Farmers will get a crop all year round if they grow open cell brijal Achi-News

South Dinajpur: Farmer Prashant Kumar Mandal of Haldidanga area in South Balurghat of Bivore block dreams of becoming self-reliant by cultivating different varieties of eggplant including loose-skinned eggplant. Farmers are gradually giving up paddy cultivation and tending to this type of brijal cultivation due to getting good profit.

The cellular brinjal species produces abundantly if cultivated throughout the year. The tree is of medium size. If you go to the area, you can see that the field is now nothing but green. This brinjal plant covers a wide area. Eggplants of various sizes peek out from the deep green.

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The stems of the free-stemmed brijal plant are thin and spreading. The plant grows to about 22 inches tall. Short in shape. Each branch has 5-6 leaves. Eggplant fruits are oval in shape, purple in color. Each eggplant is 3.5 inches long. Low cost and high profit in this type of brijal cultivation. Seedlings should be made and planted in the original land. Eggplant is grown and yielded in winter, summer and monsoons. There are three types of brinjal, long, round and long fruit, brinjal.

Prashant Kumar Mondal, a brinjal farmer, said that he has been growing four varieties of brinjal on 1 bigha of land for about 10-12 years. Muktkeshi, Katali, Hazari, Bangladeshi Katali. It takes about three to four months from sowing the seeds to full brinjal. This brijal is sold at a wholesale price of Tk 20-25.

For brijal cultivation, seedlings are first made in the seed bed and planted in the main land. The seed bed should be made in a place where rain water does not stand ie it should be well drained. Always light and airy
To have as if, that is to be free from shadows. In general, the soil should be loosened by plowing 4-5 times to prepare the field land. Seedlings 35-45 days old are suitable for planting. At this stage, 5-6 leaves are growing in the seedling and the seedling is about 15 cm long.

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Seedlings can be left in the seedbed for up to two months if necessary. So that the roots are not damaged during planting, the soil should be soaked with water 1-2 hours before planting. Planting depends on the fertility of the soil and the season of production. If possible, seedlings should be planted in the afternoon so that the seedlings do not dry out immediately after planting in the ground. The type of soil required to grow eggplant means a lot of labor as well as costs. As a result of this, the amount of profit eggplant farmers will see in the current year remains to be seen.

Summita Goswami

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