Stardew Valley Best Spring Crops [Top 12]
Hit the ground running this spring by planting the best crops after reading eXputer's guide to Stardew Valley's best spring crops.
I will guide you on Stardew Valley’s best spring crops to keep your garden fresh. Spring is the first season you begin the game, and building a strong foundation of wealth can set you up for the future. However, there are many crops to choose from, and planting the best crops with what little gold you have at the start of the game can be very daunting.
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Here’s a quick comparison between the Best Spring Crops in Stardew Valley; you can check their costs, growth time, and selling prices:
| No. | Best For | Crops | Cost (gold) | Days to grow | Sold (gold) | Speciality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most Versatile And Profitable Spring Crop. | Strawberry | 100 | 8 | 120 | Multi-harvest crop |
| 2 | Best Spring Crop With One Of The Highest Profits. | Cauliflower | 80 | 12 | 175 | Lucrative crop |
| 3 | Most Versatile Spring Crop For Speed Boosts. | Rhubarb | 100 | 13 | 200 | Lucrative crop |
| 4 | Best Spring Crops For Building Relationships With Characters. | Potato | 50 | 42 | 80 | Staple crop |
| 5 | Most Exceptionally Fast Growing Spring Crop. | Parsnips | 20 | 4 | 35 | Friendly crop |
| 6 | Best Spring Crop For Quick Investment Returns. | Kale | 70 or 87 | 6 | 220 | Excellent crop |
| 7 | Most Easily Accessible Spring Crop. | Green Beans | - | 4 | 40-80 | Increase overall yield |
| 8 | Best Spring Crops For Beginners. | Garlic | 40 | 5 | 60 or 120 | Garlic oil |
| 9 | Most Lowest Costing Spring Crop. | Tulip bulb | 20 or 25 | 6 | 30-60 | Beautiful flowers |
| 10 | Best Spring Crop For Experience Points. | Coffee Bean | - | 10 | 15 | Popular crop |
| 11 | Most Affordable Spring Crop For High Profit Margins. | Blue Jazz | 75 | 7 | 30 or 37 | Most profitable crop |
| 12 | Best Spring Crop For Low Maintenance. | Unmilled Rice | 40 | 6-8 | 20 | Saves alot of resources |
12. Unmilled Rice
- Why I Chose This: The opportunities it provides for profit and resource optimization.
You can obtain Unmilled Rice from Rice Shoots, available at Pierre’s general store or occasionally from the Travelling Cart. Milling Unmilled Rice yields one edible rice in just one day.
Profits from Unmilled Rice are versatile, with a 10% chance to gain extra Unmilled Rice when harvesting Rice Shoots. The Help Wanted board may also request Unmilled Rice, providing an extra 90 gold and 150 friendship points. Notably, planting Unmilled Rice doesn’t require additional watering for subsequent crops, saving resources.
- Easily acquired through Rice Shoots.
- Profitable in rice recipes, selling for 100 gold.
- Potential Help Wanted rewards.
- Used in tailoring.
- Water-saving for planted tile.
- Disliked by most villagers.
11. Blue Jazz
- Why I Chose This: One of the most profitable spring crops there is which allows for maximing profitability.
This spring crop is one of the most profitable crops you can plant in the spring season of Stardew Valley. You can grow it out of Jazz Seeds, which you can buy from stores throughout Stardew Valley. The best stores to buy Jazz Seeds from are Pierre’s General Store, which sells them for 30 gold, and JojaMart, which sells them for 37 gold.
A great thing about it is that it can produce Blue Jazz Honey if you plant it in the range of a Bee House. This will increase the value of the honey base from 100 gold to 200 gold, earning you a massive bonus profit.
- Profitable to sell.
- Short 7-day growth period.
- Multiple harvests in a season for doubled profits.
- No quests utilize this crop.
- Not the best energy yield.
- Gives relatively low farming experience points.
10. Coffee Bean
- Why I Chose This: The unique features and utility it provides on top of the speed boosts.
