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. Sold at 14 mandis in your district.
₹2.2 lakh–₹3.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.4 lakh–₹2.5 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 550 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,780 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,600 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 / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 18 °C
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- 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 75 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (November 2026): about ₹3,600 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹3,200 a quintal, the middle of 6 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.6 lakh a season after typical costs.
- ₹1,510 2021
- ₹2,350 2022
- ₹1,640 2023
- ₹2,300 2024
- ₹2,480 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹78,000 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 nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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):
- Urea 100%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 73%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 46%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 43%