When to plant Lettuce in Ledzokuku Municipal

Greater Accra, Ghana

Lettuce is a fast, leafy salad crop grown for its crisp, tender leaves — and because people eat it raw, you must grow it clean.

Lettuce in Ledzokuku Municipal, rain-fed and with irrigation
Measure	Rain-fed	With irrigation
Fit	Favourable
When to plant	6 Jun 2027 – 2 Jul 2027 opens in 35 weeks	30 Jun 2027 – 20 Jul 2027
Expected harvest	about 10.1 t/ha	about 15.4 t/ha
Harvest	From 21 Jul 2027 to 15 Sep 2027, depending on the planting date
Ready to harvest	45–75 days after planting
Work it takes	40–80 days per hectare, by hand

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.

If you only get one chance to plant, aim for around 19 Jun 2027. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.

This season's rainfall outlook for Ledzokuku Municipal leans dry, so these dates sit later than the long-run average. Planting on the date you are used to risks germinating into a false start and having to replant.

Planting after 2 Jul 2027 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.

What decides this in Ledzokuku Municipal

Rain and temperature	60%
The soil	96%
The lie of the land	88%

For lettuce in Ledzokuku Municipal, rain and temperature is the tightest of the three at 60%. This one is fixed. It is why the planting window above is where it is — hitting those dates is the whole of your control here.

The 2027 season in Ledzokuku Municipal

Rainy seasons	One each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expected	March 2027 to November 2027
Rain in a typical year	About 816 mm
This season's rain	Leaning dry — September and October 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 heat	Hotter than usual — about +0.5 °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 supports	enough rain for one full main crop, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers	2 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 83% of this area.

Agro-ecological zones covering this area
83%	enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 246 growing days · about 820 mm · March to November
17%	enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 240 growing days · about 770 mm · March to November

last updated 30 September 2026

Temperature holds back about 60% of yield here.

What lettuce needs to grow here

Soil it likes	well-drained sandy loam or loam soil
Soil sourness (pH)	Happiest between pH 6.0 and 6.8
Spacing	38 cm between rows, 30 cm between plants
Feed it most with	nitrogen, potassium and calcium

What it takes to grow lettuce in Ledzokuku Municipal

Nitrogen (N)	About 25 kg per hectare
Phosphate (P₂O₅)	About 10 kg per hectare
Potash (K₂O)	About 50 kg per hectare
In the shops	A basal compound at planting — Compound D, or an NPK blend — covers the phosphate and potash. A nitrogen top dressing — urea or AN — goes on once the crop is established.
Hand work	40–80 days per hectare, by hand

These are the nutrients a lettuce crop of that size carries off the field. What you actually apply depends on what your soil already holds — which is what a soil test, or the app's field records, tell you.

What to watch for

Pest/disease risk — manageableEarly-maturing — escapes late drought

Grow Lettuce with a plan, not a guess

Everything above describes Ledzokuku Municipal as a whole — 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

Lettuce in nearby districts

How to grow Lettuce, step by step Land preparation to harvest — every task, in order

Frequently asked questions

Will lettuce grow well in Ledzokuku Municipal?

Ledzokuku Municipal rates as favourable for lettuce.

When should I plant lettuce in Ledzokuku Municipal?

Typically 6 Jun 2027 to 2 Jul 2027, forecast-adjusted.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across Ledzokuku Municipal, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.