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Nepal Crop Calendar

What to plant and harvest across 3 agro-ecological zones in Nepal — 65 crops with sowing windows, growing periods and local notes.

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Sow this November

37 crops

Chard

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Jan – Dec 🌾 Jan – Dec ⏱ 46 - 60 days

Bean common, dry

legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Aug – Dec 🌾 Oct – Feb ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Cress

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Aug – Jan 🌾 Oct – Mar ⏱ 50 - 60 days

Fenugreek

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Aug – Dec 🌾 Oct – Feb ⏱ 30 - 45 days

Radish

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Aug – Dec 🌾 Oct – Feb ⏱ 50 - 70 days

Spinach

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Aug – Jan 🌾 Oct – Mar ⏱ 46 - 60 days

Bok choy

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Sep – Nov 🌾 Nov – Feb ⏱ 60 days

Broad Leaf Mustard

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Sep – Jan 🌾 Dec – Apr ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Eggplant

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Sep – Nov 🌾 Dec – Jan ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Pointed Gourd

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Sep – Nov 🌾 Feb – May ⏱ 120 days

Amaranthus tricolor

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 145 - 150 days

Barley

grain
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 130 - 145 days

Broccoli

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 100 - 110 days

Brussels sprouts

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 100 - 110 days

Cabbage, common

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Jan ⏱ 80 - 90 days

Cardamom

herb
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Sep – Oct ⏱ 3 years

Chick-pea

legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 140 - 155 days

Chilli

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 150 days

Colza(rapeseed)

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Jan – Feb ⏱ 100 - 110 days

Coriander

herb
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Dec 🌾 Oct – Jun ⏱ 100 - 150 days

Cucumber

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Feb 🌾 Jan – May ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Cumin

herb
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 100 - 150 days

Garlic

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 150 days

Knowkhol

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 100 - 110 days

Lathyrus

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 110 - 120 days

Lentil

legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 120 - 145 days

Mil africain

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 May – Jun ⏱ 150 - 190 days

Onion

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Jan 🌾 Feb – May ⏱ 90 - 100 days

Pea, dry

legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Dec 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 90 - 120 days

Potato

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 100 - 120 days

Sugarcane

cash
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Sep – Oct ⏱ 300 - 330 days

Tomato

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Jan – Feb ⏱ 80 - 90 days

Wheat, bread

grain
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 135 - 145 days

Corn

grain
JanJunDec
🌱 Nov – Dec 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 130 - 140 days

Flax

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Nov 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 120 - 130 days

Leek

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Nov – Dec 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 100 - 110 days

Sunflower

oilseed
JanJunDec
🌱 Nov 🌾 Apr – May ⏱ 120 - 140 days
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Amaranthus tricolor

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – Jul 🌾 May – Sep ⏱ 30 - 45 days

Barley

Plant now grain
JanJunDec
🌱 Apr – May 🌾 Jan ⏱ 220 - 280 days

Bean common, dry

Plant now legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Apr 🌾 Apr – Aug ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Bok choy

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Apr – Jun 🌾 Jun – Sep ⏱ 60 days

Broad Leaf Mustard

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Apr – Jun 🌾 Jul – Sep ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Broccoli

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 May – Jun 🌾 Sep – Oct ⏱ 100 - 110 days

Brussels sprouts

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 May – Jun 🌾 Sep – Oct ⏱ 100 - 110 days

Cabbage, common

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 May – Jun 🌾 Aug – Dec ⏱ 80 - 90 days

Cardamom

Plant now herb
JanJunDec
🌱 Apr – Jun 🌾 Sep – Oct ⏱ 3 years

Chard

Plant now other
JanJunDec
🌱 Jan – Dec 🌾 Jan – Dec ⏱ 46 - 60 days

Chick-pea

Plant now legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 140 - 155 days

Chilli

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Jan – Feb 🌾 Mar ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Colza(rapeseed)

Plant now other
JanJunDec
🌱 Sep – Oct 🌾 Mar ⏱ 100 - 150 days

Coriander

Plant now herb
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Dec 🌾 Oct – Jun ⏱ 100 - 150 days

