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What grows in Gilgil

Nakuru, Kenya

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Map showing the boundary of Gilgil

The 2026 season in Gilgil

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedMarch 2026 to December 2026
Rain in a typical yearAbout 694 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — October, 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 +1.2 °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 a long crop, or two in a year, 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 40% of this area.
40% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 289 growing days · about 670 mm · March to December
23% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 189 growing days · about 590 mm · March to December
14% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 190 growing days · about 570 mm · March to June
12% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 326 growing days · about 850 mm · February to January

last updated 30 September 2026

What grows in Gilgil

40% highland, humid, warm — 37 crops

23% highland, sub-humid, warm, one season — 35 crops

14% highland, sub-humid, warm, two seasons — 30 crops

12% high montane, humid, warm — 10 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 Gilgil 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 Gilgil

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.

  • Arabica coffee Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Mandarin Moderate
  • Sugarcane Moderate
  • African eggplant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Bambara groundnut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Banana Unsuitable
  • Cashew Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cassava Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Taro Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable
  • Cotton Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cowpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Eggplant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Egusi melon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Fonio Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable — Water
  • Grapefruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Green gram Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Jute mallow Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Lime Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Mango Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Moringa Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable
  • Okra Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Papaya Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pearl millet Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pigeon pea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Rice Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Roselle Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sesame Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Watermelon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Yam Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 36 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

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 Gilgil?

Beetroot, Lettuce, Wheat, Pineapple, African nightshade all rate well in Gilgil — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Beetroot in Gilgil?

In Gilgil the window for Beetroot runs 22 Mar 2027 to 11 Apr 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Gilgil?

Divisi does. It reads Gilgil'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 Gilgil, 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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