Can onion be intercropped with cabbage?
Suresh Khanna
Aurangabad
Generally farmers grow cabbage and onion separately. But Mr. Davinder Singh from Punjab intercropped cabbage with onion. In this practice, cabbage was transplanted in December and onion was transplanted in the 2nd week of January. Seed rate for cabbage was 375 gms/ha and for onion it was 2 kg/ha. The cabbage was transplanted on both sides of beds of size 2 feet. The difference between consecutive beds was also 2 feet. The onion was transplanted in lines 15 cm apart in between the cabbage lines. He used only 30 kg/ha urea in two split doses of 15 kg each through the drip lines. Only two manual weedings were done in the field. The farmer obtained about 300 tonnes/ha of cabbage and onion crop yield was additional.
For more details contact Davinder Singh, V. P. O. Nakodar, District Jalandhar, Punjab, Mobile : 098724-40130.
