Brinjal — 3Land preparation & sowing

• Nursery, seed rate and transplanting

  A 100 m² nursery raises seedlings for one hectare. Seed rate: 400 g/ha for varieties and 200 g/ha for hybrids. Sow in lines 10 cm apart in raised beds and cover with sand. Prepare the main field with FYM at 25 t/ha and ridges 60 cm apart, apply 2 kg each of Azospirillum and phosphobacteria with 50 kg FYM, irrigate the furrows and transplant 30–35-day-old seedlings. Spacing: 60 x 60 cm for varieties and 90 x 60 cm for hybrids.

  Pending expert review

  Source

  Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Brinjal – Nursery, seed rate & field preparation, pp. 63–64

  Region

  Tamil Nadu

  Last updated

  2026-11-04

• Grafted brinjal

  Grafting: 30-day-old brinjal seedlings (scion) are cleft-grafted on 55–60-day-old non-bitter Solanum torvum seedlings (rootstock), kept 15 days in a mist chamber and 15 days in a shade net to harden. Plant grafts at 1.0 x 1.0 m (10,000 grafts per hectare). A first ratoon crop can be kept for four months, and a second ratoon raised in the same way.

  Pending expert review

  Source

  Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Brinjal – Grafting technology, pp. 67–68

  Region

  Tamil Nadu

  Last updated

  2026-11-04