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Peanut Plant Populations Peanut Notes No. 57 2025

A farmer called and asked what population is best per foot of row. My answer is try to achieve 4 to 5 plants per foot of row across the field. Given fields can vary in soil characteristics and…

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Dry Weather and Injury From Valor Peanut Notes No. 56 2025

A grower asked if Valor should be avoided because they are planting now and it does not look like we will get significant rain for some period of time (this was a question several days ago.) They…

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Nutsedge Control in Peanuts Peanut Notes No. 55 2025

Question:I was reaching out to see if you had any advice on a chemical program to reduce nutsedge that does not have a lot of carry over , we typically plant watermelons behind peanuts.Jordan:If you…

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Estimating Zinc Contribution From Waste Analysis to Zinc Index in the Field Peanut Notes No. 54 2025

The following is a re-post of a question about litter and subsequent effects on zinc index values.Stephanie Kulesza (2024 answer)It’s hard to estimate how an application of zinc will affect the soil…

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Equipment and Delivery of In-Furrow Sprays Peanut Notes No. 53 2025

I had a really good discussion with a farmer in Wilson County about fertility and irrigation. I'll get to that topic in another entry of Peanut Notes. We also discussed how to get around issues with…

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Follow Up on Inoculant Performance Peanut Notes No. 52 2025

Here is a quick follow up on Dan's comments on inoculants in Peanut Notes No. 50. In a trial with a relatively short rotation, inoculant increased yield by 168 pounds per acre. In his example, that…

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Volunteer Peanuts Peanut Notes No. 51 2025

Earlier this week we were preparing fields and planting some of our rotation/tillage trials on the research station. Our focus was corn, and as we ran the strip till rig, I noticed a lot of peanut…

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Dan Anco Clemson Early Season Questions on Inoculant and Insecticides Peanut Notes No. 50 2025

Two Insecticides In Furrow?Would it be worth applying both imidacloprid/generic Admire Pro and Thimet in furrow to improve early season protection against thrips? While multiple different approaches…

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Litter Applied to a Potential Peanut Field Peanut Notes No. 49 2025

Question:Grower has a 60 acre field that he was planning to put peanuts on but chicken litter got applied to it accidentally. Just wanted to know what your thoughts.Jordan:It is an unknown and that…

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Zinc and pH Question Peanut Notes No. 48 2025

Question:Farmer is thinking of growing peanuts in sample 8. What do you think?Jordan:Based on my experience, a pH of 6.8 and zinc index of 531 should be okay for peanuts. When was this sample…