I would like to trade plants for RAW PEANUTS

I know this is unusual but I had plans on trading plants for raw peanuts with someone a while back and forgot who this was, so I am asking here if anyone can get some raw peanuts,, or even ones boiled still in the shell I would love to trade, I will even do Postage by paypal for some of these. Its been about 5 years since I have been able to get some. I am looking for about 5-10 lbs of these peanuts. Let me know if anyone would like to take me up on this offer.
vicki

I can get raw peanuts. I may also be able to get miniature peanuts. Not certain that they are raw. It may take a while. I am not driving.
Blacks in Dayton, OH eat boiled green peanuts. I am 40 miles away and haven't seen them here. They are horrible and you can't get the taste out of your mouth.
Larry

LOL I believe those are referred to as goobers but I could be wrong. There are actually a few people here at DG that love those boiled peanuts! I remember a discussion from not too long ago.


I kicked myself earlier this week. I actually bought peanuts to plant and forgot. Argh. I keep meaning to look and see if it is too late or if I should send them South.....

Oh My, Raw peanuts are so good when you put them in a slow cooker all day and they get soft. I gotta get some , here in Pa we dont have them.
vicki

Vicki, if you check my boring town's website http://www.floresvillechamber.org/ you'll see peanuts listed as one of the local crops, but they're not real cheap, and they weigh a lot for their size, raw or otherwise. They don't start selling them until around Sept or October though, but let me know if you're interested.

Btw, do they have to be in the shells, or just the raw nuts? The ones without the shell are easier to find (kinda strange I know) is why I'm asking, and while I'm at it, what does a boiled peanut taste like? I've never heard of doing that to them lol.

Oh my gosh, boiled peanuts are WONDERFUL! You put them in a pot with alot of salty water and boil them in the shell. Yummmmm.
Anyway, My daddy farms peanuts and I can get as many as you would like when it's time. I'll talk with him tomorrow and find out when they will be ready and I'll let you know. Last year we took our two little boys to go ride the tractor while he was picking the peanuts and they loved it. We loaded the back of our pickup truck full of peanuts.

GSkinner
Please do let me know when you can get some,, I will send you money to ship them to me ok.. They are Deliciouse.


Indigoez
I cant describe the taste really , but they are very addicting LOL.
Thats why I suggested flate postage because it dont matter how much something weighs it all falls under 1 price for shipping.

Vicki

Bless your heart, I have felt your pain during my own six years of exile in Purgatory. I can get you some green peanuts for boiling, but they aren't cheap. The drought has severly damaged the row crops for SE Alabama and Georgia...the two main states for producing peanuts for the entire country. I've had problems buying green peanuts and finding them to be moldy once I got them home, so I would have concerns about shipping them....and you know boiling peanuts HAVE to be green. The grocery store up the road has just started selling this year's early crop, so your request hit at just the right time.

Your best bet would be to order them from a local vendor and have them ship them to you...let me post a link where you can order all the Southern produce your heart desires.....including Slocomb Tomatoes! I've got to warn you...this years peaches and cantaloupes are to DIE for! And the Slocomb Tomatoes are the best crop in years and years (if you like your duhmaters on the acidic side, like most civilized folks 'round here do). I've already put up 18 pints of peach jam and have enough peaches left to put up fixings for enough peach cobbler to last DH through till next summer. Also, the white peas and 'butter beans ' (known as baby limas everywhere else in the country) are coming into season as well.

If you are a displaced Southerner, you could go broke stocking up...or just reliving what great produce tastes like. Nothing like boiled peanuts and a co'cola on a hot day.....or a peach that is so juicy it just dribbles down your chin when you bite into it. Or that other most revered of all delicacy around these parts...the Mater Samwich. Mmmm mmm mm!

https://www.southeastalabama.com/Agriculture/Wiregrass%20Produce.htm

Don't forget, you need to add about half a box of salt to get your boiled peanuts salty enough.....and you need to boil them for HOURS or they will be a little hard and can give you a tummy ache. Personally, I prefer mine to be real squishy and real salty. Most folks don't boil them long enough for my taste. Some folks 'round these parts have started adding cajun seasoning to their boiled peanuts to spice them up. But to me that is just plain wrong!

Let me know if you can't get any from any of these sources and I'll see waht I can do about getting you some.

