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Originally Posted by island cassie
Sorry to be so late to the party - we have a cashew tree that has loads of fruit/nuts. You know of course that each fruit only has one cashew nut which is why they are so expensive (apart from the processing). The nuts have to be roasted to get rid of the toxic oil but are delicious!! Our gardeners eat the fruit out of hand and don't seem to be affected by the atropine.
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Can you give me any tips on growing?
My 5 seeds are all planted in various soils and in various places indoors as they will not survive outside in zone 8; and this is only because I could not find any information on soil type/moisture etc.....not even on the package they came in; only a big warning about not handling them without gloves. The only info everyone seems to agrees upon is that they "grow like weeds".
I am not necessarily after the fruit (which I have tasted and is good) or nut, I just want to see if they can grown as they are unusual and exotic - for here anyway. And if they do survive and grow they will have to be kept well pruned in order to fit in the greenhouse, or I will have to find a local conservatory that will take them.
......I am just trying to bring the tropics north of the 49th one plant at a time
