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What grows in Santiago Maior

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Map showing the boundary of Santiago Maior

The 2027 season in Santiago Maior

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedAugust 2027 to November 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 309 mm
This season's rainLeaning dry — September looks short of rain. Plant at the early end of the window, favour quicker and more drought-tolerant crops, and keep moisture in the soil: mulch, and weed early.
What that supportsenough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers2 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 67% of this area.
67% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 97 growing days · about 340 mm · July to November
33% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 88 growing days · about 300 mm · August to October

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Santiago Maior

67% lowland, semi-arid, warm — 37 crops

33% semi-arid, warm — 34 crops

Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.

What grows in Santiago Maior with irrigation

These need water applied — rain alone will not carry them here. The dates are the windows their own water supply allows.

What Divisi would not plant in Santiago Maior

Every crop in the catalogue is scored against this district, not only the ones that work — so the list above is a decision rather than a shortlist. These are the rest, with what ruled each one out.

  • Moringa Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Passion fruit Moderate — Temperature
  • Swiss chard Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Avocado Unsuitable — Water
  • Banana Unsuitable — Water
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cashew Unsuitable — Water
  • Cassava Unsuitable — Water
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Water
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Water
  • Taro Unsuitable — Water
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Enset Unsuitable
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable — Water
  • Grapefruit Unsuitable — Water
  • Guava Unsuitable — Water
  • Irish potato Unsuitable
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Water
  • Lime Unsuitable — Water
  • Mandarin Unsuitable — Water
  • Mango Unsuitable — Water
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Water
  • Pineapple Unsuitable — Water
  • Sugarcane Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet orange Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Turmeric Unsuitable — Water
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Yam Unsuitable — Water

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 37 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

The crops and dates above are read at cells spread across Santiago Maior, and the map colours which kind of ground each part of it is. Your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates — the Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.

Or check your field first

What changed in Santiago Maior

  • 31 August 2026 Jute Mallow — Forecast basis changed, now based on the forecast-adjusted
  • 31 August 2026 Jute Mallow — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Season length
  • 31 August 2026 Jute Mallow — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Sep 2026
  • 31 August 2026 Cucumber — Crop stopped being recommendable
  • 31 August 2026 Okra — Crop stopped being recommendable

This calendar moves

Planting windows shift with the forecast. Leave your email and we'll send what changed, and a note when planting time nears — a couple of emails a month at most.

Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Santiago Maior?

Cowpea, Cucumber, Egusi melon, Green gram, Jute mallow all rate well in Santiago Maior — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Cowpea in Santiago Maior?

In Santiago Maior the window for Cowpea runs 4 Aug 2027 to 24 Aug 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Santiago Maior?

Divisi does. It reads Santiago Maior's own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average, so the planting dates and crop shortlist on this page are the same ones the app works out for a field here — then dates each job for that field, and keeps working with no signal.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across Santiago Maior, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.

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The district's answer is one question. What each crop needs, what attacks it and where to sell it are the others.

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