Cabbage
Sow in July, harvest around October
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.
₹2.4 lakh–₹3.5 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.2 lakh–₹2.4 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 in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 440 mm it can use in a normal year, and 280 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–24 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 33 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Cabbage: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 113 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,600 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,100 a quintal, the middle of 13 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.2 lakh a season after typical costs.
- ₹2,100 2021
- ₹2,180 2022
- ₹2,140 2023
- ₹2,300 2024
- ₹1,830 2025
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹1.2 lakh 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 nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 86% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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):
- NPK Mixture 86%
- Urea 72%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 29%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 28%