Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) is a type of plant nuts are widely grown by Indonesian farmers, and most Indonesian farmers do it with intercropping system, in addition, peanuts are also plants that are easy to plant.
How to grow good peanuts, here we will describe to get abundant peanut crops, because it turns out most Indonesian farmers do not pursue how to grow nuts well, because most Indonesian farmers to plant peanuts with intercropping system.
Then another important thing, peanuts also turned out to have a root nodule which is where the bacteria Rhizobium, this bacteria that proved the element of Nitrogen needed plants, so the soil formerly planted peanuts will be fertile if planted with other plants.
How To Cultivate Peanuts Is Right And Good
There are several things that must be considered in the process of peanut cultivation to menadapatkan maximum yield, Among them are:
Terms of planting peanuts
Peanuts will be suitable if ditaam in areas with rainfall that is not too high and not too low meaning, will be suitable in areas with moderate rainfall, this is because if the peanuts grown in areas with high rainfall then the interest will be difficult to be pollinated because the air will more humid, otherwise it will cause diseases and fungi which is an obstacle to groundnut plants. peanuts also require sufficient sunlight.
The suitable height for this plant is between 50-500 mdpl, although this plant can still be planted above the altitude of 1500 mdpl. Suitable soil is soil that is loose, fertile and contains many nutrients, the content that must be fulfilled is sufficient element of potassium (Ca), nitrogen (K) and Pospat (P), while the good soil ph for this plant is 5-6 , 5.
Treatment Process
Do watering every day morning and evening, after planting process usually peanuts will grow and germinate hingg hari to 3-5 days, if until that day there is no signs will grow and not germinate, immediately do replanting, at planting hole that does not grow.
Typically, peanuts will grow evenly when the plant is 1-2 weeks old, then the flowering process at the plant age of 20 days until the age of 75 days, then the plant will begin to form pods at 30 days of planting age. Treat it well by keeping it watered daily.
Perform fertilizing using root manure and organic leaf fertilizer, or more practical use of organic liquid fertilizer, by sprinkling on the plant or by spraying it on the leaves of the plant, to produce a fertile and good plant. At the time of flowering plants, fertilization must be done, because at the time of flowering is the process of forming pods, to be a whole bean.
Do weeding on plants and Dab soil around the plant, to protect the roots and strengthen the roots so as not easily tercerabut.
Pest Control
Common pests that attack peanuts, including adultery leaf (roller leaves), caterpillar spider, root-eating caterpillars, then diseases that usually attack this plant is wilted root, wilted leaves, leaf spot, sclerotium and gapong and root rot. Perform integrated pest control processes so that pests and diseases are always well controlled, if necessary spraying then use
Harvesting is done if the peanuts are ripe, usually when the plant is 90 days old, as for the signs of the nuts are matangm is stems that have begun to harden, the leaves are partially yellow and begin to fall, the easy way is to take a sample of nuts, with its characteristics beans full and hard. Perform the harvesting carefully, by removing the plant by first digging on the soil around the plant.
That's how to grow peanuts are good and correct.
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