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Cauliflower is a major popular winter vegetable in Bangladesh. Cauliflower is eaten by making curries or as light cooked vegetable. However, despite being a winter vegetable, cauliflower is now being produced in summer as well.
Health benefits of Cauliflower:
Sowing time:
Seeds are sown in Bhadra-Ashwin (mid-August to mid-October) and saplings are planted on the land from Kartik to Araharan (mid-November to December).
When harvesting: 60-75 days after planting.
Information Source: Agricultural Technology Handbook, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, 6th Edition, September, 2017.
Climate, land and soil:
Cauliflower generally requires a cool and moist growing season. It cannot withstand too low or too high temperature. High temperatures produce poor quality curds like leafy, fuzzy, looze and yellow colored ones. It may be grown on a wide range of well-drained soil. However, the early varieties prefer sandy loam, whereas for the late varieties, loam or clay loam is preferred. The optimum PH for this crop is 5.5 to 6.6.
Planting After 10-12 days of germination, the grown seedlings should be transferred to the second seed bed. Seedlings are suitable for planting when they have 5-6 leaves. Usually 30-35 days old seedlings are planted. Distance from row to row should be 60 cm or 2 feet and distance from plant to plant in each row should be 45 cm or one and a half feet. Be careful not to twist or bend the roots while planting. This delays establishment of seedlings in the soil and reduces growth.
Fertilizer levelsFertilizer per hectareUrea 250-300 kgTSP 150-200 kgMOP 200-250 kgBorax 7.0-10.0 kgDung 15-20 tons
The most harmful insect of cauliflower:
1. Head-Eating beetle. 2. The caterpillar or diamond back moth. 3. Jab beetles. 4. Crossodolmia leaf beetles 5. Black and Yellow bee bugs 6. Horse beetles
Disease
Irrigation: A crop after transplanting may need irrigation twice a week and later once a week. Adequate moisture supply during flowering and seed development are necessary to obtain high seed yield.
Intercultural Operation: Remove the weeds and loose the soil for better aeration to facilitate better root growth.
Pest Management
Diamond back moth
Control measures:
Butterfly
Control measures:
Common cutworm/ Prodenia caterpillar
Control measures:
Aphids
Control measures:
Major diseases and its control measures:
Alternaria leaf spot
Control measures:
Cercospora Leaf spot
Control measures:
Harvesting and yielding
Cauliflower should be picked while still white in color and tender. If the head is loose and the color is yellow, the price will decrease. Yield 15-25 tons per acre, 35-60 tons per hectare.