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 your state.
₹1.8 lakh–₹2.7 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.0 lakh–₹1.9 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 560 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,200 mm it can use in a normal year, and 980 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 32 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 18 °C
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 72 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 (December 2025): about ₹3,100 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,250 a quintal, the middle of 12 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹87,000 a season after typical costs.
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹75,000 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 boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 37%
- Urea 37%