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. Sold at 7 mandis in your district.
₹46,000–₹69,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹22,000 to a profit of ₹562 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too hot here in this season
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 480 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 340 mm it can use in a normal year, and 230 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):
- Jun 39 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
Days in June get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.
Soil
Soil for Cabbage: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen, manganese and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 66 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 70% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 70% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹1,225 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹900 2021
- ₹1,500 2023
- ₹1,100 2024
- ₹790 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹68,000 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.