Peanut harvest will be here before you know it and I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of some important things that need to be done before the harvest begins. An initial Hull-Scrape Profile is recommended to determine maturity and a digging date.
There will be peanut maturity clinics at Ogeechee Peanut on September 2, JB Anderson Peanut on September 9, and Tillman and Deal on September 12. The clinics will be from 8:00 am till 12:00 pm. Please bring your samples if you would like them placed on the maturity profile board.
If you would like for me to take a look at your peanuts on the profile board, please give me a call at the Extension Office. If you collect the sample yourself, be sure to get a representative sample. Lift at least five plants from at least three different areas in a field. Keep the samples from each area of the field separated. Start with the plants from one area, make a mental note of the vine condition and check the pod stem strength of the most mature pods. Take one plant and remove all of the pods (everything match head size or larger). Take the second plant and do the same. Once you have started picking the pods off of the plant, finish pulling the pods from that plant. Continue this process until you have 180-220 pods.
