SPERLI Erdnuss Jimmy’s Pride

Peanuts from your own container: Jimmy’s Pride grows 30–60 cm tall, flowers yellow and lets its cream-coloured fruits ripen underground.

The story

Origins & history

The peanut comes from South America, from the region of present-day Bolivia and northern Argentina, where it was grown thousands of years ago. Portuguese and Spanish seafarers spread it to Africa and Asia in the 16th century. Although called a nut, botanically it is a legume – a relative of beans and peas.

Uses

An exciting project for containers and raised beds in a warm, sunny spot. After flowering, stalks called pegs grow down into the soil, where the pods develop; a loose soil makes their way easy. Harvest is in August and September, and the kernels are usually roasted.

Meaning

The botanical epithet ‘hypogaea’ means ‘below the earth’. In the USA the agricultural scientist George Washington Carver made the peanut an important crop for the exhausted soils of the South in the early 20th century.

A thought for giving

The peanut flowers in the light and then deliberately lowers its fruit into the earth. Those who put down roots can bear rich fruit.

At a glance

• Contents: 1 packet for approx. 5 plants
• Botanical name: Arachis hypogaea
• Life cycle: annual
• Height: 30–60 cm
• Position: sunny
• Suitable for containers: yes (raised bed, container)
• Sow indoors: all year round
• Harvest: August–September
• Sowing depth: 0.5–1 cm
• Germination temperature: 25 °C
• Germination time: 14–28 days
• Plant spacing: 50 cm
• Row spacing: 50 cm
• Seed type: loose seed

How to sow

1. Sowing indoors is possible all year round, ideally in the PRO24 propagator (Anzuchthaus PRO24): sow seeds 0.5–1 cm deep.
2. The seeds need at least 25 °C and germinate in 14–28 days.
3. Only move outdoors once frosts are over – the peanut is not hardy.
4. Plant in full sun, 50 cm apart within and between rows, ideally in loose peat-free vegetable compost (Gemüseerde torffrei).

Delivery time: 1–2 weeks. Manufacturer: SPERLI GmbH. Seeds, not a plant – the image shows the original packet.

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