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 4 mandis in your district.
₹81,000–₹1.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹16,000 to a profit of ₹25,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Very hot in June
- 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 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 590 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 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 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 30 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are 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: salt.
- 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 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 ₹1,075 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹880 2021
- ₹1,130 2022
- ₹980 2023
- ₹1,280 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
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.