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What grows in Maara

Tharaka-Nithi, Kenya

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Map showing the boundary of Maara

The 2025/26 season in Maara

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedSeptember 2025 to July 2026
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,560 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — January, February, 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 +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 26% of this area.
26% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 256 growing days · about 1,360 mm · September to June
21% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 233 growing days · about 860 mm · February to June
19% 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 1,940 mm · January to December
12% 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 1,640 mm · January to December

last updated 30 September 2026

What grows in Maara

26% lowland, sub-humid, warm, one season — 63 crops

21% lowland, sub-humid, warm, two seasons — 55 crops

19% highland, humid, warm — 33 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 Maara 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 Maara

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.

  • Robusta coffee Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Sugarcane Moderate
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Taro Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 6 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

Irish potato, Guava, Lemon, Niger seed, Passion fruit all rate well in Maara — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Irish potato in Maara?

In Maara the window for Irish potato runs 26 Oct 2026 to 5 Nov 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Maara?

Divisi does. It reads Maara'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 Maara, 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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