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 5 mandis in your district.
₹1.4 lakh–₹2.0 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹83,000–₹1.5 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 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 420 mm it can use in a normal year (260 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 90 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 33 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 21 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 21 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 23 °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.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 54 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹3,125 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Prices are usually best in June.
Typical costs are about ₹53,000 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 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 57% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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.
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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):
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 97%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 57%
- Ammonium Sulphate 43%
- Urea 43%