Growing Cabbage in Machakos

Soil suitability analysis based on Machakos's nutrient profile

Machakos County is well suited to Cabbage, scoring 76/100 on ShambaIQ's soil-match model. Local soils average pH 7.03 — neutral and inside the 5–7.5 band Cabbage prefers, so no lime is usually required. The main gap is nitrogen — measured at N 0.82 g/kg, P 31.4 mg/kg, K 338 mg/kg against this crop's high/high/high demand — so the fertilizer plan below prioritises closing that deficit. Cabbage prefers clay loam soils, while Machakos is largely sandy loam, so drainage and organic-matter management matter more here. At current prices (about KES 18/kg) and a typical 15,000 kg/acre yield, a well-managed Cabbage crop here can gross roughly KES 270,000 per acre.