Cauliflower:
| Suitability of the variety for the Area Agro Climatic Zone | All India, The products depends on the segment like tropical, sub-tropical and temperate. |
| Selection of the field/land preparation practices | Select medium to sandy soils for cauliflower. It should have excellent drainage history. Soils with good nutrients helps cauliflower cultivation. Land should be levelled and low weed flora history. |
| Seed Treatment-rate of timing/ chemical | Seeds are treated with Carbendazim 2g + Thiram 2 g per Kg of seeds. |
| Sowing Time | Summer, Rabi, Kharif as per product segment.
Summer :Tropical – March to May Kharif :Tropical / Sub-tropical – Mar to June & July to Aug Rabi : Temperate – Sept to Mid Dec |
| Seed Rate/ Sowing method- line sowing with row to row and plant to plant distance/ direct sowing | Seed Rate: 100 – 120 g per acre.
Sowing: Sow the seed on nursery. After 21 days, seedling gets ready for transplant. Spacing: Tropical – 60 x 30 cm, Sub-tropical – 60 x 45 cm, Temperate – 60 x 45 cm |
| Fertilizer dose with timing | It needs balanced and adequate fertilizer supply.
Put FYM – 5 ml + 50 kg SSP + 50 kg mop as basal dose. – Apply 50 kg urea just before ridge making. – 10 days after transplant apply 100 kg urea. – 20 days after transplant apply 50 kg DAP + 50 kg 10:26:26 + 800gm Boron. 30 days after transplant apply 75 kg 10:26:26 + 25 kg urea |
| Weed Control- Chemicals with doses and timing | Timely weed removal is very important, need based hand weeding can be done to ensure healthy crop. |
| Diseases & Pest control- Chemicals with doses and timing | In summer use recommended insecticides to control DBM and leaf eating caterpillars. |
| Irrigation Schedule | Cauliflower need optimum irrigation at all stages.
Light soils and summer season need more frequent irrigation. It is advised to have running (light) irrigation in winter and rainy season |
| Harvesting | Curd maturity depends on product segment. Tropical cauliflower matures at 55- 65 days after planting, sub-tropical and temperate matures at 60-75 and 75-85 days respectively. |
| Expected Yield of the variety | Average yield: 12 -13 MT Sub-tropical -14-15 MT, Temperate – 16-18 MT per acre. |
