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Please read cultivation notes for each variety carefully, as Nature Touch Farms will not be held accountable for the care of plants once they leave our premises. We are very careful with packing and handling our plants, however it is the responsibility of the purchaser to promptly unpack, plant and care for the plants appropriately once they arrive. We do take every possible care to grow healthy plants and send these out in the variety as labeled. Our online selection of rainforest tropicals, exotic fruit trees, local fruit trees varieties & culinary herbs can bring the tropics to your back yard, greenhouse or home garden.Ĭheck out our wide selection of other tropical plants, and subtropical plants climate plants. Nature Touch Farms is your source for buying rare plants and fruit trees. In other parts of the world cashew trees bear well, in spite of the little attention devoted to the orchards. Branches hanging on the ground should be removed because they interfere with harvesting. The trees grow vigorously in the first 3 years and as soon as the crowns touch each other alternate trees should be removed until the permanent planting distance of 10 to 12 m is reached. Planting distances of 8 x 5 m is recommended.
Nuts germinate within 4 days when lying on wet soil. Rain during the flowering season causes flower abortion due to anthracnose and mildew.ĭuring harvesting, while nuts are on the ground, rain and overcast weather causes the nuts to rot or start germinating. The cashew tree has a well-developed root system and can tolerate drought conditions. Yearly rainfall of 1 000 mm is sufficient for production but 1500 to 2000 mm can be regarded as optimal. The trees grow in a wide spectrum of climatic regions between the 25 °N and S latitudes.Īlthough the cashew can withstand high temperatures, a monthly mean of 25 ☌ is regarded as optimal. The oily shell liquid has many uses.Ĭashew trees are genuinely tropical and very frost sensitive. The mucous membranes of the mouth and throat are severely affected when it comes into contact with shell oil or the irritating fumes emitted during roasting. The cashew apple contains five times more vitamin C than an orange and contains more calcium, iron and vitamin B1 than other fruit such as citrus, avocados and bananas.Ĭashew shell oil extracted from the shells is caustic and causes burns on the skin. Salted, it appeals to the palate as the most delicious nut.Ĭashew apples and cashew nuts are excellent sources of nutrition. When roasted it changes colour and taste. In its raw form the cashew kernel is soft, white and meaty. The cashew seed has within the outside shell the edible kernel or nut. The cashew nut (seed) hangs at the bottom of the apple, and is c-shaped. The nut is attached to the lower portion of the cashew apple which is conically shaped. Seedling trees flower in the third year after planting. Blossoming takes place between November and January. The cashew-nut tree is a fast grower and an evergreen tropical tree.
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