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What grows in Commonwealth 2

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Map showing the boundary of Commonwealth 2

The 2025 season in Commonwealth 2

When the rains are expectedDecember 2025 to December 2025
Rain in a typical yearAbout 3,553 mm
This season's rainLeaning dry. Plant at the early end of the window and favour quicker, more drought-tolerant crops.
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +0.8 °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 coversOne kind of ground throughout.

last updated 17 September 2026

What grows in Commonwealth 2

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 Commonwealth 2

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.

  • Avocado Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Enset Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Irish potato Unsuitable
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 16 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

The crops and dates above are read at cells spread across Commonwealth 2, 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 Commonwealth 2

  • 2 September 2026 Tea — Planting window moved, now opens 26 Mar 2026
  • 2 September 2026 Sweet Orange — Planting window moved, now opens 15 May 2026
  • 2 September 2026 Pearl Millet — Limiting factor changed
  • 2 September 2026 Niger Seed — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Coconut — Planting window moved, now opens 20 Apr 2026

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.

Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Commonwealth 2?

African eggplant, African nightshade, Amaranth, Bambara groundnut, Banana all rate well in Commonwealth 2 — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant African eggplant in Commonwealth 2?

In Commonwealth 2 the window for African eggplant runs 2 Mar 2026 to 28 Oct 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Commonwealth 2?

Divisi does. It reads Commonwealth 2'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 Commonwealth 2, 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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