Government Agricultural College, Ludhiana, Punjab
Frequent interculture and the practice of transplanting of the seedlings on ridges, are commonly believed to be necessary for gett ing large yields of cabbage. Little reliable information is, however, available to support or contradict this view. With a view to finding out the optimum level of interculture and testing the common method of planting the seedling on ridges against planting on the flat, a field trial was laid out on the cabbage variety Large Late Drumhead during 1949–50 and 1950–51 at tlie Government Agricultural College Students Farm, Ludhiana. Observations were recorded on the formation and development of leaves, heads etc., in addition to the yield.
Formation and developments of leaves and heads, as also the percentage of marketable heads and consequently the yields of cabbage heads and leaves did not appear to be associated with frequent intertllage. Under the conditions of the experiment, two hoeings seemed to suffice.
Seedlings transplanted on the flat gave practically as good results as those planted’ on ridges during 1949–50. During 1950–51 however, the former gave a significantly better performance in respect of the percentage of marketable heads and the yields of heads and leaves. Mortality of plants also appeared to be lower when the seedlings were planted on the flat.
