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 7 mandis in your district.
₹1.9 lakh–₹2.9 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.2 lakh–₹2.1 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 540 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 700 mm it can use in a normal year, and 590 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 34 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 18 °C
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- 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 zinc.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 68 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.
- ₹2,300 2021
- ₹2,780 2022
- ₹2,550 2023
- ₹3,000 2024
- ₹3,600 2025
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹71,000 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 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.
About 12% of local fields of this crop get it.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 71%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 57%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 48%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 12%