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.
₹79,000–₹1.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹118 to a profit of ₹39,000 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 480 mm it can use in a normal year, and 400 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):
- Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 30 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 30 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Cabbage: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 76 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 ₹1,300 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹1,100 a quintal, the middle of 5 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹4,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹900 2021
- ₹1,450 2022
- ₹1,000 2023
- ₹1,500 2024
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹79,000 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.
About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 100%
- Urea 100%