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.
₹2.8 lakh–₹4.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.7 lakh–₹3.1 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in July
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 670 mm it can use in a normal year, and 520 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):
- Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cabbage: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: pH and sulphur.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5. We have no pH figures for this place.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 111 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 ₹3,200 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹3,000 a quintal, the middle of 60 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹2.2 lakh a season after typical costs.
- ₹2,630 2021
- ₹2,500 2022
- ₹2,350 2023
- ₹2,650 2024
- ₹2,540 2025
Prices are usually best in August.
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 72% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
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%
- Urea 72%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 67%