Cabbage

Method- 1

• 100 sq. m nursery area is sufficient for raising one acre area. 
• Prepare beds of 3 m long and 0.6 m width and 10-15 cm height.
• Keep 60 cm distance in two beds.
• Sow the seeds at a depth of 1-2 cm & 10 cm between rows on raised seed beds covered with a fine layer of soil followed by light watering by water can.
• The beds should then be covered with dry straw or grass or sugarcane leaf to maintain required temperature and moisture.
• The watering should be done by water can as per the need till germination is completed.
• Ten days before transplanting reduce the quantity of water application to the nursery beds to harden the seedlings.
• After 3 days of seed germination drench the seedbed with Ridomil @ 15-20 gms. in 10 L of water, to protect the seedlings from damping-off disease.
• Spray 19:19:19 @ 5 gm + Thiamethoxam @ 0.25 gm per L water at 25 days after sowing.

Method- 2

• Fill the pro trays with Cocopeat @ 1.2 kg per tray. 
• Sow the treated seeds in protrays @ 1 seed per cell.
• Cover the seed with cocopeat and keep the trays one above the other and cover with a polythene sheet until germination starts (5 Days after sowing).
• After 6 days, place the pro trays with germinated seeds individually in the shade net.