Comments on: New Weapon in Water Conservation Wars: The Peanut

By: JR

JR — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:19:54 +0000

This peanut perennial may be OK for Florida, but not for the remainder of the country. I suggest not watering your lawn/turf… it won’t thrive, but it’ll survive. Turfgrass releases significant amounts of oxygen into the atmosphere, which we all need. I personally think that watering your landscape (in most parts of the US) is fine, especially in the Midwest & Northeast… there is plenty of water. It’s unfortunate that so many people have moved to Texas, California & the SW, exactly the places that don’t have adequate supplies of water. The water cycle… when it rains, capture it & use it; it replenishes the Earth!

By: jim

jim — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:57:58 +0000

Our solution is to never water or fertilize our lawn. It’s the same color as the Chemlawn-treated one across the street, but it’s mostly wild strawberry, clover, and “whatever”. I’m not clear on why we have lawns, anyhow.

By: yellow fringe

yellow fringe — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:19:04 +0000

This plant is only suitable for Florida and the immediate gulf coast. Hopefully they will make the most of it, as farmers elsewhere cannot.

By: tee are

tee are — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:24:11 +0000

wow.. i just know that peanut is effective for water conservation..

hope our water could be far from disaster like oil spilling on the future