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.
₹1.6 lakh–₹2.4 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹99,000–₹1.8 lakh 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, even in a dry year.
Needs about 520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,010 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 31 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 18 °C
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 56 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 (December 2025): about ₹3,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹3,750 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your state (latest 11 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.5 lakh a season after typical costs.
Prices are usually best in February.
Typical costs are about ₹59,000 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 phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.