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When to plant Sweet orange in Beni Mellal Khenifra
Morocco
The sweet orange is an evergreen fruit tree — plant it once and, cared for well, it feeds your family and earns money for 20–30 years.
| Fit | Favourable |
|---|---|
| When to plant (establish) | 10 Jun 2026 – 21 May 2027 open now |
| Expected harvest | about 28.4 t/ha |
| Bearing cycle | 210–360 days per crop once the plant is established. Planting to the first harvest takes longer than one cycle. |
| Work it takes | 86–183 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 21 May 2027. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.
This season's rainfall outlook for Beni Mellal Khenifra is close to normal, so these dates match the pattern the area usually follows.
Planting after 21 May 2027 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.
What decides this in Beni Mellal Khenifra
| Rain and temperature | 76% |
|---|---|
| The soil | 96% |
| The lie of the land | 88% |
For sweet orange in Beni Mellal Khenifra, 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 2026/27 season in Beni Mellal Khenifra
| When the rains are expected | October 2026 to April 2027 |
|---|---|
| Rain in a typical year | About 425 mm in a typical farming district |
| Across its districts | From about 416 mm in the driest of 5 districts to about 521 mm in the wettest |
| This season's rain | Rain close to usual — plan around about 425 mm falling roughly when it always does |
| This season's heat | Hotter than usual — about +1.4 °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, with a cool spell that slows winter growth |
| Ground this covers | 3 kinds of ground. The season below is one typical farming district's, not a figure for the whole of this area. |
| 49% | enough rain for one full main crop; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 193 growing days · about 480 mm · October to April |
|---|---|
| 26% | enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; cool for part of the year, so frost sets the planting date no rain-fed season · about 370 mm |
| 19% | enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 169 growing days · about 390 mm · October to April |
last updated 18 September 2026 · from all 5 areas within it
Frost and pest pressure hold back about 40% of yield here.
What sweet orange needs to grow here
| Soil it likes | well-drained sandy loam or loam soil |
|---|---|
| Soil sourness (pH) | Happiest between pH 6.0 and 6.5 |
| Spacing | 600 cm between rows, 600 cm between plants |
| Feed it most with | nitrogen, potassium, magnesium, zinc and boron |
What it takes to grow sweet orange in Beni Mellal Khenifra
| Planting material | About 300 plants per hectare |
|---|---|
| Nitrogen (N) | About 57 kg per hectare |
| Phosphate (P₂O₅) | About 11 kg per hectare |
| Potash (K₂O) | About 71 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 | 86–183 days per hectare, by hand |
These are the nutrients a sweet orange 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
Grow Sweet orange with a plan, not a guess
Everything above describes Beni Mellal Khenifra 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.
Sweet orange in nearby districts
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
Will sweet orange grow well in Beni Mellal Khenifra?
Beni Mellal Khenifra rates as favourable for sweet orange.
When should I plant sweet orange in Beni Mellal Khenifra?
Typically 10 Jun 2026 to 21 May 2027, forecast-adjusted.
Is this exact for my own field?
No — these are readings taken across Beni Mellal Khenifra, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.
