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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹30,000–₹44,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹8,000–₹23,000 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 610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 700 mm it can use in a normal year, and 450 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 38 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 35 °C / 21 °C
- Nov 33 °C / 16 °C
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 21 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 ₹1,800 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹1,275 a quintal, the middle of 8 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹5,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹1,340 2021
- ₹1,530 2022
- ₹1,400 2023
- ₹1,740 2024
- ₹1,630 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹21,000 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 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.