Cauliflower normally comes in white colour but a farmer family in Bonei sub division of Sundargarh district has been growing colour cauliflower this winter and to see them, people from different areas are making a beeline. Ramachandra Sahu, Harekrushna Sahu and one Uttam Kumar Sahu (works as Village Agriculture Worker in Bonei) cultivate different types of vegetables in their field regularly. Ramachandra, Harekrushna and Uttam are from one family and they are native of Talita village under Bonei block.
They had cultivated Brocoli last year and had become successful. This year, Ramachandra, Harekrushna and Uttam cultivated different types of cauliflower and about 7,000 cauliflowers were developed. These cauliflowers include two types of colour, yellow and pink.They had brought seeds of these cauliflower from Bhubaneswar and had harvested in their field three months ago. After about four hundred seedling came out from seed, they had planted in their field. They applied cow manure fertiliser and goat manure to the seedlings.
After coming to know about the appearance of colour cauliflower, people from different parts under Bonei sub division are thronging their field to see the colourful cauliflowers.
The family is also taking the colourful cauliflowers to Bonei weekly haat and selling them at Rs 100 per kg. "When I came to know that the colour cauliflowers have been developed by these farmers, I had gone to their field with great curiosity to see them," said Deputy Director Agriculture, Sundargarh, LN Das.