Crops (Harvest Moon: SNES)
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Being the first Harvest Moon ever, there is not much of a choice of which crops to grow since there are only 4, but some people like this more than lots of crops since its simple yet easy!
Crop Help: If you want to get rich quick I would consider buying turnips for spring and corn for summer since overall they sell the most. Remember to plant your crops in the right season and also that you cant grow crops at all in fall or winter. You have to be prepared to water all your crops everyday otherwise they will be late in growing! (Also be careful with hurricanes since they can blow away most of your crops).
Seeds are planted in 9 squares, so remember to always stand in the middle one when planting seeds. Many people think the best way to plant crops is like below so that you leave a gap where you can reach for the crops to water them...
But I always just plant them 3x3 because at the end of the season when you picked all the crops you can pick the middle one! (And when you get the sprinkler you can water the one in the middle).
Turnips: Turnips will probably be the first crop you grow since it’s the cheapest and takes the least to grow, but the down side is that it only sells for the least. If you do it all properly you could harvest the crop 7 times per spring, which would give you 3,360g per season since 8 turnips cost 480g.
- Season: Spring
- Buy Price: 200g
- Sell Price: 60g
- Growth span: Takes 4 days to grow
- Renewable: No
Potatoes: Potatoes are better than turnips since they sell for 20g more, but they also take 2 more days to grow, so you could harvest the crop 5 times a season and get 3,200g a season since 8 potatoes are 640g. So overall I would think turnips are better to grow in spring rather than the potatoes.
- Season: Spring
- Buy Price: 200g
- Sell Price: 80g
- Growth span: Takes 6 days to grow
- Renewable: No
Tomatoes: Tomato would probably be the first crop you buy that is renewable (renewable meaning you can harvest it many times without having to buy more seeds and grow more tomatoes). You could harvest it 7 times a season, giving you a total of 5,600g for the season since 8 tomatoes cost 800g.
- Season: Summer
- Buy Price: 300g
- Sell Price: 100g
- Growth span: Takes 10 days to grow
- Renewable: Yes
Corn: Corn is the most expensive and longest crop to grow, though it sells for the most and it’s good since it’s renewable! You could harvest it 6 times a season and yet get 5,460g for that season! Since 8 corn cobs cost 9,60g which is a lot of money! So for summer, I would defiantly plant corn instead of tomatoes!
- Season: Summer
- Buy Price: 300g
- Sell Price: 120g
- Growth span: Takes 13 days to grow
- Renewable: Yes
Grass: You need lots of grass if you want to have lots of cows and chickens, it may cost a lot and it’s well worth it when your animals start giving lots of produce!
- Season: Spring, summer and fall, dormant in winter but re-grows back in spring
- Buy Price: 500g
- Sell Price: Can’t sell fodder, use it to feed animals
- Growth Span: Takes 10 days to grow and 7 to be re-grown
- Renewable: Yes
