peanut plant

Hi all,
My 6 yr old has grown a plant from a peanut (he thinks!. I've got it in a little pot outside and it's doing well, 4" tall with lots of new leaves. Do I bring it in for the winter or will it be ok outside? Anyone any idea what it'll look like eventually? I wasn't aware that you could even grow plants from peanuts - DOH! :rolleyes:

 

Hi windy, I grew one for a while but I put it outside and forgot about it all winter, it died. :(

 

YES YOU DO BRING IT IN WINDY OR SLSE IT WILL DIE :(

 

Windy, we have a squirrel that grows them for us! he buries them in pots around the nursery. I have grown a few under glass in a very sandy compost and have had small nuts grow just below the surface. They cannot survive outside being a tropical/subtropical plant. They have novelty value but don't expect to go into peanut production!

 

Thanks all,
After the boys runner beans blew into the field (3rd year running) I better make sure I look after his little peanut plant! :D

 

If it is a peanut the leaves will look a bit like clover. They do grow easily and will have nuts on when old enough. This should be fascinating and instructive for children as the peanuts develop under the soil!
I do hope he has got a peanut, and is not carefully cultivating a weed as I have often done!
:D

 

Are you sure they weren't running away? :D

 

Rich :D
Liz, yes the leaves are clover-like so I think he's got it right. He came home from Beavers a few weeks ago with a jar full of sprouting seeds. When I asked him what they were he said "something somethings". Turned out to be mustard seeds :D :D

 

Hey Windy way back when l was a mere boy if im right the goverment of the day went into what was known as the groundnut scheme it failed im sure some of the older members may remember this?

 

found this one in a phormium this morning at work. Someone puts peanuts out all year round in their garden behind the nursery and here is where he stores them.