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.
₹80,000–₹1.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹17,000 to a profit of ₹23,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in June
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 660 mm it can use in a normal year, and 580 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 36 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 28 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 30 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cabbage: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 95 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 ₹1,061 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹830 2021
- ₹1,080 2022
- ₹780 2023
- ₹1,000 2024
- ₹1,000 2025
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹97,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.