Growing guide
How to grow brinjal
A long-bearing vegetable that pays if you control shoot and fruit borer.
At a glance
- Planting window
- Autumn: nursery June, transplant July · Spring: nursery October–November, transplant February
- Duration
- 5–7 months of bearing
- Climate
- 21–30 °C
- Soil
- Loam to clay loam; pH 5.5–7.5
- Water need
- Moderate · about 450–600 mm a season
- Seed
- About 160–200 g (open-pollinated) or 80–100 g (hybrid) per acre
- Spacing
- 75 × 60 cm
- Yield
- 120–160 quintals per acre.
What to do, and when
Dates assume planting around 20 Feb. Change the plan to shift them.
- 5 weeks before — Nursery: Under insect net.
- Day 0 — Transplant: Evening.
- Months 2–6 — Weekly borer sanitation: Cut wilted shoots and holed fruit.
- Months 2–7 — Pick every 4–6 days: Glossy, tender fruit.
Varieties to consider
Buy certified seed or planting material from an authorised source.
- Pusa Purple Long · Pusa Kranti — IARI varieties; pick the shape and colour your market wants.
Water
- Every 5–8 days by season.
- Never let it go short at: Flowering · Fruit set
- Drip irrigation suits this crop.
Nutrition
- Dose: About 100 kg N, 60 kg P₂O₅, 60 kg K₂O per hectare (hybrids need more)
- Transplanting: all P, K and a third of N.
- Then N in two splits at 30 and 60 days.
Pests and diseases to watch
Prevent first; spray only when needed, with a product registered for the crop, at label dose.
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Yield and economics
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Where these numbers come from
- ICAR / state university general recommendation A typical range for irrigated conditions. Your soil test decides the final dose.
- Common grower practice in north India Widely followed by farmers; confirm with your KVK for your block.
- Agriculture Novel indicative estimate A planning number, not a quote. Replace it with your own costs and your mandi’s price.
