assume is ok for human consumption.

A bit like meat that goes for pet food, it wont kill you but hardly the best quality.

 

We've had some come up that the squirrels have planted. I always pull them straight out as we have a granddaughter who is hyper allergic to them.

They are not true ( or tree) nuts, but swollen root nodules . A good source of protein for those that can eat them but VERY problematic for many people with allergies.

 

Not to do with quailty but the handing and movement with in the store is not up to the standrads for human consumption ie the cleanish

 

Some times the meat in pet food is alot better, i've pick up pet food from the makers and the warehouse is clean, i've also pick up food for humans and in some place's you would have a head fit if you seen some warehouse even drinks, i pick up some beer/cider and i can say i wouldn't buy a single tin (loose) i'd only buy it if it's in a plastic wraper and packed on the production line

The joy's of being a lorry driver you seen the good and the bad and the bad will open your eye and if you see some of the things going on it could put you off eating

 

Thanks @pete and @Jiffy. I was only asking as OH bought a 30 kg sack of peanuts the other day to last the birds thru winter. We both like munching on nuts and raisins and as our " human" peanut supply is a bit meagre at the moment, I wondered whether there was any reason we couldn't share the bird's.
May give it a try and see. Thanks again.

 

Although peanuts are legumes and have root nodules, the peanut you shell and consume is a fruit formed from an ovary behind a yellow typically shaped legume flower. After fertiisation the ovary sends out a shoot which grows to the ground and then drags the fertilised ovary below the ground where the peanut fully develops and the shell hardens.

 

I learned this before I even got interested in gardening @NigelJ ! My father was a PoW in USA, and told us about it, as the prisoners were moved around the country picking crops. He picked citrus, cotton and peanuts. He said cotton was worst, as the bolls are held in very sharp dried calyces.

 

I usually buy roasted ones to eat which you cant grow, but a few weeks ago they sent me raw ones by mistake.
I planted a couple just for the hell of it and they germinated quickly but obviously dont like the dark weather as they are dying off now.
This is the first time I've germinated any in years but it fairly common to find them coming up in pots planted by squirrels in the summer months.