What grows in Forpoh

Grand Kru, Liberia

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Map showing the boundary of Forpoh

The 2025 season in Forpoh

When the rains are expectedJanuary 2025 to December 2025
Rain in a typical yearAbout 3,012 mm
This season's rainLeaning dry — February, September, October and November look short of rain. Plant at the early end of the window, favour quicker and more drought-tolerant crops, and keep moisture in the soil: mulch, and weed early.
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +0.6 °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 55% of this area.
Agro-ecological zones covering this area
55% 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 2,990 mm · January to December
45% 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 2,920 mm · January to December

last updated 17 September 2026

What grows in Forpoh

55% lowland, humid, warm — 63 crops

45% humid, warm — 63 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 Forpoh

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
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 11 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 2 September 2026 Tea — Planting window moved, now opens 30 Jun 2026
  • 2 September 2026 Green Gram — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Jan 2027
  • 2 September 2026 Garlic — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Jan 2027
  • 2 September 2026 Niger Seed — Planting window moved, now opens 28 Oct 2026
  • 2 September 2026 Rape Covo Kale — Planting window moved, now opens 31 Jan 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 Forpoh?

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

When should I plant African eggplant in Forpoh?

In Forpoh the window for African eggplant runs 10 Feb 2026 to 21 Jan 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Forpoh?

Divisi does. It reads Forpoh'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 Forpoh, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.

Keep going

The district's answer is one question. What each crop needs, what attacks it and where to sell it are the others.