Cashew Nut (Anacardium Occidentale)

Super rare and limited stock for this unbelievable price! This is a Cashew Nut Plant with sweet Red Apple. The cashew seeds itself are fatter and the nuts have higher content of minerals, protein and fatty acids. The Red Apple tastes delicious almost similar to a sweet and soft Guava flesh. The Red Apple are often turn into beverages like juices, wines and other alcoholic drink. 

One of the rarest and hardest to source and propagate, the Cashew Nut is one of those top 10 plants that every Plant Enthusiast needs to have. They grow with little care possible in hot country like Asia but will need a warm climate here to thrive. Really beautiful specimen plant in the garden and they grow very fast. The young shoot is used traditionally used to treat stomach ache and it taste great as a salad! Cashew nut trees are attractive trees with large leaves and pretty, pink flowers.  Cashews, as you know them, are nuts. But the cashew nut is not the only fruit of the cashew trees. Or rather, the cashew nut is only a part of the cashew fruit.

The other part is called the cashew apple. (Although pear would suit it much better.) And if I wanted to be super accurate then I'd have to point out that the cashew apple is actually the swollen stem of the fruit.

Plant Care

• Soil: Prefers sandy, well-drained soils with a pH of 5.0 to 6.5.
• Watering: Water moderately; drought-tolerant once established but benefits from regular moisture during the fruiting season.
• Temperature: Best between 20°C and 30°C.
• Light: Requires full sun.
• Fertilising: Use a balanced NPK fertilizer like 10-10-10 at the beginning of the growing season.
• Pruning: Prune to remove dead or diseased wood and to shape the tree for better air circulation and sunlight penetration.
• Mulching: Apply organic mulch to conserve soil moisture and suppress weeds.
• Pest Control: Monitor for the cashew nut borer and treat with appropriate insecticides when necessary.
• Flowering and Fruiting: Produces a flowering spike followed by the cashew apple and nut; harvest when the cashew apples turn pink or red.
• Potting: Can be grown in large containers initially but requires transplanting as it grows.
• Feeding Regime: Light feeding with a balanced NPK enhances growth and nut production.