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.
₹2.6 lakh–₹3.9 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.6 lakh–₹2.9 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in June
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,540 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,170 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 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 28 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 29 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cabbage: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 97 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹3,350 a quintal across mandis in your state.
Prices are usually best in June.
Typical costs are about ₹1.0 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 sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.