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What grows in Suba South

Homa Bay, Kenya

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Map showing the boundary of Suba South

The 2025 season in Suba South

Rainy seasonsTwo each year — two chances to plant
When the rains are expectedFebruary 2025 to June 2025
Rain in a typical yearAbout 853 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — January, February, November and December look heavier than usual. Make sure water can drain off the field; a wet year does more damage through waterlogging and disease than through the rain itself.
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +0.9 °C over the growing months. Heat makes the same rain do less, so a dry spell bites sooner: do not plant late, and shade or mulch what you can.
What that supportsenough rain for one full main crop, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers4 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 34% of this area.
34% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 240 growing days · about 870 mm · February to June
21% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 229 growing days · about 870 mm · September to June
13% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 308 growing days · about 1,060 mm · February to January
8% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 361 growing days · about 1,170 mm · December to December

last updated 30 September 2026

What grows in Suba South

34% lowland, sub-humid, warm, two seasons — 63 crops

21% lowland, sub-humid, warm, one season — 63 crops

13% lowland, humid, warm — 67 crops

8% highland, humid, warm — 67 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 Suba South 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 Suba South

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.

  • Sugarcane Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 2 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

The crops and dates above are read at cells spread across Suba South, 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 Suba South

  • 2 September 2026 Sweet Orange — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Watermelon — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Pigeon Pea — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Cashew — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Maize — Crop became 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Suba South?

African eggplant, African nightshade, Amaranth, Bambara groundnut, Beetroot all rate well in Suba South — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant African eggplant in Suba South?

In Suba South the window for African eggplant runs 20 Jan 2027 to 9 Mar 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Suba South?

Divisi does. It reads Suba South'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 Suba South, 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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