Brinjal
Sow in October, harvest around March
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
₹1.5 lakh–₹2.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹75,000–₹1.5 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 250 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 150 mm it can use in a normal year (100 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 160 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–35 °C on average, and survives 9–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 19 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 11 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 14 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur, zinc, iron and 3 more.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 73 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹2,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,950 2021
- ₹2,250 2022
- ₹2,250 2023
- ₹2,750 2024
- ₹2,750 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
Typical costs are about ₹71,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.