The Great British Peanut experiment
reddit.com/gallery/nwhq09Posted Jun 10, 2021, 7:30 AM UTC
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Maybe this is niche even for allotmenteers, but r/soilporn.
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What kind of nutrients / NPK ratios do peanuts like?
Are they like other root vegetables for feeding?
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Don’t know, I’m into my first year of ‘No Dig’ in which I just add compost to the surface each year and no fertiliser, the rationale is that the soil ecosystem looks after the plants and nutrients are slowly released.
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These are rhetorical questions. They are questions you should be asking yourself.
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No, you don't need to know about nutrients. All you need to know about is building a healthy soil.
Feed your soil, and your plants will thrive.
You have a lot to learn. Have a look at regenerate agriculture.
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Glad other people write on rocks too!
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So I planted these peanuts out on May 23rd, not much has happened yet but they are still alive and look like they are putting their roots down. I am in the UK just north of Bristol, I don’t use slug pellets and haven’t added fertiliser except in the bucket, where I mixed in chicken manure pellets and blood, fish & bone. So far the bucket under the car port is doing the best, don’t know if any will crop but it will be interesting to watch
I think buckets do well when it's hot(ish) because they can heat up more than the ground will - I notice that courgettes, things that like it hotter do better at first in containers. Might reach a plateau in terms of root space and you have to be more on top of watering but i would not be surprised if that one performs the best, if any of them are going to produce anything. please post the results either way!