Corn

Plant now grain
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Mar 🌾 Jun – Jul ⏱ 90 - 110 days

Cress

Plant now other
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Sep 🌾 Apr – Nov ⏱ 50 - 60 days

Cucumber

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Apr 🌾 May – Jul ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Cumin

Plant now herb
JanJunDec
🌱 Jan – Feb 🌾 Jan – Jul ⏱ 100 - 150 days

Eggplant

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Sep – Nov 🌾 Dec – Jan ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Fenugreek

Plant now other
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – May 🌾 May – Jul ⏱ 30 - 45 days

Flax

Plant now other
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 135 - 150 days

Garlic

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – Apr 🌾 Aug – Sep ⏱ 150 days

Knowkhol

Plant now other
JanJunDec
🌱 May – Jun 🌾 Sep – Oct ⏱ 100 - 110 days

Lathyrus

Plant now other
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 110 - 120 days

Leek

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Apr – May 🌾 Aug – Sep ⏱ 100 - 110 days

Lentil

Plant now legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct – Nov 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 120 - 145 days

Mil africain

Plant now other
JanJunDec
🌱 Jul – Aug 🌾 Oct – Nov ⏱ 120 - 150 days

Onion

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 May – Jun 🌾 Sep – Nov ⏱ 90 - 100 days

Pea, dry

Plant now legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Apr – Jul 🌾 Jul – Oct ⏱ 90 - 120 days

Pointed Gourd

Plant now other
JanJunDec
🌱 Sep – Nov 🌾 Feb – May ⏱ 120 days

Potato

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Mar 🌾 Jun – Jul ⏱ 100 - 120 days

Radish

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – Aug 🌾 May – Oct ⏱ 50 - 70 days

Spinach

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – May 🌾 May – Jul ⏱ 46 - 60 days

Sugarcane

Plant now cash
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Apr 🌾 Jan – Feb ⏱ 300 - 330 days

Sunflower

Plant now oilseed
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – Apr 🌾 Jul – Aug ⏱ 120 - 130 days

Tomato

Plant now vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Mar 🌾 May – Jun ⏱ 80 - 90 days

Wheat, bread

Plant now grain
JanJunDec
🌱 Aug – Sep 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 180 days

Beet

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 May – Aug 🌾 Sep – Dec ⏱ 100 - 120 days

Buck Wheat (Sweet)

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Apr – May 🌾 Sep – Oct ⏱ 150 days

Carrot

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 May – Jul 🌾 Sep ⏱ 90 - 100 days

Cauliflower

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Apr – May 🌾 Jul – Aug ⏱ 100 - 110 days

Corn, sweet

grain
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Mar 🌾 Aug – Sep ⏱ 150 - 180 days

Cotton

cash
JanJunDec
🌱 Jun 🌾 Oct – Nov ⏱ 135 days

Cowpea

legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – Apr 🌾 Jun – Jul ⏱ 75 - 90 days

Ginger

herb
JanJunDec
🌱 Apr – May 🌾 Nov – Dec ⏱ 180 days

Grass pea

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Jul – Aug 🌾 Dec – Jan ⏱ 150 - 175 days

Jute

cash
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – Apr 🌾 Jul – Aug ⏱ 110 - 120 days

Mung bean

legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – Apr 🌾 Jun ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Mustard

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Oct 🌾 Feb – Mar ⏱ 135 - 150 days

Niger seed

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Aug – Sep 🌾 Nov – Dec ⏱ 110 - 120 days

Okra

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Aug 🌾 May ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Peanut

legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Jun 🌾 Oct – Nov ⏱ 120 - 145 days

Pigeon pea

legume
JanJunDec
🌱 Jun – Jul 🌾 Mar – Apr ⏱ 240 - 270 days

Pumpkin

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Mar 🌾 Apr – May ⏱ 60 days

Rice

grain
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – Apr 🌾 Jun – Jul ⏱ 100 - 120 days

