When to plant Kale in Kanke

Plateau, Nigeria

Rape, covo and kale are the everyday leafy greens of the African plot — the relish in the pot most nights.

Kale in Kanke, rain-fed and with irrigation
Measure	Rain-fed	With irrigation
Fit	Favourable
When to plant	20 May 2027 – 9 Jul 2027 opens in 33 weeks	21 May 2026 – 28 Oct 2026
Expected harvest	about 21.4 t/ha	about 42.8 t/ha
Harvest	From 17 Sep 2027 to 5 Jan 2028, depending on the planting date
Ready to harvest	120–180 days after planting
Work it takes	100–222 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 Kanke is close to normal, so these dates match the pattern the area usually follows.

Planting after 9 Jul 2027 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.

What decides this in Kanke

Rain and temperature	76%
The soil	76%
The lie of the land	76%

For kale in Kanke, rain and temperature is the tightest of the three at 76%. 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 2026 season in Kanke

Rainy seasons	One each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expected	April 2026 to November 2026
Rain in a typical year	About 1,070 mm
This season's rain	Rain close to usual — plan around about 1,070 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heat	Hotter 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 supports	enough rain for one full main crop, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers	One kind of ground throughout.

last updated 16 September 2026

Temperature holds back about 30% of yield here.

What kale needs to grow here

Soil it likes	well-drained sandy loam, loam or clay loam soil
Soil sourness (pH)	Happiest between pH 5.5 and 6.8
Spacing	45 cm between rows, 45 cm between plants
Feed it most with	nitrogen, potassium, calcium, sulphur, boron and molybdenum

What it takes to grow kale in Kanke

Planting material	About 60,000 plants per hectare
Nitrogen (N)	About 96 kg per hectare
Phosphate (P₂O₅)	About 21 kg per hectare
Potash (K₂O)	About 128 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	100–222 days per hectare, by hand

These are the nutrients a kale 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 — manageable

Grow Kale with a plan, not a guess

Everything above describes Kanke 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

Kale in nearby districts

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

Frequently asked questions

Will kale grow well in Kanke?

Kanke rates as favourable for kale.

When should I plant kale in Kanke?

Typically 20 May 2027 to 9 Jul 2027, forecast-adjusted.

Is this exact for my own field?

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