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When to plant Wheat in South Sinai
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Wheat is a cool-season cereal — a grass grown for its grain, and in many ways a cousin of maize that loves the cold instead of the heat.
| Fit | Favourable |
|---|---|
| When to plant | 29 Aug 2026 – 2 Mar 2027 open now |
| Expected harvest | about 5.7 t/ha |
| Harvest | From 7 Dec 2026 to 30 Jul 2027, depending on the planting date |
| Ready to harvest | 100–150 days after planting |
| Work it takes | 46–106 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 29 Aug 2026. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.
This season's rainfall outlook for South Sinai is close to normal, so these dates match the pattern the area usually follows.
Planting after 2 Mar 2027 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.
What decides this in South Sinai
| Rain and temperature | 88% |
|---|---|
| The soil | 76% |
| The lie of the land | 60% |
For wheat in South Sinai, the lie of the land is the tightest of the three at 60%. You cannot flatten it, but you can farm it: plant along the contour rather than up and down, ridge or tie ridges to hold water on the slope, and expect shallower rooting than the crop would manage on flat ground.
The season in South Sinai
| Rain in a typical year | About 8 mm in a typical farming district |
|---|---|
| Across its districts | From about 6 mm in the driest of 8 districts to about 44 mm in the wettest |
| This season's rain | Rain close to usual — plan around about 8 mm falling roughly when it always does |
| What that supports | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation, warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth |
| Ground this covers | 2 kinds of ground. The season below is one typical farming district's, not a figure for the whole of this area. |
| 94% | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth no rain-fed season · about 20 mm |
|---|---|
| 3% | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth no rain-fed season · about 40 mm |
last updated 19 September 2026 · from all 8 areas within it
What wheat needs to grow here
| Soil it likes | well-drained sandy loam, loam or clay loam soil |
|---|---|
| Soil sourness (pH) | Happiest between pH 6.0 and 7.0 |
| Feed it most with | nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur |
What it takes to grow wheat in South Sinai
| Planting material | About 2,500,000 plants per hectare |
|---|---|
| Nitrogen (N) | About 154 kg per hectare |
| Phosphate (P₂O₅) | About 46 kg per hectare |
| Potash (K₂O) | About 245 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 | 46–106 days per hectare, by hand |
These are the nutrients a wheat 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 Wheat with a plan, not a guess
Everything above describes South Sinai 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.
Wheat 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 wheat grow well in South Sinai?
South Sinai rates as favourable for wheat.
When should I plant wheat in South Sinai?
Typically 29 Aug 2026 to 2 Mar 2027, forecast-adjusted.
Is this exact for my own field?
No — these are readings taken across South Sinai, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.