Brinjal
Sow in October, harvest around March
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 14 mandis in your district.
₹2.4 lakh–₹3.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.6 lakh–₹2.8 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 in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 550 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 350 mm it can use in a normal year (290 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–35 °C on average, and survives 9–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 31 °C / 23 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 23 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 24 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- 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 78 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹3,875 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹76,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), 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):
- NPK Mixture 1%
- Urea 1%