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How to sow peanuts and how to harvest them.

Planting before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, but not too early, in case the buds freeze to death. It doesn't matter if it is late, it will mature later.

The suitable harvest period of peanuts is the maturity of peanuts. The signs of maturity are: the plant is aging, the top stems and leaves stop growing, the upper leaves turn yellow and the night-sensitive movement of day opening and night closing basically disappears, the middle and lower leaves gradually fall off after turning yellow, and the stems and branches are yellow-green; Most of the pods are full (the full fruit index of early-maturing pearl bean varieties is over 75%, the full fruit index of middle-maturing varieties is over 65%, and the full fruit index of ordinary middle-maturing varieties is over 45%), the shell is hardened, the network is clear, the white sponge tissue in the shell shrinks, and the cracks are obvious, showing dark brown patches; The kernel is full and the skin is thin and smooth, which shows the inherent color of this variety. In normal years in our province, plastic film spring peanuts were harvested at the beginning of September, and wheat interplanting and summer direct sowing peanuts were harvested at the end of September1early October. Peanuts used as seeds should be harvested several days in advance. Besides, it's true.