Some sort of netting has got to be a sound investment. The crows, having finished off the corn have recently returned from a spell further afield. They have begun digging up the groundnuts. Although harvest time a lot further off than a week, the nuts must still be appealing. As before, the evidence is strewn across the ground. I have to be a little intrigued seeing the thick but pliable shells split open.
jake: Night soil :)... the traditional fertilizer. 
Alan: Nice looking taters. Good color to them.
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Ben: Didn't work. I have the Chinese version, maybe it's different? Who knows... (and yes, I've followed the steps ...
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weekendfarmer
13 August, 2008 #
whats a ground nut?
adekun
13 August, 2008 #
I don’t want to spill the beans just yet. Perhaps you can do some digging around.
weekendfarmer
15 August, 2008 #
ha? : ) oh I see!!! I have them too!! Actually I bought the seeds in Kamakura and now are growing in NJ. Do you know when we can harvest them? This is my first time. Pictures on my blog.
adekun
15 August, 2008 #
It’s my first time too. Most of the articles I read before were to do with commercial growing. Found some info on harvesting them on the eHow site site. It seems a bit like garlic. On the back of my pack it says to sow in Jun/Jul and harvest in Oct/Nov.
My lot got sown in June and although the pods are the size of monkey nuts, inside the kernels are still small. Saw the pic on your blog. Think they make a good mystery plant. An important point is to water them when they are sown and not to thereafter until they break through the surface.