Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site

6. Forming a trench around the heap freshly harvested potato
and filling with water – Enhances shelf – life – Better
submerization due to cold storage
j. Cole Crops
Cabbage, cauliflower
and knolkhol fall under
this group of vegetables
and they are essentially
winter season crops.
Enlarged terminal buds
of cabbage, flowering
head of cauliflower and
enlarged stem of
knolkhol form the
essential component of
vegetables. They are
rich in Vitamins A and C.
Chapter 3.4
Pic. 10a, 10b, 10c
1. Grow garlic as an intercrop in cabbage to control diamond back
moth attack
2. Grow mustard as an intercrop in cabbage crop at two rows of
mustard for every 25 rows of cabbage to control diamond back
moth, leaf roller, Heliothis worm etc. (also for cauliflower).
3. Cauliflower cultivation is avoided during summer months to
reduce diamond back moth incidence.
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