Brassica oleracea Var. capitata
Well drained sandy loam to clay soil is suited for this crop. It grows well in high ranges during winter season. Optimum temperature for growth and heading is 15- 20 degree centigrade.
August- November,Mid season varieties – September
315 /ha
Seeds are sown in nursery beds and three to five week old seedlings are transplanted.
45 x 30 cm
Organic manure 25 T/ha, N:P:K of 150:100: 125 kg/ha . Full dose of N and K2O before transplanting and remaining half dose one month after transplanting is recommended.
Earthing up one month after transplanting is essential
- Cabbage butterfly Diamond black moth: Apply 5% neem seed kernel extract on cabbage starting from 15 days, trap crop, release of a parasitoid
- Tobacco caterpillar: Spray malathion 2% at initial stages and 1% pyrithrin during head formation stage.
- Black rot, Black leg and clubroot of cabbage: Remove the affected seedling and provide proper drainage. Dip the seeds in water at 50 degree Celsius for 25- 30 mts as a prophylatic measure. 2-3 spraying of 50 gm of streptocycline +250 gm Copper oxy chloride in 250 litres of water / ha are suggested as control measure.
- Alternaria blight: Seed treatment with captan 3 gm/ Kg of seed and spraying mancozeb 0 .25% at 15 days interval soon after the appearance of disease can control the same
Only one head is produced in a plant and the head is harvested along with some wrapper leaves when it becomes firm but tender.
20t/ha
Heads along with wrapper leaves are transported to rhe markets in krates, where wrapper leaves are trimmed, heads are graded and packed for sale.