The variety can also be grown during the off -season under dimba cultivation using residual moisture or irrigation. Chitala has a seed yield potential of 1500kg/ha, matures in 90 to 100 days after sowing, and has no seed dormancy
Mtundu umenewu ukhozanso kulimidwa mvula ikatha kudimba pogwiritsa ntchito chinyezi chotsalira kapena mthilira. Chitala amabeleka kufika makilogalamu 1,500 pa hectare, amacha pamasiku 90 kufika 100 pambuyo pobzala ndipo mtedza wake sumakhadzikika