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.
₹99,000–₹1.5 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹24,000 to a profit of ₹26,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in July
- 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 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 410 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):
- Jul 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °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: zinc, iron, copper and 2 more.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 118 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 ₹1,050 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹1,100 a quintal, the middle of 10 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹7,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹900 2021
- ₹1,730 2022
- ₹1,100 2023
- ₹1,580 2024
- ₹1,430 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹1.2 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 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.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.