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 11 mandis in your district.
₹3.0 lakh–₹4.5 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹2.2 lakh–₹3.7 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 500 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 890 mm it can use in a normal year, and 690 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 27 °C / 20 °C
- Jul 26 °C / 19 °C
- Aug 26 °C / 19 °C
- Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
- Oct 26 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 26 °C / 18 °C
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: organic carbon and pH.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8. We have no pH figures for this place.
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 ₹4,800 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹4,500 a quintal, the middle of 5 mandis in your district (latest 11 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹2.7 lakh a season after typical costs.
- ₹2,600 2021
- ₹2,850 2022
- ₹3,000 2023
- ₹4,200 2024
Prices are usually best in July.
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 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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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.
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):
- NPK Mixture 4%