Bamabelle
Thanks for the information,, I did email the Turners and ask what they charge for the peanuts and the shipping cost, They were the only ones on the list with peanuts and email addy to contact.. I will wait to hear back from them first. Also, My brother drives truck and goes to Georgia and other states in the south and has told me he is going to check on getting me some also. Maybe by next month August they will be more plentifull?
My parents and grandparents are from the south also, but for the last 40 - 50 years have migrated north. I would love to live down south but dont see it happening in this life time, but who knows maybe some day. lol.
Please keep in touch with me about the peanuts they are so scrumpsiouse. I will wait to hear from the the turners and see what I can work out. Thanks again for the info.
vicki

I had to go looking. LOL

http://www.southernboiledpeanuts.com/

This:
Boiled Peanuts

Bypass roadside stands that sell boiled peanuts in June, and ignore the directions on bags of raw peanuts that tell you to boil them in salted water for eight hours. Real boiled peanuts are made with fresh, green nuts, so they're a seasonal treat of autumn. To make this delicacy, wash immature pods very well, and place them in a pot of very salty water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 60 to 90 minutes. Drain, cool and enjoy. Leftovers may be stored in the refrigerator or freezer.

was takent from here: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Livestock_and_Farming/2002_December_January/Grow_Great_Goobers__Anywhere

More: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01EFDE163AF935A2575BC0A96E958260

http://www.clemson.edu/peanuts/GARDENHTML.htm

I have to say there are lots of funny and also educational sites out there for these! There are also some amusing ones about bodily functions after eating a sack of these. LOL

I hope you get your boiled peanuts Vicki.

Isn't possible to buy raw peanuts at the local supermarket? Or these are special peanuts?

Spider
Here in Pa it is not possible to buy raw peanuts anywhere.

Badseed
Yep thats how I was told to do them also. I hope to get some.

Vicki

Ok so ,, If I could get some seed or whatever you use to start them growing then I could plant my own next year. LOL.
So what do they use? plants or seed? to get them growing. I figure if it takes 90-110 days to get green peanuts I would have to plant around april or may to get the green ones ,then I would have my own harvest by fall. hehe.


INFORMATION

Harvest: Green peanuts typically mature in 90 to 110 days after planting. Valencia types require a shorter season than Virginia types. Pods which aren’t filled by the kernel are too young and pods with dark internal hull color are too mature. Dig peanuts when most pods are within this range or when you’re too hungry to wait any longer. Some people prefer more mature, firmer boiled peanuts, while others like mushy, less mature kernels.

Dry peanuts are ready for harvest in 130 to 150 days or when at least 65% of the pods have dark internal hull color when cracked open. Another technique to test maturity is to scrape the middle or "saddle" of the pod exterior with a knife. Harvest for roasting when 40% of the pods have a dark brown to black color in this scraped area. As peanuts mature, the hull color in this scraped-away saddle area changes from white to yellow, to orange, to brown, to black.

PICKING PEANUTS


BARBARA PLEASANT

Above: The leading cultivated types of peanut (left to right) include Virginia, Spanish and Valencia. The nuts of runners (not pictured) are very similar to Virginia types.

There are four major types of peanuts: Valencia, Spanish, runners and Virginia.

Valencias are the leading home garden peanut. They're grown commercially in New Mexico and they're the peanuts grown on the Racz farm in Ontario. The popular `Tennessee Red' and `Georgia Red' varieties are Valencias, and the most commonly grown commercial variety, `Valencia A,' is a descendant of `Tennessee Red.' As the fastest maturing peanut plants, Valencias are usually ready to dig 95 to 100 days after planting. Valencias have three to six small, redskinned seeds packed into each pod. Famous for their sweet flavor and well filled pods, I think these are the best peanuts to eat raw. When roasted, Valencias come very close to the delicate crispness of Spanish peanuts.

Spanish peanuts produce small, rounded nuts with fine flavor and a crisp texture that makes them ideal for oil-roasted cocktail nuts or for use in candy making. Maturing about 110 days after planting. Spanish peanuts have an erect growth habit, and they tolerate drought well enough to he groan commercially in Texas. Oklahoma and New Mexico.


BARBARA PLEASANT

Author Barbara Pleasant is a nut nut.

Runners are the peanut butter makers of the southeastern peanut belt, which stretches across northern Florida, southern Georgia and southern Alabama. Maturing in 130 to 150 days, disease-resistant varieties such as 'Southern Runner' produce medium sized kernels, two to a pod, beneath plants that have a spreading growth habit. Runners need plenty of rain and warm weather, but they are usually very- tough, vigorous plants.

