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.
₹1.4 lakh–₹2.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹60,000–₹1.3 lakh an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 4 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 640 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 490 mm it can use in a normal year, and 290 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 39 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 35 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 32 °C / 15 °C
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 81 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 76% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 76% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹2,925 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹1,200 a quintal, the middle of 19 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹10,000 a season at typical costs.
- ₹1,130 2021
- ₹1,330 2022
- ₹1,080 2023
- ₹2,300 2024
- ₹1,800 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹85,000 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.