no: the flower stalks become the pegs. They grow just like a bean except the pods have to be underground to form.

Hmmm...wonder what are happening to mine then...too dry and withering? hmmm

Was the stem damaged? It's normal for the flower to wilt after blooming and, as farmerdill mentioned, the pegs grow from that.

I don't think so, I'll try to get some close up pictures of the blooms today or tomorrow.

The pegs are not showy, just a long sharp pointed stem. {{gwi:63131}} {{gwi:63132}} {{gwi:63133}}

Ok, see in your second picture there, in the middle left of the picture, there's a shriveled up flower. It's stem is tiny tiny tiny, and all dried up looking....that's what I see.

Here's one of mine. In your pics there, there are pegs there? See in mine, esp. the faded bloom on the right there, faded bloom...and tiny/really thin stem that doesn't look like could do much of anything. The curved stem closer to the main center stalks there has a bit more oomph to it, but still doesn't look like much. Never grown peanut before, so I'm still concerned I'm doing something wrong. Maybe under-watering?

Another...see how the faded bloom/stem is now hanging upside down toward the ground. That is going to develop into a peg and penetrate the soil? Looks pretty weak/withered to me, but I have no clue what I'm doing here.

Yep you got it... The pegs don't look like much... That's one of the reasons that I didn't think my peanut plants weren't doing anything when I grew them for the first time last year... It just looks like the plant is growing a bunch of long dried out roots.... Ahhh.. I'm understanding now, that's what you ment by stem...

I also have the same problem with my peanut plants. I am in Greece and a first time planter. Never seen a peanut plant before and quite amazed with this tiny beautiful flowers. The first thing I do in the morning is to check them but disappointed to see them wilted and fallen to the ground. I water them every other day but afraid that the sun scorched them. I have hilled my plants and laid mulch all around each one of them but the pegs don't seem to bury themselves. Is it ok if I just covered them myself with soil?

If you hill some dirt to the pegs, you can likely speed up the pods starting to grow...important to speed up things here.

Hello Mav72 in your post of Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 16:07--- did you finally harvest peanuts? I am experiencing the same thing as PdOxGard and his pictures are just like taken from my own plants. I water them manually as I have not installed irrigation lines. Could that be washing out or hurting the flowers that cause them to wilt? Besides my plants are not getting tall but just running here and there... Having a hard time hilling them... Will appreciate any encouraging comments.......