The seeds of Virginia peanuts are so big that they're called the Cadillac of peanuts. Grown mostly in Virginia and North Carolina, Virginia peanut plants look similar to runners. Like runners, Virginia peanuts need 130 to 150 days of warm weather, and there are usually two large seeds within each pod. Most of the commercially grown varieties were developed in North Carolina, with romantic names such as 'NC6' and 'NC11.' These are the big peanuts found in snack foods and trail mixes; they also are often sold as freshly roasted peanuts.

PLANNING FOR PEANUTS


The perfect soil for peanuts is sandy, loose and well-drained, with at least 18 inches of topsoil over subsoil that's neither rock nor hardpan. Peanuts will grow in clay loam, but small clay particles stick to the textured surfaces of mature peanut pods, leaving mottles that mar the beauty of the shells. The peanuts inside are just fine: You might not be successful selling peanuts grown in clay, but you shouldn't have any problem eating them.

Think carefully about where you plant peanuts in your garden, because they are sensitive to rotations. Plant peanuts after corn, wheat or another small grain, but never after potatoes or beans, which host several diseases that can infect peanuts. In an intensely managed, year-round vegetable garden, plant peanuts after winter greens such as turnips or kale.

Because peanuts fix most of their own nitrogen they don't need much fertilizer, but they do need abundant calcium along with boron, zinc and other minor nutrients. These are easily supplied by working a couple of inches of compost or rotted manure into the soil prior to planting. For added calcium, amend the soil with gypsum, a rock powder, at the rate of 15 pounds per 1,000 square feet. In extremely acidic soils some lime may be needed as well. Peanuts prefer a slightly acidic soil, between 5.8 pH and 6.5 pH.

As with peas and other nitrogen-fixing legumes, peanuts often get off to a stronger start if you give them a tease of nitrogen soon after planting. However, because peanuts are susceptible to fertilizer burn, use nothing stronger than diluted fish emulsion. A single drench, applied soon after the seedlings crack through the soil's surface, is usually adequate.

Pegging Peanuts: A Geocarpic Wonder

Peanuts are a rare example of the reproductive strategy called geocarpy, in which the seeds form and ripen in the ground beneath the plants. Beginning about 40 days after germination, peanuts produce yellow sweet-pea like flowers. When the flowers fade, the stems on the fertilized ovaries lengthen until the painted "peg" punts itself in the soil, 1 to 2 inches deep. Once it penetrates the soil, the peg turns horizontal and continues to grow and mature into a peanut. Flowering is continuous over several weeks. The first pegs that enter the soil, which grow quite close to the taproot, mature at a slower rate than those that appear later, so they all even out in the end. Depending on variety and growing conditions, each peanut plant should produce between 25 and 50 pods.

SOWING AND GROWING GOOBERS

Peanut plants grow 12 to 18 inches tall and up to 3 feet across, so its best to space row centers at least 36 inches apart. Always wait until after the soil has warmed to plant peanut seeds. Three weeks after the last frost and after soil temperature rises above 60 degrees is good peanut planting time. Plant seeds just shy of 2 inches deep, 4 to 6 inches apart. Soaking seeds overnight in water just before planting promotes fast, uniform germination.

Peanut seedlings will emerge within a week after planting, then they will grow slowly for about a month. Be patient, because secret wonders are taking place underground. For example, when you see four leaves above the soil line, there is probably already a 12-inch-long taproot beneath the plant, accompanied by lateral roots .stretching out in all directions.

Boiled Peanuts

Bypass roadside stands that sell boiled peanuts in June, and ignore the directions on bags of raw peanuts that tell you to boil them in salted water for eight hours. Real boiled peanuts are made with fresh, green nuts, so they're a seasonal treat of autumn. To make this delicacy, wash immature pods very well, and place them in a pot of very salty water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 60 to 90 minutes. Drain, cool and enjoy. Leftovers may be stored in the refrigerator or freezer.


WILLIAM H. ALLEN, JR

Peanut seedlings develop a deep taproot.


WILLIAM D. ADAMS

Then the flowers are pollinated, triggering the pegs to grow down into the soil and produce the peanuts.


WILLIAM D. ADAMS

A single peanut plant can produce up to 50 new peanuts.

Its fine to mulch between peanut rows and to hoe weeds, but hand-pull weeds that appear close to the plants crowns. Always hoe level rather than hilling soil up around the plants, which peanuts don't like at all. Once pegging has begun (see "Pegging Peanuts" on Page 77), stop weeding if it moans disturbing the soil under the plants' branches.

