Varietal Characteristics and Agronomic Traits
VNR 212 produces vigorous, highly branched semi-erect bushes with heavy fruiting density.
Fruits are round to oval, displaying attractive glossy light green skin with subtle white variegation and a green, non-spiny calyx.
The fruit flesh is soft, slow to form hard seeds, and possesses exceptional cooking quality preferred for traditional regional stuffed eggplant dishes.
- Fruit morphology: Medium-large round green fruits with delicate white stripes weighing 80 to 120 grams
- Non-spiny calyx: Green non-spiny calyx facilitates rapid, painless harvesting and reduces fruit scratching
- Continuous harvest: Begins picking fifty to fifty-five days after transplanting, yielding continuous flushes for six to eight months
Nursery Sowing, Spacing, and Transplanting
Raise seedlings in 98-cell pro-trays using sterilized cocopeat vermicompost mix to prevent damping-off disease.
Transplant healthy four-leaf seedlings into the main field approximately twenty-five to thirty days after nursery sowing.
Plant on raised beds equipped with drip irrigation and plastic mulch to suppress weeds and conserve soil moisture.
- Seed rate: Approximately sixty to eighty grams of hybrid seed per acre
- Spacing: Maintain ninety to one hundred twenty centimeters between rows and sixty to seventy-five centimeters between plants
- Seedling root dip: Dip roots in Carbendazim or Trichoderma slurry for fifteen minutes prior to field transplanting
Pest Management, Harvesting, and Mandi Marketing
Shoot and fruit borer (Leucinodes orbonalis) and jassids are major insect threats requiring timely integrated pest management.
Harvest tender fruits every three to four days, grading them by size and packing in ventilated plastic crates.
Growers can monitor daily wholesale brinjal prices and arrival trends across regional mandis on the KisanPe Mandi Rates portal.
- Borer management: Install pheromone traps and rotate approved diamide or spinosyn sprays at early flowering
- Regular picking: Pick fruits while skins are glossy and seeds remain tender to maintain continuous bush flowering
- Mandi rates: Check live wholesale vegetable prices across regional mandis on the KisanPe Mandi Rates dashboard
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Common questions
What type of fruit does VNR 212 brinjal produce?
VNR 212 produces round green fruits with white stripes, tender flesh, slow seed maturity, and non-spiny green calyxes.
When does VNR 212 brinjal begin harvesting after transplanting?
First fruit picking begins approximately 50 to 55 days after field transplanting, yielding continuous flushes for several months.
How can farmers control shoot and fruit borer in hybrid brinjal?
Install lucin-lure pheromone traps, prune and destroy infested shoots, and spray registered diamide insecticides at early flowering.
General guidance, not personal advice. For your farm, ask your local Krishi Vigyan Kendra or agriculture officer.
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