Cabbage
Sow in June, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹1.6 lakh–₹2.4 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹74,000–₹1.5 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too hot here in this season
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,310 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,080 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–24 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Cabbage: 8 out of 10 (good).
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of manganese.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 86 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹2,350 a quintal across mandis in your state.
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹89,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 100%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 100%
- Urea 100%