| Segment |
Tropical segment |
| Characters |
Curd Maturity ~ 55 - 60 days after TP
Curd Shape ~ Dome shape smooth curd
Curd Colour ~ White
Curd Weight ~ 400 – 600 gm
Curd Compactness ~ Compact
Self Covering ~ Open
Field Holding ~ 5-6 days
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| Sowing Season |
Summer (As per the Regional Practices and Timings) |
| Field Preparation |
Bring the soil to fine tilth and pits should be taken at a spacing of 45 cm either way in hills. Form ridges and furrows at 60 cm in plains.
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| Seed Treatment / Rate / Timing / Chemical |
250 g of hybrid cauliflower seed is required for the production of seedlings for 1 ha. Treat the seeds in hot water @ 500C for 30 minutes. 25g of Azospirillum is required for the seed treatment of 250g cauliflower seeds. |
| Spacing |
60 x 45 cm |
| Seed Rate |
375 g/ha seeds are required. |
| Transplanting |
Sow the seeds in raised beds and transplant 25 days (early varieties), 45 days old seedlings (late varieties) at 45 cm apart. |
| Fertilizer Dose with Timing |
• Apply 15 t of FYM/ha and 50 kg N, 100 kg P and 50 kg K as basal and 50 kg N after 45 days. Apply 2 kg of Departmental Vegetable micronutrient mixture without mixing with the chemical fertilizers.
• Fertigation requirement for F1 hybrid: 200: 125: 125 kg of NPK / ha. Apply once in every three days throughout the cropping period.
• Spacing: 60x 45x45cm in paired row system
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| Weed Control - Chemicals with Doses and Timing |
Timely weed removal is very important, need-based hand weeding can be done to ensure a healthy crop.
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| Diseases & Pest Control |
- Cut Worms
Set up light trap in summer months. Spray Chlorpyrifos 2 ml/lit in the collar region during evening hours.
- Aphids
Install yellow sticky trap @ 12 no/ha to monitor Macropterous adults (winged adult).
Apply phorate 10 % G @ 20 kg /ha or spray neem oil 3 % with 0.5ml Teepol/lit
- Diamondback Moth
Grow mustard as intercrop at 20:1 ratio.
Install pheromone traps @ 12 No/ha.
Release larval parasite Diadegma semiclausum @ 50,000/ ha, 60 days after planting
Spray NSKE 5 % or cartap hydrochloride @ 1 g/lit or Bacillus thuringiensis @ 1g/lit at primordial stage (ETL 2 larvae/plant)
- Diseases
Club root
Biological control
Seed treatment with Pseudomonas fluorescens at 10g/ kg of seeds, followed by seedling dip @ 5g/ l and soil application @ 2.5 kg/ha along with 50 kg FYM before planting
- Chemical control
Dip the seedlings in Carbendazim solution 2 g/l for 20 minutes. Drench the soil around the seedlings in the main field with Carbendazim @ 1 g/l of water. Follow crop rotation. Crucifers should be avoided for three years.
- Leaf Spot
Leaf spot can be controlled by spraying Mancozeb at 2 g/lit or Carbendazim 1 g/lit.
- Leaf Blight
Leaf blight can be controlled by spraying Mancozeb @ 2.5 g/ litre.
- Blanching
Blanching refers to covering of curds. A perfect curd of flower is pure white. It is necessary to exclude sunlight to obtain this. The common practice is to bring the outer leaves up over the curd and tie them with a twine or rubber band. By using a different coloured twine each day. It is easy at the time of harvest to select those tied earlier.
- Physiological disorders
Browning or brown rot
This is caused by Boron deficiency. It appears as water soaked areas and later changes into rusty brown. Spray one kg of Borax in 500 lit of water 30 days after planting.
- Whip tail
This results from the deficiency of Molybdenum. It is more pronounced in acidic soil. The leaf blades do not develop properly. In severe cases only the midrib develops and it can be corrected by spraying 100 g of Sodium molybdate in 500 lit of water 30 days after planting.
- Buttoning
The term buttoning is applied to the development of small curds or buttons. The plants do not develop normally and leaves remain small and do not cover the developing curds. Deficiency of Nitrogen and planting the early varieties late may cause these symptoms. Avoid transplanting aged seedlings.
- Blindness
Blind-cauliflower plants are those without terminal buds. The leaves are large, thick, leathery and dark green. It is due to the prevalence of low temperature when the plants are young or due to damage to the terminal bud during handling the plants or due to injury by pests.
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| Note |
The varietal Characters and Information given here is based on observation recorded at our trial station. Change in place ,season ,cultural practices may result in variation.
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