You might need to regularly water it as well, but other than that plants grow really easily in anything resembling their native environment. Tradeoff is space and latency.
If you have the right growing conditions, nearly every plant will. They had a few billion years to get good at that. Unfortunately (for you) - so have the several thousand other species of plants that will compete against that peanut in your backyard.
I *could* argue that evolution started with (or before) the first signs of life on this planet. But yes, regarding the stuff growing in my garden, you're probably right.
Actually no, but the time-lapse here isn't fine enough to show it. Peanuts are WEIRD. They (like all legumes) are trees, but tiny, soft trees that have lost the ability to make wood. Strangely, they produce flowers from the base of the stem, and the flowers grow upwards like normal flowers. However, when they pollinate (and they usuallly just self-pollinate, though bees can help it's not necessary), the petals wither and the stem bends downwards and elongate, plunging the ovary into (1/2)
the ground, forming a structure referred to as the "spike." Underground, the ovary just develops the same as a pea pod or bean pod (other than of course being underground). Because of the underground development and the fact that they're commonly eaten dry-roasted, they're not considered beans (which have to be boiled to soften) or peas (which are soft and edible raw). Nor nuts (which are dry fruits), nor "nuts" like cashews and almonds (which are really the seeds of drupes). (2/2)
It is a nut - a dry edible seed or fruit. It's not a pea but has a flavour reminiscent of peas because it's a legume, like peas. It's not a botanical nut, but not are almonds, pecans, pine nuts, Brazil nuts or walnuts, so there's no reason to be pedantic about that when it's so clearly unrelated to normal language.
I will always remember an exercise we did in English class when I was in middle school. They would give us a sentence to correct. The only one I remember is "A peanut isn't no nut its a bean."
(It's a quote from an old TV show. Those who recognize it will get it, but at this point it's understandable if you don't.) But yes, peas, beans, tamarind, mesquite, peanuts, acacia, mimosa, and many other plants are legumes, or fabaceae. Peanuts are a very odd member of the family though, and in fact they are neither peas nor nuts. Nor beans either.
sethb1978
And thank you George Washington Carver
cAPTNcAPSLOCK
TIL that the things we eat actually are the underground bits. Always assumed that they were like bean or pea pods.
Foxplay
Peanut
killernat
peanuts are weird af they are legumes that flower then burry the seed pod
TorPemBoy
can i do with with Planters roasted peanuts ?
themikep
crazy how nature do dat
TepHaST5Basa
Is the peanut going to be ok?
Dadbodbot
And just like that, you uncover and show us its nuts? WTF?!?
WhatUpDog3000
NirvanaNik
One of three president's to receive the Nobel Piece Prize.
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
Rest in peace, Jimmy
SpikeSpiegeil
JimboTCB
In just 90 days you can turn a peanut into another peanut, amazing!
dislurkerdude
Day 903 my honey roasted peanuts still have yet to sprout
Banana369
Try dry roasted. My dry roasted peanut bush is going great.
jhuckaby
Credit: boxlapse on youtube
PillarOfSaltShakers
akrabbim
Glad I'm not the only one who thought of him.
docweird
That looks nuts.
BlackTrashTiger
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
Grow it in a pineapple under the sea.
XXXSpork
Bro I just found a hack for infinite peanuts!
OctopusBaroness
Come here, plant, and let me caress you with my black thumb.
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
I have a brown thumb.
OctopusBaroness
Ah, so plants are alive at least a month before they die?
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
Just about
Pphunk77
J0NKER
now all you need is ketchup and sliced onions, and you're ready to eat your Sunday sundae
Bludabeagle
I Wish, I could grow my own nuts............. wait, I said that wrong.... /s
MikeRInternetTraveler
I honestly don’t know how I thought peanuts grew; never really thought about it, but I know it wasn’t this. Fascinating.
blueipDriver
Oddly enough, I didn't know that peanuts were actually the seeds for peanut trees for some reason. Somehow I never put 2 & 2 together
nasukkin
My local ravens love peanuts. They will fuck up the chipmunks to get to them when I put them out.
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
Baltimore?
DeeplyBroken
I really didn’t need to see this. I probably eat more peanuts than anything else, and I have a hydroponic setup. Now I’m going to have to try this.
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
Is it really this easy to grow peanuts? I've been buying them like a fucking chump.
Colopty
You might need to regularly water it as well, but other than that plants grow really easily in anything resembling their native environment. Tradeoff is space and latency.
