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What grows in Kiminini

Trans Nzoia, Kenya

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Map showing the boundary of Kiminini

The 2026 season in Kiminini

When the rains are expectedFebruary 2026 to December 2026
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,202 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — 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 +1.4 °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 covers2 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 66% of this area.
66% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 306 growing days · about 1,250 mm · February to December
34% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 299 growing days · about 1,160 mm · March to December

last updated 30 September 2026

What grows in Kiminini

66% highland, humid, warm, rain year-round — 51 crops

34% highland, humid, warm, one season — 44 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 Kiminini 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 Kiminini

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.

  • Bambara groundnut Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Grapefruit Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Robusta coffee Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Sugarcane Moderate
  • Cashew Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cassava Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Taro Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cotton Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cowpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Egusi melon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Green gram Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Moringa Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pearl millet Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pigeon pea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Rice Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Roselle Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sesame Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Yam Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 23 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 2 September 2026 Sunflower — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Temperature
  • 2 September 2026 Sunflower — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Cabbage — Limiting factor changed
  • 2 September 2026 Cabbage — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Common Bean — Limiting factor changed

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 Kiminini?

Guava, Lemon, Lime, Mango, Enset all rate well in Kiminini — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Guava in Kiminini?

In Kiminini the window for Guava runs 18 Feb 2026 to 30 Sep 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Kiminini?

Divisi does. It reads Kiminini'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 Kiminini, 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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