Brinjal
Sow in June, harvest around November
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹1.4 lakh–₹2.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹62,000–₹1.3 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Frost risk in November
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 490 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,100 mm it can use in a normal year, and 760 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–35 °C on average, and survives 9–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C
- Jul 25 °C / 17 °C
- Aug 25 °C / 17 °C
- Sep 24 °C / 16 °C
- Oct 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 78 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹2,300 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹2,350 a quintal, the middle of 611 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.0 lakh a season after typical costs.
- ₹1,450 2021
- ₹1,640 2022
- ₹1,510 2023
- ₹1,910 2024
- ₹1,750 2025
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹81,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.