not me. Sorry your post didn't get more responses.

I am also interested in spacing methods for peanuts in the SFG. According to various sites regarding row planting, plants should be spaced 6-7 inches apart, with rows 2-3 feet apart. I would guess the extra spacing between rows is for the peanuts to send their little shoots out to the side and into the ground, so I'm reluctant to plant 4 per square as is suggested for plants with 6-inch spacing. I havnt been able to find any information of anyone growing peanuts in a square ft garden, so by golly i think i'll try it. Ho! Peanuts!

Here's what I'll do: an entire 4 x 4 square, half planted with 1 plant per square and half with 4 per square, just to see what happens.

I'll update at the end of the season!

My neighbor grows peanuts in the little space between the walkway to her doorstep and the side of the garage-- it's probably about 2 and a half, maybe three feet wide at most. She does two rows about a foot or so apart with the plants spaced 6-inches apart. I'm not sure what her yield is, but she apparently does it every year with decent results. I hope your experiment works out!

By the way, I happen to have a neurotic hamster (nameless for now, but he goes through a thesaurus of words synonymous with "fat") who was more than happy to receive a peanut as a gift today-- how coincidental!

Since this hasn't been answered. What is the recommended spacing in a square foot garden for peanuts? 4 plants per square foot or 1 plant per square foot? I plan on planting Tennessee Red Valencia peanuts. I plan on starting transplants.

if any of you read the square foot books the answer would be obvious.

to cover row planting to square foot you use the final distance between plant in row.

then do that in every direction.

since distance between plants in row is 6 in you get 4 plant per square foot and 64 plant per 4ft x 4 ft give you need between 10-50 plants to produce 1 lb of peanuts.

hope this helps.

But like neurotichamster said, not only should plants be 6-7 inches apart but with rows 2-3 feet apart (presumably for the shoots). The question then posed is four plants per square too close or should it be one plant per square?

the 3 foot apart is so farmer can weed around plant it has nothing to do with the shoots. peanuts grow from flowers after being pollinate push themselves into grown.

In NYC I've tried peanuts in the ground, in a pot and in grow bags.

1st year in the ground I had problems with grubs and squirrels, dying plants and difficulty digging up. Only got 8 peanuts

2nd year in large pot was great. I could control everything. I crowded the plants and they seemed to like it. Out of 12-14 plants I got almost 100 peanuts. (low since I didnt see some pendulums hanging outside of pot, so shriveled up). Dug up by tipping over and sifting.

3rd year in fabric grow bag was difficult to control moisture levels whether it was hot or not, seemed to be too much aeration. Only got half as much peanuts. Still easy to harvest and protect from critters though.

If I do it again, I will use same plain plastic pot from Home Depot, cheap and convenient.