How To Grow Brinjals In Your Home Garden?

 

 

Brinjal is a popular vegetable in the Indian cuisine. It is also known as eggplant, aubergine, or baingan. This is a fruit vegetable that is grown mainly during the warm months and also grown annually. These plants are native to subtropical or tropical regions and can grow in moderate temperatures, like peppers and tomatoes. These fruit vegetables can be grown using organic seeds online in India, or you can also purchase young saplings from a plant nursery in Mumbai like Ratanshi Agro-Hortitech.

1. Growing brinjals in your home garden 

Brinjals are available in multiple varieties that vary in size and hues of purple. They can be grown using saplings or seeds. If you want to grow brinjals using seeds, you can buy high-quality organic seeds online in India, like the f1 hybrid brinjal seeds. These seeds grow well in temperatures ranging from 23 to 30 degrees Celsius. You can start soaking the seeds overnight in water and then sow them in small containers for seedlings. Cover them with a 2 to 3-mm pot mix. Water the seed trays lightly to ensure moisture. 

The seedlings will start emerging in six to seven days. Once the seedlings are ready, transplant the seedlings into a grower pot prepared with a potting mix rich in organic manure. Water the grower pots and place them in a spot receiving ample sunlight. 

 2. Maintaining your brinjal plants

Brinjals require regular care involving watering, feedings, and misting. These plants also have tiny spines or thorns on their stems, hence one must be careful while tending to the plants.

 

• Watering: Brinjals require frequent and generous watering throughout their growth. These plants can dry out quickly and thus require daily watering, especially during the summer months. It is also advisable to mist the brinjal plant leaves daily, using tepid water to enhance the fruiting process and prevent the growth of red spider mites.
• Mulching: Brinjals grow well with a thick mulch layer of compost or manure to contain moisture and avoid weeding.
• Fertilizing: The plants require fertilizers rich in potassium once the flowers start appearing. Apply fertilizer to the plant every 15 days, ensuring ample flowers and fruits.
• Supporting: Brinjals can be large and heavier on their top and require support. One can use bamboo pipes to add support to the plant. 
• Harvesting: Brinjals are ready for harvest 100 days after sowing the seeds. You can pick the fruits once they are fully grown, acquire perfect color, turn ripe, and have a glossy outer layer. If the skin is dull, it means the fruit is over-ripe. Hence, one must pick the fruits in time. One must also be careful while plucking the fruits as the plant has thorns and spines. 

3. Additional tips:

• Brinjals require loam sandy soil that is rich in organic matter.
• Ensure the plants get direct sunlight (5 to 6 hours) daily.
• Maintain the soil pH around 5.8 to 6.5.
• If you want to use brinjal saplings, ensure you do not opt for weak and tall plants. Also, avoid young plants with blossoms from the plant nursery, or you will not get a good yield.
• Aubergines require moderate fertilization.
• Experts at Ratanshi Agro-Hortitech also recommend using dark-colored grower pots, ensuring ample absorption of sunlight.
• Also, use high-quality pot mix available at plant nurseries, ensuring ample growth and preventing pest attacks.

4. Final thoughts

Brinjals are a great plant for your home garden. Gardeners can expect a great harvest if they choose good quality live plants or organic seeds online. Ratanshi Agro-Hortitech is a leading plant nursery in Mumbai, offering high-quality gardening supplies like pot mixes, seeds, gardening tools, grower pots, and more. The plant nursery also has an online platform that features a range of gardening supplies delivered throughout India. For more information, visit their website today!