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Post by Tucson Grower on Mar 27, 2023 9:24:52 GMT -6
About a week ago I planted a 12-pac of the 'Wild Jungle' peanuts, from Urban Farmer --> I thought they looked unique. I hope I can get them to grow. So far, no sign of them popping up.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Mar 30, 2023 21:31:41 GMT -6
A few of these old seed have started to germinate' it looks like I'll have an occupant for the Virginia Jumbo peanut bed, and it's still a peanut. Though they will need to share the bed with its other occupants, now. Soybeans, lima beans, and cosmos.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Apr 1, 2023 22:26:58 GMT -6
Well, this somewhat old Urban Farmer sourced 'Wild Jungle' peanut seed seems very durable. My batch was produced for 2021 season, but it's germinating like it were fresh, I'm impressed.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Apr 2, 2023 13:47:11 GMT -6
Another thing I find interesting about these 'Wild Jungle' peanuts is the color of the plants; all the other seedlings are predominantly green, while these have a lot of red/brown pigment.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Dec 12, 2023 16:42:15 GMT -6
Well, only two peanut plants survived my pests and growing conditions; they were both; (Wild jungle type). Of course, like almost everything else that was still growing, my recent low to 30F finally stopped them. The plants had suddenly gone from a nice green shade to all brown. I just pulled one of them up and discovered more than 30 peanut fruits attached to the plant, with about a half-dozen beginning to sprout while still in their husks. I tried one that had 3 peanuts in its husk - those fresh raw peanuts tasted almost exactly like the fresh raw seeds of the Ironwood trees; amazing. BTW the peanut plants roots had lots of nice-sized nodules - it seems the inoculant had succeeded.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Dec 18, 2023 0:49:48 GMT -6
Here is a smart-phone image of the larger of the 2 peanut plants - post harvest --->
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Post by macmex on Dec 18, 2023 6:30:57 GMT -6
Not bad! You have seed for a larger planting in the coming year.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Dec 18, 2023 7:35:21 GMT -6
That's just what I was thinking.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Dec 18, 2023 18:59:34 GMT -6
Having seed for next year is pretty important stuff. Those look like they got good production too, good to have those kinds of genes.
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