🥬 Cabbage & Leafy Vegetables farming in Zimbabwe
Fast-turnover vegetable with reliable local demand; ideal starter crop for new growers.
- Season / planting window
- Year round with irrigation; best quality in the cool dry season.
- Best regions
- Countrywide near water and markets.
- Spacing / population
- 60 cm x 45 cm ≈ 33 000 plants/ha.
- Expected yield
- 40–70 t/ha.
Stage by stage
Nursery
4 – 5 weeks
- Sow in trays or a raised nursery bed with sterile media.
- Shade lightly and water twice daily.
- Harden off for 5 days before transplant; transplant at 4–5 true leaves.
Fertiliser and chemicals
- FertiliserCompound C or S basal
600–800 kg/ha · Incorporated into beds
- FertiliserAmmonium nitrate
200–300 kg/ha split · 2 and 5 weeks after transplant
Field tip
Stagger plantings every 2–3 weeks so you supply the market continuously instead of flooding it once.
The rest of this cabbage & leafy vegetables guide
- 5 more stages, from land preparation through to storage
- 5 more fertiliser, herbicide, pesticide and fungicide entries with rates
- All field tips, plus the printable and downloadable version
- Your own crop, cost and activity records in the FarmInvest app
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