Crop guides
The numbers each crop cares about
Temperature, moisture, pH, salinity and the risks that cost each crop its yield — and which sensors catch them early.
Capsicum (sweet pepper)
Capsicum annuum · Pilipili hoho
Capsicum pays for consistency and punishes swings. The losses that cost most in a pepper house — blossom end rot, flowers dropping in the afternoon heat and growth quietly stalling in a sealed house — are control problems, not input problems.
Read the guideTomato
Solanum lycopersicum · Nyanya
Tomatoes are Kenya’s most widely grown greenhouse crop and a mainstay in the open field. Like capsicum, they reward steady water and punish heat and humidity swings.
Read the guideMaize
Zea mays · Mahindi
Kenya’s staple, grown mostly rain-fed across the long rains (March–May) and short rains (October–December). The biggest controllable losses are acid soil locking up fertiliser and water stress at flowering.
Read the guideIrish potato
Solanum tuberosum · Viazi
A highland crop whose tubers are made in the soil, so soil temperature and moisture at tuber initiation decide the harvest. Late blight weather decides the spray programme.
Read the guideFrench beans
Phaseolus vulgaris
A high-value export crop with short cycles, strict residue limits and buyers who ask for records. Salt-sensitive, so irrigation water quality matters as much as quantity.
Read the guideAvocado
Persea americana · Parachichi
A long-term orchard investment. Avocados are shallow-rooted, very sensitive to waterlogging and salt, and reward steady moisture through flowering and fruit set.
Read the guideKale (sukuma wiki)
Brassica oleracea var. acephala · Sukuma wiki
Harvested leaf by leaf for months, sukuma wiki turns steady water and nitrogen directly into income. It is forgiving — which is why its losses tend to go unnoticed.
Read the guideFigures in these guides are general agronomic ranges. A soil test and your agronomist decide the final numbers for your variety and site.
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