Peanut 'Virginia Bunch'
Peanut 'Virginia Bunch' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Peanut 'Virginia Bunch' is a productive variety with good disease resistance and very large kernels. Peanuts can be grown from southern NSW to northern Australia in areas with 5 months of warm frost-free weather. Peanuts set seed by bending over the flower stalk and pushing it into the soil where the peanuts form. As a low growing legume with yellow pea flowers it makes an ideal 'living mulch' between rows of taller vegetables such as sweet corn.
Product: Peanut 'Virginia Bunch'
Product type: SEED ()
Botanical name: Arachis hypogaea
Peanut 'Virginia Bunch' is a productive variety with good disease resistance and very large kernels. Peanuts can be grown from southern NSW to northern Australia in areas with 5 months of warm frost-free weather. Peanuts set seed by bending over the flower stalk and pushing it into the soil where the peanuts form. As a low growing legume with yellow pea flowers it makes an ideal 'living mulch' between rows of taller vegetables such as sweet corn.
Plant type: Warm season, low growing annual
Sow when: Germinate best between 22 - 30°C
Temperate: September - October
Subtropical: September - December
Tropical: Sow during the dry season
Germination: 7 - 14 days
Depth: 3 - 5 cm deep; handle gently, seeds are fragile
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Sow directly where it is to grow
Soil type: Well-drained loam, pH 5 – 8
Details: Avoid moisture stress as this can cause toxic aflatoxins to infect the crop
Harvest: 155 days; harvest peanuts once the leaves start to yellow; roast in the shell at 180°C for 20 - 25 minutes