Cabbage

Cabbage

1. Varieties

   • Green cabbage
     • Its leaves are dark green on the outside and the internal ones are pale green to light green
   • White cabbage
     • Cecile and Rotonda
   • Medium cycle cabbages
     • (90-120 days of cultivation) Ducati, Early Glory and the following hybrids : Gloria Fa and Rotan
   • Cabbages with a late cycle
     • (120 days of cultivation) Quintal of Alsacia variety, among others
   • red cabbage
     • Colorado Mammoth-Ranchero varieties and the Red Head hybrid.
   • Kinky cabbage
     • with the Milano Vertus variety.

2. Method of propagation

   • Seed breeding
     • Sow the seeds in protrays. Cover the seeds with cocopeat and covered with polythene sheet for 5 days or till germination starts After 5 days when the seeds are germinated. water 2 times a day.

3. Spacing

   • Hills
     • 40x40 cm
   • Plains
     • 45x30 cm
   • Hybrid
     • 60x45x45 cm in paired row system

4. Manures and Fertilizers

   • Hills
     • Apply 30 t/ha FYM, 90 kg N, 90 kg P and 90 kg K as basal and 45:45:45 kg NPK/ha on 30 to 45 days after planting
   • Plains
     • Apply 20 t/ha of FYM, 50 kg N, 125 kg P and 25 kg K/ha along with 2 kg Azospirillum as basal and 50 kg N after one month of planting and earth up.

5. Cropping and harvest

   • transplant
     • he period from sowing to transplanting ranges from 18 to 38 days
   • harvest
     • In most varieties, cabbages are ready for harvest 75 to 88 days after transplanting.
     • There are very early varieties that can be harvested 55 days after transplanting.
     • Some late varieties mature about 95-105 days after transplanting
   • Cropping
     • We can cut the head of cabbage from it's base with a sharp knife

6. After cultivation including special practices

   • Fertigation
     • Fertigation requirement for F1 hybrid
       • 200: 125:150 kg of NPK / ha. Apply once in three days throughout the cropping period.
     • Fertigation schedule
       • Recommended Dose: 200:125:150 kg/ha
         • Stage 1. Transplanting to plant establishment. Duration in 10 days. Stage 2. Head initiation stage. Duration in 30 days. Stage 3. Head initiation to development stage. Duration in 30 days. Stage 4. Harvesting stage. Duration in 35 days
   • After cultivation
     • Deep hoeing should be avoided, as the Cabbage roots are surface feeders
   • Plant protection
     • Pests: Cut worms Aphids Diamond backmoth

7. Yield

   • Hills
     • 70-80 t/ha in 150 days
   • Plains
     • 25-35 t/ha 120 days

8. Soil

   • sandy loam
   • clayey
   • It requires a pH ranging from 5.5 to 6.5 for higher production