In Stardew Valley, apart from farming, dungeons are a significant activity, and Coffee Beans can help you explore them. Growing Coffee Beans allows you to brew coffee and triple-shot espresso, providing a speed boost for navigating dungeons like Skull Cavern or Volcano. These can also be purchased from the Traveling Cart.
- Harvestable in both Spring and Summer.
- Multiple harvests for profitability.
- Short 10-day growth time.
- Yields decent profit when sold.
- Not available for purchase in any Stardew Valley store.
- Sale price lacks benefit in the Tiller profession.
9. Tulip Bulb
- Why I Chose This: The easy acquisition factor with the fast blooming time allows for faster profits.
Furthermore, Tulip Bulbs also grow really fast. You can get them for 20 or 25 gold; they will fully bloom in 6 days. You can get about 30 to 60 gold if you want to sell them. I recommend that you prominently grow these for gifting. You can gift these to anybody you want, but Evelyn especially loves them. Also, keep in mind that there are some villages that outright hate these flowers. These are Sebastian, Clint, and George.
- Easy to obtain and available in many stores.
- Short 6-day growth time.
- Decent profit from selling.
- Liked by almost every character as a gift.
- Less versatile, limited to selling or gifting.
- Yield can be affected by weather conditions.
8. Garlic
- Why I Chose This: The fast growth, profitability, and utility it provides in Stardew Valley.
Garlic should be a part of every respectable farmer’s land in Stardew Valley. You can buy it for 40 gold, and it only takes 4 days for it to grow, which is some of the fastest growth times in the game.
If you want to make a good amount of cash, garlic can be useful there, too. It can be sold for 60 or 120 gold, depending on its quality. Moreover, you can use garlic to make some oil, which can be sold for 1000 gold.
Moreover, garlic oil can also be useful while exploring mines. It will keep the annoying insects away from you so you can explore and dig in peace.
- The fastest-growing crop matures in 4 days.
- Can be sold for significant profit.
- Garlic Seeds are relatively inexpensive.
- Difficult to obtain outside of Spring.
- Unavailable until the second year.
7. Green Beans
- Why I Chose This: The great profitability factor and the ability to produce them multiple times per season.
These are easily among some of the greatest Stardew Valley spring crops. Green Beans can be sold for 40 to 80 gold. The price is decent, but what makes this all great is how fast the crop grows. You can literally harvest Green Beans after three days.
Green Beans are even more essential because you can harvest them multiple times. Unlike most crops, you don’t have to replant once you harvest them after three days. They will just grow back in three days. So buying and growing these one time can be a great investment for your farm.
- Continues to produce for 3 days after a 10-day growth period.
- Great profits due to short regrowth time and efficiency.
- Liked by most villagers, great for gifting.
- Multiple crops per season, increasing overall yield.
- Complicated harvesting for beginners due to cycles.
6. Kale
- Why I Chose This: The ability of this crop to grow in any type of soil on top of the easy accessibility factor.
You can gain many benefits by growing kale on your farm; most notably, if the quality is good, it can sell for 220 gold. Furthermore, you can get kale from JojaMart or Pierre’s Store. You can also sell it back here if you want. Pierre’s will buy it for 70 gold while JojaMart will pay 87 for it. You can use it to replenish your health or energy. Additionally, you can use it with salmon for an even better result.
- Yields great profit, selling for up to 220 Gold.
- Decently fast growth cycle of 6 days.
- Can grow in almost all soil types, easy to cultivate.
- Easily obtainable from JojaMart or Pierre’s Store.
- Not the best option for quick leveling up.
5. Parsnips
- Why I Chose This: The versatility this spring crop has with the simplicity it provides in production.
Parsnips are a friendly crop for the early game. They only cost 20 gold per seed and give you a nice selling price of 35 gold per harvest. Also, they only need 4 days to grow fully, so you can spend your first spring making quite the sum if you work hard.
