Until tree canopies shade out the weeds, weeding is essential around the tree trunks up to a radius of about 2 m.Application of any organic manure/compost once in every 2 month is generally recommended for cashew.Fruiting is only encouraged from the third year, prior to this de-blossoming has to be carried out.Planting of grafted plants is usually carried out during the monsoon season.

MAXIMUM HEIGHT– Upto 6-8 meter, some time more or less depends on climatic conditions of particular area.īLOOMING TIME – Flowering start from October/November.įRUITING TIME– Bearing commences after the 3rd year of planting and It takes 2-4 months to develop fruits. Cashew is a tropical plant thrives even at high temperature. The true fruit contains a single seed, which is often considered a nut in the culinary sense. The drupe develops first on the tree, and then the pedicel expands to become the cashew apple. The tree can grow as high as 14 m but the grafted cashew growing up to 6 m. The fruit is an oval or pear-shaped structure, a hypocarpium, that develops from the pedicel and the receptacle of the cashew flower called as cashew apple(Cashew apple is high in Vitamin C, refreshing, very juicy, but a bit acidic) The true fruit of the cashew is a kidney shaped drupe that grows at the end of the cashew apple. The Cashew Nut tree (Anacardium occidentale) is a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew seed and the cashew apple.

Cashew trees fruiting