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Cowpea

📍 Zimbabwe

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

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Sow Harvest
Sow
Nov – Jan
Harvest
Jan – Apr
Growing period
60 - 120 days
Seeding rate
20 - 30 kg/ha
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Harvest — this part of the plant

Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .

Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .

Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.

Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.
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Where Cowpea grows in Zimbabwe

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Zone III

Medium rainfall (mean annual is 650-800mm); Probability of exceeding 500 mm/yr is 75-80%; Length of rainfall season is 110-120 days; Moderate temperatures (mean annual is 15-25 °C; mean max is 25-28 °C); Proportion of country is 16.2% (63,215.2 km2)

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Zone IV

Medium to low rainfall (mean annual is 450-650 mm); Probability of exceeding 500 mm/yr is 60-80%; Length of rainfall season is 105-120 days; High temperatures (mean annual is 15-25 °C; mean max is 27-29 °C); Proportion of country is 29.1% (113,594.9 km2)

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Zone Va

Low and erratic rainfall (mean annual is <650 mm); Probability of exceeding 500 mm/yr is 60-80%; Length of rainfall season is 100-120 days; High temperatures (mean annual is 20-25 °C; mean max is 28-30 °C); Proportion of country is 29.4% (115,041.2 km2)

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Zone Vb

Lowest and erratic rainfall (mean annual is <600 mm); Probability of exceeding 500 mm/yr is <60%; Length of rainfall season is <110 days; High temperatures (mean annual is 20-25 °C; mean max is 28-32 °C); Proportion of country is 8.8% (34,499.8 km2)

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