Q&A for How to Grow Cashews

Like most nuts and seeds, they’re good for you in moderation. Roasted and salted cashews may contain high levels of added fat and sodium, which aren’t good for you if you eat too much of them. Additionally, cashews naturally contain chemicals called phytates that can make it harder for you to absorb certain vitamins and minerals. You can offset those effects by soaking the cashews overnight before eating them or adding them to your food. Don’t eat cashews if you’re allergic to other types of tree nuts (such as almonds, pecans, or pistachios).

Only in areas with tropical climates, like southern Florida, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. Most of the continental U.S. gets too cold in the winter for cashews to survive.

In a warm, tropical climate with well-draining, sandy soil, cashews are pretty easy to grow. They’ll need fertilizer during the growing season (when they’re flowering and growing nuts), and you’ll need to water them occasionally during dry periods to keep the soil from drying out.

Botswana is typically scorching hot and dry and cashews grow best in a tropical climate. You could try, but it might be extremely difficult, if not impossible.

Cashews can take 4 days to 3 weeks to germinate, depending on the conditions and type.

It doesn't really matter which way the seed is planted. It should still germinate and grow healthily.

Sure, as long as it’s humid, warm or sunny, you can grow cashews. (If grown correctly.)

As long as it’s humid and warm, yes, you should be able to grow cashews just fine.

Yes, since Uganda has a warm, tropical climate, cashews should grow just fine.

Yes, since Malawi is typically a humid and tropical climate, you should be able to grow healthy cashews.

Not really. Cashew is a tropical tree that does not support freezing temperatures.

Cashew trees are expected to start growing nuts in 2-3 years, but after that, they can grow up to 30-50 years of age.

Yes, you can grow them in a pot or a bucket. Larger pots or buckets (10-20 gallons) will most likely work better.

Cashews grow best in hot, wet climates. When growing cashews, make sure the temperature doesn’t drop anywhere below 50°F, or 10°C.

Depending on the area of South Africa, yes. According to the Agricultural Department of the National Development Agency, cashew trees grow best along the western coast, in areas such as Empangeni and Hluhluwe. Interior areas, such as Hoedspruit and Malelane are also ideal areas for optimal growth.

Cashews are a high value confectionery nut, and the most nuts found in the market are imported from Kenya, South Africa, or Tanzania as there are no serious cashew nut processors or growers in Uganda.

Unfortunately, cashews are not cultivated in Pakistan, though it is being successfully cultivated in other regions akin to our warm areas.

The cashew seeds are approximately seven dollars when you buy them on Amazon. Depending on where you buy them from, the price may be a bit more or less than that.

The cashew is technically not a nut; it is a seed harvested from the cashew apple, the fruit produced by cashew trees. Unlike many other nuts and seeds, the cashew grows outside the fruit instead of inside, within a kidney-shaped drupe that hangs at the end of the cashew apple's base