Twin rows increase yield. But we can make top peanut yields without bottom plowing. You can also plant flat. We can control diseases without bottom plowing. Strip-tillage into a cover crop reduces tomato spotted wilt.
Peanuts respond best to residual fertilizer.
Adequate residual potash is especially important if you don t bottom plow. Excess K in the pegging zone interferes with Ca uptake and causes pod rot, so avoid potash application in the spring if you can t turn it under. Calcium - High soil Ca is critical to quality peanut production, especially for Virginia types and seed peanuts. Half this amount can be used if it is applied in a band over the pegging zone. Boron can be tank-mixed with fungicides.