Sesame

oilseed
JanJunDec
🌱 Jun – Jul 🌾 Oct – Nov ⏱ 110 - 120 days

Soybean

legume
JanJunDec
🌱 May – Jun 🌾 Sep – Oct ⏱ 120 - 130 days

Sponge & Ridge Gourd

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Jan – Jun 🌾 Mar – Aug ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Sweet pepper

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – Mar 🌾 May – Jun ⏱ 80 - 90 days

Tarmeric

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Apr – May 🌾 Oct – Nov ⏱ 180 days

Taro

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – Jun 🌾 Aug – Sep ⏱ 150 - 160 days

Turnip

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Jun – Jul 🌾 Sep ⏱ 60 - 75 days

Watermelon

fruit
JanJunDec
🌱 Jan – Feb 🌾 Apr – May ⏱ 85 - 90 days

Yam

vegetable
JanJunDec
🌱 Mar – Jun 🌾 Aug – Sep ⏱ 150 - 160 days

Yardlong bean

other
JanJunDec
🌱 Feb – May 🌾 Apr – Jul ⏱ 400 - 460 days
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Agro-ecological zones

plains A. Terai Agro-ecological Zone

Land System Unit:1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3a, 4c, 5a, 6a, 6b,6c, 10a, 10b and 11; Subtropical Climate, <1000 m Elevation, 20-24 C0 Temperature, Hypothermic Temerature Regime and Semihumid Moisture Regime

Practices: Irrigated Areas: Rice-Wheat-Spring Rice/Spring Maize, Rice-Wheat-Vegetables, Rice-Wheat-Mung, Paddy-Wheat-Fallow, Rice-Pulse-Spring Rice/ Spring Maize, Rice-Oil Crops-Spring Maize/ Spring Rice, Rice-Oil Crops-Vegetables, Rice-Oil Crops-Vegetables, Rice-Oil Crops-Fallow, Rice-Potato-Spring Maize, Rice-Vegetable-Spring Maize/ Spring Rice, Rice-Vegetable-Fallow. Rainfed Areas: Rice-Mustard-Fallow, Rice-Lentil-Fallow, Maize+Blackgram, Maize-Wheat, Maize+Soybean, Maize-Fallow, Maize/Fingermillet, Jute-Mustard-Fallow, Jute-Pulses-Fallow, Pigeopea

hill mountain B. Hill Agro-ecological Zone

Land Sysstem Unit:11, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 14a, Warm Temperate Climate, 1000-2000 m elevation, 15-20 C0 Temperature, Thermic Soil Temperature Regime and Subhumid Moisture Regime.

Practices: Irrigated Areas: Rice-Wheat- Spring Maize, Rice-Wheat-Vegetables, Rice-Wheat-Mung, Paddy-Wheat-Fallow, Rice-Pulse-Spring Maize, Rice-Oil Crops-Spring Maize, Rice-Oil Crops-Vegetables, Rice-Oil Crops-Fallow, Rice-Potato-Spring Maize, Rice-Vegetable-Spring Maize, Rice-Vegetable-Fallow. Rainfed Areas: Rice-Wheat- Spring Maize, Rice-Barley- Spring Maize, Rice-Mustard-Fallow, Rice-Lentil-Fallow, Rice-Fallow, Maize-Wheat-Fallow, Maize-Barley-Fallow, Maize-Mustard-Fallow, Maize+Soybean-Mustard-Fallow, Maize-Pulses-Fallow, Maize/Fingermillet-Mustard, Maize/Fingermillet, Maize-Fallow

hill mountain C. Mountain Agro-ecological Zone

Land Sysstem Unit:14a, Cool Temperate Climate, 2000-3000 m elevation, 10-15 C0 Temperature, Mesic Soil Temperature Regime and humid Moisture Regime.

Practices: Irrigated Areas: Rice-Naked Barley, Maize/Fingermillet-Wheat, Maize-Wheat, Potato-Nacked Barley/Buck Wheat, Potato- Naked Barley, Maize +Potato. Rainfed Areas: Maize-Wheat, Maize +Potato-Wheat, Maize/Fingermillet, Potato-Wheat/Naked Barley/Barley, Maize-Barley/ Naked Barley/Barley, Maize-Fallow