Harvesting on the farm

Harvesting is the most important factor in determining the quality and economic value of cashew nuts. If we harvest correctly according to the technique, we will get good quality cashew nuts and have high economic value. Cashew nuts should be harvested by picking only ripe nuts that have fallen from the tree. Avoid affecting the flowers and young fruits that are not yet ripe. Cashew nuts should be removed from the flesh, washed with clean water and dried in the sun for 2 to 3 days to reduce the moisture in the nuts (moisture not exceeding 12%) to store the nuts for a long time without rotting. Then, the nuts are stored in bags or bags, leaving them off the ground. It is best to sell cashew nuts in the year they are harvested. Normally, cashew nuts will give their first harvest when they are 2 to 3 years old, starting to flower from December to February, depending on the light, medium and heavy varieties, which can be harvested from February to May.

Harvesting should be done using a basket or a sieve, avoiding damaging the nuts. For local sales, both nuts and nuts. However, if you want good quality nuts for export, you should let the nuts fall on their own, but be quick to remove the nuts in time because it can cause the nuts to become infected with fungal diseases from the nuts. 

After harvesting, practice field sanitation by cutting off branches that are too shady, diseased, or difficult to harvest. On the cut branches, apply paint or white lime to prevent root borers. When the cashew branches have not yet joined together, we must plow and harrow the soil between the two branches, but do not plow or harrow the soil along the rows of cashew trees. Do not let weeds grow around the cashew tree roots. We must keep the weeds clean to prevent diseases, insects, and worms from occurring, such as root borers, root rot, fruit borers, leaf borers, young fruit borers, flower suckers, root rot, termites, young leaf borers, etc.