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.
₹73,000–₹1.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹22,000 to a profit of ₹14,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Doesn't suit: Too hot here in this season
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year, and 290 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 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
Soil
Soil for Cabbage: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Salt in the soil here can harm 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 92 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 82% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 82% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹1,200 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹1,030 2021
- ₹1,340 2022
- ₹950 2023
- ₹1,480 2024
- ₹1,250 2025
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹94,000 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 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.