Peanuts have no problem with heat, though even well-watered plants will wilt in the middle of a hot day. They do need regular watering, which is best supplied by deeply soaking the plants once or twice a week. The critical period for watering is 50 to 100 days after planting, when the pods are growing near the soil's surface. As the plants near maturity, let the soil dry out. Very wet soil encourages mature peanuts to sprout in the "round.

HANDLING THE HARVEST

The days to maturity listed on the seed packet will give you a general idea of when your peanuts are ready to dig. but growing conditions can affect maturity time. If your plants begin to yellow, go ahead and dig them without delay. But most of the time, peanut plants are quite green when the pods are mature, so you'll need to dig up a sample plant or two to see if the nuts are ripe. Use a digging fork to loosen the soil around a plant lift it up (use two hands), shake well and then turn it over. Gather up the pods and shell the nuts. If 70 percent of the nuts have dark pink to red seed coats, and the insides of the shells also have turned a dark color, the entire planting should be harvested. Dig the plants, shake off the soil and lay the plants in the sun to dry. If a lot of dirt sticks to the pods, shake them a second time after they have been out of the ground for a day. You can hose off the nuts, too, but only if you have ovenlike weather to quickly dry them. Let the harvested plants dry in the sun for a week, and then set up a comfortable place in the shade to pick the nuts from the roots.

Even if you harvest your peanuts on precisely the right day, 20 percent to 25 percent of the nuts will be immature, or green. The shells of green nuts are soft, and the skins on the seeds are not fully colored. With a little practice, you will be able to tell the difference between mature and green nuts without removing them from the shells. Set aside the green nuts and use them to make boiled peanuts (see Page 78 for instructions). Spread out the mature nuts in a cool, dry place and allow them to dry for another two weeks before storing them in mesh bags. Kept cool and dry, cured peanuts will keep for several months, or you can shell them and store the raw kernels in your freezer for more than a year.

RAW VERSUS ROASTED

The roasting process changes peanut flavor, which is created by several hundred flavor compounds. I like the sweet chewiness of raw peanuts, but roasted ones are more versatile in recipes. You'll be ready for anything if you keep both forms on hand.

Whether unshelled or shelled, peanuts scorch easily, so it's important to watch both the temperature and cooking time very closely. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and arrange peanuts in a single layer in a clean baking pan. I prefer lightly roasted peanuts, so I consider shelled Valencias to be done after 14 minutes. Larger Virginias take about three minutes longer. Roasted in the shell (which produces more of that delicious aroma), Valencias take about 17 minutes, and Virginias are ready in 22 minutes. Roasting makes peanut shells more brittle, which makes shelling them messier, but this is no big deal if you shell them outside.

A self-confessed nut nut, Barbara Pleasant writes about gardening from her home in western North Carolina. Her newest book, The Whole Herb , will be published this month.

Sources for Seeds

Companies that sell peanut seeds are listed below. Or you can plant raw peanuts purchased at the store. I know this will work, because I collected samples from supermarkets and health food stores and ran germination tests on them. I tested raw, packaged Spanish, Virginia and Valencia peanuts, both shelled and unshelled, and got close to 100 percent germination on all of them by sealing them in a sandwich bag with a wet paper towel inside. Then I ate the sprouted peanuts, which are nutty and somewhat sweet. In fact, I highly recommend 3-day-old peanut sprouts as an addition to salads or Asian-style noodles.
Park Seed Company
Free catalog
(800) 845-3369
www.parkseed.com

Southern. Exposure Seed Exchange
Catalog $2 U.S., $3 Canada
(540) 894-9480
www.southernexposure.com

Ontario Seed Company
Free catalog
(519) 886-0557
www.oscseeds.com

I just a order for shelled raw peanuts from

http://www.vapeanuts.com/p-rs05.html

For a 5 lb bag it cost 11.39 and shipping was 6.70 with a total of 18.09

I will let you know how they turn out when I get them and get them boiled.

Vicki

I talked to momma yesterday and she said they would be ready in the fall. Just keep your fingers crossed no huricanes hit us. Katrina done alot of damage to them last year. Just get back in touch with me around September if you're still interested them. Like I said, I can send as many as you want.

