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What grows in Lushoto

Tanga, United Republic of Tanzania

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Map showing the boundary of Lushoto

The 2025 season in Lushoto

Rainy seasonsTwo each year — two chances to plant
When the rains are expectedFebruary 2025 to June 2025
Rain in a typical yearAbout 565 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 +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 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 48% of this area.
48% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 198 growing days · about 610 mm · February to June
12% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 287 growing days · about 830 mm · October to July
11% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 243 growing days · about 700 mm · October to June
9% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 339 growing days · about 1,090 mm · September to August

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Lushoto

48% lowland, sub-humid, warm, two seasons — 45 crops

12% highland, humid, warm — 32 crops

11% lowland, sub-humid, warm, one season — 53 crops

9% lowland, humid, warm — 70 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 Lushoto 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 Lushoto

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.

  • Coconut Moderate — Water
  • Ginger Moderate — Slope / terrain

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 2 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 2 September 2026 Irish Potato — Crop stopped being recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Avocado — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Coffee Arabica — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Tea — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Passion Fruit — Crop became recommendable

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 Lushoto?

Common bean, Pumpkin, Sorghum, Sunflower, Tobacco all rate well in Lushoto — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Common bean in Lushoto?

In Lushoto the window for Common bean runs 13 Feb 2027 to 18 Mar 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Lushoto?

Divisi does. It reads Lushoto'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 Lushoto, 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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