Plant PulseEggplant
Solanum melongena
Eggplant. Sourced figures stay next to their citation. Planting windows are listed for locations that have one. Unsourced fields say coming soon.
Unverified — based on HORDI Crop - Brinjal, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/hordi-crop-brinjal/; confirm for your microclimate.
Spacing
- In-row spacing
- coming soon
- Between-row spacing
- coming soon
Other sourced figures
- Days to first harvest
- 70–84 days
- Soil pH
- 5.5–5.8
From farmer field experience
Based on hands-on growing experience from Sri Lankan farmers. Not yet verified against official sources.
- Nursery days: 25–30 days
- Nursery days before transplanting.
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- Harvest window: 60–90 days
- Picking period. About 10–12 picks. The HORDI page states 70–84 days after transplant, which is already stored, and does not state this picking span.
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- In-row spacing: 60 cm
- In-row spacing, one plant per pit. The HORDI page states 90 cm × 60 cm and does not say which side is the row.
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- Between-row spacing: 90 cm
- Between-row spacing assigned with the in-row figure.
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- Planting hole: 30 cm
- Pits about 30 × 30 × 30 cm, one plant per pit.
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- Container volume: 15–20 L
- One plant. The container planner uses 15 L, the low end, as the minimum.
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- Container diameter: 30 cm
- Pot diameter about 30 cm.
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- Container depth: 35 cm
- Pot depth about 35 cm.
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- Plants per container: 1
- One plant in that pot.
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Market months
Prices vary by week, market, and year. This is not financial advice.
Based on hands-on growing experience from Sri Lankan farmers. Not yet verified against official sources.
Higher prices: October–December
The gap between Yala and Maha.
Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
Higher prices: April–May
The gap between Yala and Maha.
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Lower prices: January–March
The gap between Yala and Maha.
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Lower prices: July–August
The gap between Yala and Maha.
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Planting windows
Colombo — Low Country Wet Zone
Official planting windows: coming soon.
From farmer field experience
Based on hands-on growing experience from Sri Lankan farmers. Not yet verified against official sources.
Year round
Direct sow or transplant
Using 70–84 stored days. First harvest is about 70–84 days after planting. Calculated from the stored day count and the planting month. It is not a separate harvest calendar.
Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
Grower note for Colombo and the Sri Lankan wet zone: brinjal (eggplant) can be planted in any month. Most farmers time planting so the harvest lands when these vegetables are scarce in the market, to get higher prices. Direct sow versus transplant was not stated. This is not an official Department of Agriculture window.
Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-20; confirm for your microclimate.