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What grows in Kinangop

Nyandarua, Kenya

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Map showing the boundary of Kinangop

The 2026 season in Kinangop

When the rains are expectedDecember 2026 to December 2026
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,084 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — 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 +1.0 °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 covers3 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 75% of this area.
75% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 365 growing days · about 1,130 mm · December to December
16% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; cool for part of the year, so frost sets the planting date 365 growing days · about 1,400 mm · January to December
5% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 365 growing days · about 1,230 mm · January to December

last updated 30 September 2026

What grows in Kinangop

75% high montane, humid, warm — 9 crops

5% highland, humid, warm — 9 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 Divisi would not plant in Kinangop

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.

  • Tea Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Groundnut Moderate — Temperature
  • Mandarin Moderate
  • African eggplant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • African nightshade Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Amaranth Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Avocado Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Bambara groundnut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Banana Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Carrot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cashew Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cassava Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Taro Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable
  • Common bean Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cotton Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cowpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cucumber Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Eggplant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Egusi melon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Finger millet Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Fonio Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Grapefruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Green gram Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Guava Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chilli Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Jute mallow Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Lablab Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Lime Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Maize Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Mango Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Moringa Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Okra Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Onion Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Papaya Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pearl millet Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pigeon pea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pineapple Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pumpkin Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Rice Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Roselle Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sesame Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sorghum Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Soybean Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Spider plant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sugarcane Unsuitable
  • Sunflower Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet orange Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tobacco Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tomato Unsuitable
  • Turmeric Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Watermelon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Yam Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 65 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 31 August 2026 Chickpea — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 31 August 2026 Cabbage — Forecast basis changed, now based on the forecast-adjusted
  • 31 August 2026 Cabbage — Planting window moved, now opens 21 Jan 2027
  • 31 August 2026 Swiss Chard — Forecast basis changed, now based on the typical season
  • 31 August 2026 Swiss Chard — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Temperature

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 Kinangop?

Enset, Wheat, Beetroot, Irish potato, Kale all rate well in Kinangop — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Enset in Kinangop?

In Kinangop the window for Enset runs 21 Jan 2026 to 1 Jan 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Kinangop?

Divisi does. It reads Kinangop'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 Kinangop, 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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