DopeChicken
stercusmoriturussum
If you have the right growing conditions, nearly every plant will. They had a few billion years to get good at that. Unfortunately (for you) - so have the several thousand other species of plants that will compete against that peanut in your backyard.
vindik8or
The first land plants didn't evolve until 450 million years ago, and flowering and fruiting much later than that.
stercusmoriturussum
I *could* argue that evolution started with (or before) the first signs of life on this planet. But yes, regarding the stuff growing in my garden, you're probably right.
Myotragus
WhoUhz
BlackTrashTiger
HelloLetsGo
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
“That’s wonderful.”
LordBrandonTheBold
I shall name him, Jimmy.
J0NKER
because his head is shaped like a peanut shell?
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
reddenbocker
I had no idea peanuts grew in the ground. I thought they grew on the above parts of the plant.
skyrocketeer
Same!
peterbozeman
Disappointed...
But not in you. I was disappointed in me for not teaching you well enough.
zombiejedediah
They're frequently known as ground nuts in Africa.
welluhwhatdoyouwantmetosay
Peanuts plant themselves.
ObiHaiv
You're going to love where "baby carrots" really come from.
pdp1
Well, when two carrots love each other very much…
KnifeKnut
You are one of today's lucky 10,000
wetsquirrel
Aimoss
Me neither and my Husband is German and here they are called Erdnusse (earth-nuts) yikes!
interesseret
In Danish they are literally called earth nuts. Jordnødder.
Kyllan82
In Afrikaans they are called ground beans. Grondboontjies.
ddubya42
part of the root system. that's why they're not technically "nuts", they're legumes
Fulustreka
Oilseed.
kwyjiboner
And also why "tree nut" allergies are distinct from peanut allergies
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
I knew someone with allergies to both.
jaxonwithanx
https://youtube.com/shorts/0__lpwjV_4k?si=0Btae_IQiQPOw8_9
torillatavataan
Legumes are just plants with pods that have two sides and seeds attached at the joint of them, right?
torillatavataan
Legumes (with the notable exception of the peanut and some chickpea species) typically have their seed pods well above the ground.
OliverOtter
Actually no, but the time-lapse here isn't fine enough to show it. Peanuts are WEIRD. They (like all legumes) are trees, but tiny, soft trees that have lost the ability to make wood. Strangely, they produce flowers from the base of the stem, and the flowers grow upwards like normal flowers. However, when they pollinate (and they usuallly just self-pollinate, though bees can help it's not necessary), the petals wither and the stem bends downwards and elongate, plunging the ovary into (1/2)
OliverOtter
the ground, forming a structure referred to as the "spike." Underground, the ovary just develops the same as a pea pod or bean pod (other than of course being underground). Because of the underground development and the fact that they're commonly eaten dry-roasted, they're not considered beans (which have to be boiled to soften) or peas (which are soft and edible raw). Nor nuts (which are dry fruits), nor "nuts" like cashews and almonds (which are really the seeds of drupes). (2/2)
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
Otters are so smart.
dbox
Actually, no.
Syko73
A Peanut is neither a pea nor a nut
combatkillaz
Rhode Island is neither a road, nor an island…discuss amongst yourselves
preventerfire
It’s a goober!
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
it's as close as pea as it gets without being one - a legume that has pods with seeds
GlenL
You can pea deez nuts
jfitz
It's not a penis either, despite sounding a little bit like one
irmonkey
Harlan Pepper, if you don't stop naming nuts!
TheFishFace
It is a nut - a dry edible seed or fruit. It's not a pea but has a flavour reminiscent of peas because it's a legume, like peas. It's not a botanical nut, but not are almonds, pecans, pine nuts, Brazil nuts or walnuts, so there's no reason to be pedantic about that when it's so clearly unrelated to normal language.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
yep - culinary vs botanical meaning, just like with tomatoes
andydicktracymorganfairchild
Discuss
girlyBIRB
I will always remember an exercise we did in English class when I was in middle school. They would give us a sentence to correct. The only one I remember is "A peanut isn't no nut its a bean."
TK421isAFK
It ain't neither, it's a legume.
LeCoq1963
This discussion is triggering my root-lobe allergy
JockoV
I'm so glad to see Coffee Talk remembered.
AtleastIvegotthatgoingforme0
No big whoop
OliverOtter
It's a legume.
2Soon4Baboon
What's legume? Hehehehe
TheWarHymn
Won't that make it close to a pea?
OliverOtter
(It's a quote from an old TV show. Those who recognize it will get it, but at this point it's understandable if you don't.) But yes, peas, beans, tamarind, mesquite, peanuts, acacia, mimosa, and many other plants are legumes, or fabaceae. Peanuts are a very odd member of the family though, and in fact they are neither peas nor nuts. Nor beans either.