The short duration pigeon pea varieties are relatively insensitive to day length and can therefore be grown in a wide range of climatic and soil conditions including dry (700mm mean annual rainfall) low lying (60m above sea level), warm to hot areas to the high plateaus (>1,500m above sea level) which are characterized by cool temperatures and continuous rainfall (2,000mm mean annual rainfall)
Mitundu ya nandolo yanthawi yayifupi simakhudzika kwambiri ndi kutalika kwa usana ndipo choncho ikhoza kulimidwa mmadera a nyengo ndi dothi losiyanasiyana luphatikizirapo madera ouma omwe amalandira mvula ya 700mm pa chaka omwenso ndi otsika pa mtunda wa 60m pamwamba pa nyanja, ofunda kufika otentha kufika madera akumapiri pamtunda woposera 1500m pamwamba panyanja omwe amadziwika bwino ndi kuzizira komanso mvula yopitilira yofika 2000m pa chaka