Response of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var capitata L.) to Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer

Abstract

Aim: The experiment was conducted in the Kintampo North Municipality during the 2017 cropping season from August to November to evaluate the response of cabbage to different soil amendments.
 Methods: It was a single factor experiment laid out in a Randomized Complete Block design with three replications. The five treatments which includes NPK 15-15-15, poultry manure, cow dung and goat manure and a control.
 Results: Parameters measured were plant height, number of leaves, leave length, canopy diameter, head diameter and head weight. Generally, all treatments performed better than the control used in the study.
 Conclusions: Poultry manure performed similar to NPK 15-15-15, and were superior to all other treatments in all parameters measured. Cow dung and goat manure performed fairly well in the parameters measured.
 Recommendation: The study therefore recommends the application of poultry manure for improved growth, yield maximization and sustainable cabbage production. Application of cow dung and goat manure can also be adopted for appreciable yields of cabbage.

Evaluation of the Efficiency of Various Organic Fertilizers on the Growth and Head Yield of Cabbage

“…Cabbage is a vegetative crop which requires large amount of essential nutrients for the growth and for the production of high head yields. Lešić et al (2003) and Debrah et al (2021) recorded that cabbage had high requirements for all nutrients, especially nitrogen (130 to 310 kg N/ha) for achieving high yields. Also, Bahadur et al (2004) and Debrah et al (2021) stated that proper fertilization is needed to increase the yield and to improve the quality of cabbage.…”

“…Lešić et al (2003) and Debrah et al (2021) recorded that cabbage had high requirements for all nutrients, especially nitrogen (130 to 310 kg N/ha) for achieving high yields. Also, Bahadur et al (2004) and Debrah et al (2021) stated that proper fertilization is needed to increase the yield and to improve the quality of cabbage. As organic fertilizers store plant nutrients and decrease loss of elements by leaching, they are considered good source of nutrients, which are necessary for the growth of the cabbage crop.…”

“…They also activate beneficial soil organisms such as earthworms. Moreover, organic fertilizers are exposed to mineralization which releases substantial quantities of nitrogen, phosphorus, Sulphur, and small amount of micronutrients (Prabhakar, 2020 et al, andDebrah et al, 2021).…”

A Systematic Review on Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer Levels on Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) Production in Ethiopia

“…In addition, a field experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth, productivity, and economics of cabbage in the grid zone as influenced by different levels of zinc and sulfur reported that growth parameters such as plant height, plant spread, number of leaves per plant at all crop growth stages, yield attributing characters, length and diameter of head and weight per head, cabbage yield per hectare net return, and benefit cost ratio increased with increasing levels of sulfur from 20 to 80 kg/ha and zinc from 2 to 8 kg/ha and the crop responded only up to 60 kg S/ ha and 6 kg Zn/ha [ 61 , 62 ]. During a 2017 experiment in Ghana's Kintampo North Municipality, evaluating cabbage response to various soil amendments from August to November, poultry manure matched NPK (15-15-15) and outperformed other treatments across all measured parameters, while cow dung and goat manure also exhibited promising results [ 63 , 64 ]. Likewise, a field experiment conducted to determine the optimum combination of FYM and biofertilizers for improving the growth, yield, and quality attributes of Chinese cabbage under high-altitude rain-fed climatic conditions reported that among the treatments studied, the highest plant height (33.33 cm), number of wrapper leaves/plant (18.00), plant spread/plant (111.66 cm), head weight/plant (553.33 g), yield/plot (15.49 kg), yield/ha 34.42 tons, moisture content 98.00%, and vitamin C 28 mg/100 g were observed with the application of FYM at 25 tons/ha along with an azotobactor and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria [ 65 ].…”