F1 Hybrid SBS Kashika 6 is a premium cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) variety developed for high-yielding, market-oriented vegetable production. This F1 hybrid delivers consistent plant vigor and pod quality through hybrid vigor, providing uniform performance and robust field adaptability.

🔍 Key Features & Performance Traits

• Hybrid Vigor & Yield: F1 breeding ensures strong plant growth, prolific pod setting, and excellent consistency—ideal for commercial cultivation.
• Quick Maturity: Typically harvestable within 45–55 days from sowing, enabling flexible crop rotations and multiple yearly cycles.
• Pod Characteristics: Pods are expected to be 25–30 cm long, dark green, tender, and fleshy—ideal for fresh consumption.
• Plant Habit: Likely a bushy to semi-trailing growth, facilitating dense planting and easier mechanical or manual picking.
• Stress Resistance: Benefits from hybrid vigor—enhanced tolerance to environmental stress, pests, and common diseases (e.g., aphids, powdery mildew).
• Market Appeal: Produces attractive pods with strong color and crisp texture—excellent for fresh markets and value-added packaging.
• Adaptability: Performs well in both rainfed and irrigated systems, suitable for spring, summer, and late-season plantings.

🌾 Crop Management

• Sowing Rate: 20–25 kg/ha for bushy types; row spacing at 30 cm × 15 cm allows optimal plant density and sunlight penetration.
• Soil & Fertility: Prefers well-drained loamy soils with neutral pH; being a legume, cowpea supports nitrogen fixation and improves soil health.
• Planting Window: Adaptable sowing—early or late Kharif, and summer cropping in suitable climates.
• Harvesting: Begin picking when pods are tender and crisp; successive harvests over 2–3 weeks optimize yield and quality.

🌟 Farmer Benefits

• High Productivity: Hybrid advantage leads to increased pod output and uniformity—boosting profitability.
• Fast Turnaround: Early harvesting supports double-cropping strategies.
• Ease of Harvest: Uniform pod maturity simplifies picking, sorting, and packing.
• Join Market Demand: Tender pods with excellent texture and appearance command premium prices, especially for export and supermarkets.