Parsnips are part of the spring crops bundle and the quality crops bundle. They are also the best gift for Pam. Moreover, parsnips are used in 2 great cooking recipes, the Farmer’s Lunch and the Parsnip Soup.
- Quick harvest in just 4 days.
- Incredibly low cost, great for beginners.
- Simple to grow.
- Versatile usage in cooking and gifting.
- Not ideal for advanced or veteran players.
- Lower yield compared to other crops.
4. Potato
This is a very staple crop and good for the early game. Potato takes 6 weeks to grow fully so that you can have 5 complete cycles in the season. It costs 50 gold for a potato seed, and harvested potatoes can be sold for 80 gold. While this may not seem much, multiple cycles can earn you a good profit.
The low cost is also appealing for the early game, starting with 500 gold. There is even a random chance of harvesting extra potatoes based on daily luck. So, if you’re luck is high on harvesting day, you could earn extra. Potato is useful because it is part of the spring crops bundle. It also is used in the recipe for making hashbrowns.
- Great for early season profit.
- Low cost for Potato Seeds.
- Potential for greater profit through proper harvesting.
- May require additional resources for optimal growth.
- Why I Chose This: The great early season profits it provides and the low cost.
3. Rhubarb
- Why I Chose This: The multi-functionality that this crop is able to provide with the high-end experience points you can gain from it.
Rhubarb is a spring fruit crop. It grows from Rhubarb seeds and takes 13 days to fully mature and be harvest-ready. Rhubarb is a very lucrative crop. Its seeds can be bought at a cost of 100 gold and rhubarb can be sold for 220 gold making you a great profit.
However, Rhubarb can only be purchased from the merchant in the desert. You’ll have to work to access the desert, which won’t be accessible in the early game. However, the plant is lucrative and can also help in later seasons.
Rhubarb is not used in any bundles. However, rhubarb is used in the Rhubarb Pie Recipe. Rhubarb pie can be sold for 400 gold but has much better uses. Rhubarb Pie is a favorite food of Marnie and can help you rock her favorability quickly.
- Multi-functional crop.
- Yields up to 26 farming experience points.
- Great pie recipe selling for 400 gold.
- Decent profit selling base Rhubarb for up to 220 gold.
- Slow growth time.
2. Cauliflower
- Why I Chose This: The affordability, utility, and the ability it has for building relationships due to how loved it is by the villagers.
Due to its profitability, cauliflower ranks high among Stardew Valley’s best spring crops. The seeds mature in 12 days, are available at Pierre’s shop for 80 gold, and can be sold for 175 gold. Cauliflower is one of three crops with the potential to become giant crops, offering multiple harvests regardless of the season. However, this occurrence depends on luck.
Additionally, cauliflowers make an excellent gift for Maru, boosting her favorability, and they are part of the spring crops bundle. They’re also used in the well-liked Cheese Cauliflower recipe by Pam.
- Affordable cauliflower seeds at Pierre’s shop.
- Suitable for beginners and advanced players.
- High-profit margin.
- Loved by many villagers, especially Maru.
- Can grow into giant crops, offering extra harvests.
- Used in quests for potential rewards.
- Longer growth time.
1. Strawberry
- Why I Chose This: The multi-harvest capability it has allows for a good profit and cost savings.
Strawberries offer incredible value as the top Spring crop. Each seed costs 100 gold, grows in 8 days, and yields strawberries worth 120 gold. What makes them exceptional is their multi-harvest nature. You can harvest every 4 days without replanting, saving costs and ensuring a good profit, especially with luck. Gift Demetrius and Maru, as they love strawberries.
- Low maintenance, watering every 4 days.
- Chance of harvesting more strawberries than planted.
- Multi-harvest capability.
- Strawberry seeds are expensive.
So, there you have it. After evaluating the profit potential, ease of availability used in cooking recipes and bundles, and villager preferences, we’ve compiled Stardew Valley’s best spring crop. If you want to make nice profits in the upcoming spring, plant strawberries and cauliflowers, and you won’t go wrong.
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