The cashew tree in the picture is on the very edge of my garden. Especially the fruit bats carry them off and drop the left overs, and that's how I ended up with cashew trees in my garden. Wild birds and bats are attracted to cashew apples. The best soils for growing cashews are sandy soils. They are fairly draught resistant and grow well even on marginal soils where other fruit trees would fail. An average day temperature of around 25☌ (77 ° F) is ideal.Īs long as they have some water cashew trees grow like weeds. You can grow cashew trees anywhere in the wet/dry tropics. The main producers of cashew nuts are Brazil, India, Vietnam, Africa (Tanzania and Mozambique) and South East Asia.ĭay temperatures for growing cashews should not drop below 10☌ (50 ° F), and cashew trees handle temperatures above 40☌ (105 ° F) well. More on processing and shelling cashews later. Also inside that shell is a very nasty, caustic liquid that causes severe burns, so be careful when handling it. The cashew nut is inside the funny looking, kidney shaped shell that is attached to the bottom of the cashew apple. Valente from her blog article ' It's all in the flavour ' They can be anything from delicately sweet, through to grabbing you by the back of the throat and burning until you cough and cough.' - by reader Claire P. The fruits vary greatly in their colours, from deep red through varying shades of orange to bright yellow, and just as their colour differs, so does their flavour.

Cashew tree