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 2 mandis in your district.
₹79,000–₹1.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹11,000 to a profit of ₹28,000 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 in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 630 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 420 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–35 °C on average, and survives 9–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 38 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 22 °C
- Oct 34 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 32 °C / 14 °C
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 86 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 ₹1,145 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹900 a quintal, the middle of 48 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹13,000 a season at typical costs.
- ₹1,930 2021
- ₹1,560 2022
- ₹1,250 2023
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹90,000 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 iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
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):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 100%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 100%
- Urea 100%