WONDER BALL CABBAGE

Overview

Product Description

Wonder Ball is the best suited variety for transportation, known for its highly compact and attractive curd.

• Head Colour: Bluish Green
• Head Weight: 1.4 to 2.0 kg
• Head Shape: Round
• Field Holding: 20 to 25 days
• Internal Structure: Excellent
• Maturity: 68 to 70 days

Tips for Growing Cabbage

• Soil: Well drained medium loam and/or sandy loam soils are suitable.
• Sowing Time: According to regional practices and timings.
• Optimum Temperature for Germination: 25 - 30°C
• Transplanting: 25-30 days after sowing.
• Spacing:
  • Early maturity: Row to row - 45 cm, Plant to plant - 30 cm
  • Late maturity: Row to row - 60 cm, Plant to plant - 45 cm
• Seed Rate:
  • Early maturity: 180 - 200 gm per acre
  • Late maturity: 120 - 150 gm per acre

Main Field Preparation

• Deep ploughing and harrowing.
• Add well decomposed FYM (7-8 tonnes per acre) and mix thoroughly by harrowing.
• Open ridges and furrows at required spacing.
• Apply basal dose of chemical fertilizer before transplanting.
• Irrigate the field one day before transplanting.
• Make holes at required spacing for planting seedlings.
• Transplanting should be done late afternoon.
• Provide light irrigation after transplanting for better and quicker establishment.

Chemical Fertilizer

Fertilizer requirements vary according to soil fertility:

• Basal application before transplanting: 25:50:60 NPK kg/acre
• First top dressing 10-15 days after transplanting: 25:50:60 NPK kg/acre
• Second application 20-25 days after first top dressing: 25:00:00 NPK kg/acre
• Third application 10-15 days after second application: 25:00:00 NPK kg/acre
• Boron & Molybdenum should be sprayed at the button stage.