Snow Queen

Overview

Features :

Temperate cauliflower with strong vigor and blue green foliage.
Excellent curd quality, white compact, dome shaped dense curd.
Suitable for dry to cool climate

Characteristics

Weight

Average curd weight is 1.5 - 2.0 Kgs

Recommended states

Recommended states for cultivation under normal agro climatic conditions in:

Rabi

AS, BR, JH, OR, WB, TR, UP, HR, PU

Agronomy

Flexible Agronomy	Suitability of the variety for the Area Agro Climatic Zone All India, The products depends on the segment like tropical, sub-tropical and temperate Selection of the field/land preparation practices Select medium to sandy soils for cauliflower. It should have excellent drainage history. Soils with good nutrients helps cauliflower cultivation. Land should be levelled and low weed flora history. Seed Treatment-rate of timing/ chemical Seeds are treated with Carbendazim 2g + Thiram 2 g per Kg of seeds. Sowing Time Summer, Rabi, Kharif as per product segment. Summer :Tropical - March to May Kharif :Tropical / Sub-tropical - Mar to June & July to Aug Rabi : Temperate - Sept to Mid Dec Seed Rate/ Sowing method- line sowing with row to row and plant to plant distance/ direct sowing Seed Rate: 100 - 120 g per acre. Sowing: Sow the seed on nursery. After 21 days, seedling gets ready for transplant. Spacing: Tropical - 60 x 30 cm, Sub-tropical - 60 x 45 cm, Temperate - 60 x 45 cm Fertilizer dose with timing It needs balanced and adequate fertilizer supply. Put FYM - 5 ml + 50 kg SSP + 50 kg mop as basal dose. - Apply 50 kg urea just before ridge making. - 10 days after transplant apply 100 kg urea. - 20 days after transplant apply 50 kg DAP + 50 kg 10:26:26 + 800gm Boron. - 30 days after transplant apply 75 kg 10:26:26 + 25 kg urea Weed Control- Chemicals with doses and timing Timely weed removal is very important, need based hand weeding can be done to ensure healthy crop. Diseases & Pest control- Chemicals with doses and timing In summer use recommended insecticides to control DBM and leaf eating caterpillars. Irrigation Schedule Cauliflower need optimum irrigation at all stages. Light soils and summer season need more frequent irrigation. It is advised to have running (light) irrigation in winter and rainy season Harvesting Curd maturity depends on product segment. Tropical cauliflower matures at 55- 65 days after planting, sub-tropical and temperate matures at 60-75 and 75-85 days respectively. Expected Yield of the variety Average yield: 12 -13 MT Sub-tropical -14-15 MT, Temperate - 16-18 MT per acre.

Flexible Agronomy

Suitability of the variety for the Area Agro Climatic Zone

All India, The products depends on the segment like tropical, sub-tropical and temperate
Selection of the field/land preparation practices

Select medium to sandy soils for cauliflower. It should have excellent drainage history. Soils with good nutrients helps cauliflower cultivation. Land should be levelled and low weed flora history.
Seed Treatment-rate of timing/ chemical

Seeds are treated with Carbendazim 2g + Thiram 2 g per Kg of seeds.
Sowing Time

Summer, Rabi, Kharif as per product segment.
Summer :Tropical - March to May
Kharif :Tropical / Sub-tropical - Mar to June & July to Aug
Rabi : Temperate - Sept to Mid Dec
Seed Rate/ Sowing method- line sowing with row to row and plant to plant distance/ direct sowing

Seed Rate: 100 - 120 g per acre.
Sowing: Sow the seed on nursery. After 21 days, seedling gets ready for transplant.
Spacing: Tropical - 60 x 30 cm, Sub-tropical - 60 x 45 cm, Temperate - 60 x 45 cm
Fertilizer dose with timing

It needs balanced and adequate fertilizer supply.
Put FYM
   - 5 ml + 50 kg SSP + 50 kg mop as basal dose.
   - Apply 50 kg urea just before ridge making.
   - 10 days after transplant apply 100 kg urea.
   - 20 days after transplant apply 50 kg DAP + 50 kg 10:26:26 + 800gm Boron.
- 30 days after transplant apply 75 kg 10:26:26 + 25 kg urea
Weed Control- Chemicals with doses and timing

Timely weed removal is very important, need based hand weeding can be done to ensure healthy crop.
Diseases & Pest control- Chemicals with doses and timing

In summer use recommended insecticides to control DBM and leaf eating caterpillars.
Irrigation Schedule

Cauliflower need optimum irrigation at all stages.
Light soils and summer season need more frequent irrigation. It is advised to have running (light) irrigation in winter and rainy season
Harvesting

Curd maturity depends on product segment. Tropical cauliflower matures at 55- 65 days after planting, sub-tropical and temperate matures at 60-75 and 75-85 days respectively.
Expected Yield of the variety

Average yield: 12 -13 MT Sub-tropical -14-15 MT, Temperate - 16-18 MT per acre.