GSkinner
I sure will let you know in the fall,, I am sure I will want some. : )
vicki

Hi Vicki

I can get you all the seed peanuts you could want, but if you put them in the ground today they would not be ready to produce before your first frost

Greg

Greg
Would the seeds last till next year?
vicki

Vickie We bought peanuts from our agway store to feed the squirrels. Cheapest place we could find 50#ag. When we brought them home they were different than roasted nuts, I figured they were raw nuts. I see your from Pa. dont know if your familiar with agway or not. Dixie

Dixie
Hmm not sure what kind of peanuts they are, but yes we have several agways here in pa,, I am sorta in the middle of 3 agway stores, york agway, gettysburg agway and hanover agway. I would think maybe they have already been proccesd but I could be wrong . I did place a order for hulled raw peanuts,, but i am sure I will want more lol. I will have to check out agway also maybe for some seed for next year.
Vicki

they could, most likely not, they get fungus fairly easlly and spraying them with fungusicde stops them from germinating

All the boiled one around here are in the shell. If you use directions for boiling in the shell and they are shelled it might not turn out so well. Just a thought.

Peanut plants are prone to a fungus similar to daylily rust. In fact, it is called Peanut Rust. My friend who has the DL nursery up the road sprays her DLs with the fungicide the local farmers use for peanut rust. However, once the nuts are harvested, if they develop mold or fugus, the entire lot has to be thrown out....or sold to a processor to be converted into products taht are not consumed by humans (at least, not for food!)

We usually buy a LOT of green peanuts as soon as they statrt selling them and I cook up a big stew pot full of boiled peanuts every week and freeze up most of them. Unfortunately, thye never last long enough. The idea is to freeze up enough to last us through the year...but my family are such peanut addicts that by the end of the week, the whole pot has been eaten up, so it is all I can do just to keep up with consumption.

My dad used to have a HUGE outdoor cooker like Cajuns use to boil crawfish and he would put up enough to last all year...but he did not have my son The Bear living with him. The Bear can eat his weight in peanuts...and if The Bear didn't have exercise induced asthma, he could play lineman for a Southern Football team. (note: in the South Football is the third largest religion)

Ok, now is the rust that DLs get and peanuts get the same as rust that gets on Apple trees? I know it is called cedar rust on apple trees. And guess what,,lol we have cedar trees everywhere so this contributes to the rust. but would that be the same thing that gets on peanuts and DLs?
vicki

I'll just jump in here and say that I LOVE boiled peanuts too! I guess it's an acquired taste, I always ate them as a teenager in MS, my DH is from KY and thinks they are disgusting, other people here cringe if I mention them, LOL. I had my step dad's brother ship me a box full of raw ones many years ago, they turned out ok but not as good as I remembered them....
Vicki

I got the Peanuts I bought from Virginia peanuts on friday, and boiled them up, and OH MY they are so good.. I just wanted to let you all know how I made out with them.
vicki

Yummmmm, sounds good!
Did you cook them in a crock pot, like the recipe on their site or did you use your own method? I'd like to know how you did it because I'm seriously considering buying some from them, especially since I see that they can be frozen!!
Thanks,
Vicki

I cooked them on the stove for about a 1 1/2 hrs. I put some salt in with them and kept tasting them till they got soft but not mushy.
You should buy from vapeanuts they are fast with shipping and the peanuts I got were the 5 lb hulled raw ones. Let me know how you make out ok. I froze six pint size bags of them and kept the rest out for eating. They are sooo good.
vicki

Yeee haaaw! I love it when someone knows what they want and goes for it! LOL

Glad you got your fix. :)

LOVE boiled peanuts...grew up on them...but I dont understand mushy...I never had a mushy peanut until we moved to VA. and they were selling boiled peanuts...but they were raw peanuts that they saok and then boil.....NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING like a boiled pnut from a green peanut. It was funny to me that in VA. the peanut state...I would have to take suitcases back there full of green peanuts...I also notice at the veggie stands even down here...once the reg. green peanuts are gone...they get these big ole peanuts....but again...they taste nothing like...nor do they have the texture of a true boiled peanut. One thing is for sure.....no right or wrong...what you get used to...but I can ssure you...there is a non mushy...delicious peanut out there to be had.

Im still eating my peanuts LOL

Being from Okla........I'd never even heard of boiling peanuts. Sounds like those of you in other parts know something we don't. hehe

Ok, Now I a question about peanuts and all you folks that eat them by the handfulls.
I know the peanuts are healthy for you in moderation and that peanuts lower the bad colestrol. They are also FATTENING. LOL. Has anyone seen a change in there weight by eating ALOT of the boiled peanuts? I was also reading that CORN is less fattening then peanuts. Let me know your view on this please.
STILL EATING THE PEANUTS HERE. LOL
vicki