Like the Indian Almond tree now fruiting; red cashew has been planted in my mini-garden by a bird. It is now in seedling stage. It initially sprouted in a bucket with other plants. So I prepared a sack,, packed soil with my super gecko-muscles! and transplanted the seedling.
Before transplanting, I took photos of the seedling and searched online to identify it. I did that many times to be sure and ascertained it is red cashew tree seedling.
II searched and saw the red cashew fruits are lushiously bright-red fruits. I do hope this cashew plant would produce such luxurious red fruits o.
Through interactions with friends on social media, I was informed the Indian Almond is not regarded as the real almond. So I read about almonds and found out that the best almonds grow in the Middle East - in fact Afghanistan almond is considered the best in the world but not so widely available as the Californian almonds which is therefore considered best almond globally. .
Anyway, the three year-old Indian Almond tree growing in my mini-garden is edible just that the taste is not as great as the Afghan or Californian almond - I read. But from my studies, every part of my garden almond tree has a whole lot of medicinal benefits.
Cachew also has lots of health benefits apart from the fruits and nuts being so delightsome to eat.
According to Lybrate online,
Health Benefits of Cashews include:
Cashews prevent heart disease. ...
Cashews reduce the risk of diabetes. ...
Cashews work as a Cancer Chemopreventive Agent. ...
Cashews promote the development of Red Blood Cells (RBCs) ...
Cashews reduce the risk of anemia. ...
Cashews boost bone and oral health. ...
Cashews prevent gallstones.
So by Year 2026/2027 I look forward to red cashew fruits with the nuts. Let me start gathering funds to get a big drum to plant it in
OTHER GIST
One of the foreign purple water yams I planted in my garden few months ago is now producing yam seed - the yam bulbis or seed (very small size yams)grows on the stems around the leaves at the top of the plant.
The actual yam to be eaten is growing underneath - inside the soil. The beauty of this is - as a farmer, you don't need to use out of the yams harvested to be sold or eaten to cultivate another set of yams. This foreign yam plant produces seed(s) separate from the main yam grown in the ground.
I have sighted just one seed yam on this plant but seems the plant should normally produce multiple seeds - I think that's what Fruithunter - the lady farmer that gave me the yam seeds I planted said.
BIRDS DROPPING SEEDS IN MY MINI-GARDEN
Apart from the almond and cashew seeds the birds have sown, they also drop seeds on the ground. I sighted one of such seed a few days ago Areca nut seed and I have planted it - since I am not sure if I would be lucky to have a bird plant it. I will talk about Areca nuts another day.
I wish these birds would bring not only Asian seeds but seeds from Middle East and Western countries 😂 - I have become Oliver Twist asking for more. Most farmers spend a whole lot in buying foreign seeds and seedlings, so you can imagine how excited I am to get free seeds from birds. But why are these birds bringing only Indian plant seeds?
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