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Cashew tree growing in Kerala, India. Cashew is one of the major tropical tree crops ranking second in the international trade among major edible nuts.This is adapted to warm humid tropical conditions. It can be grown in almost all types of soils from sandy to laterite and up to an elevation of 600-700m including waste lands of low fertility. It grows and yields best in well drained red sandy loms and light coastal sands. Heavy caly soils , poor drainage conditions, very low temperature and frest are unsuitable for the crop. Cashew can be propagated by seeds, air layers and grafts. Since it is a cross pollinated crop, vegetative propagation is recommended to obtai true to type progeny .Seeds germinate in 7-10 years. The softwood grafts will be ready for planting in 45-60 days after graftin
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