Stardew Valley is a Cottagecore game, and as such, the main focus is your rural life. In Pelican Town, you can befriend villagers, discover secrets, find love, or even fight monsters. However, the main gameplay feature is your farm, the crops you’re going to harvest, and how much money you can make from them.

Seeing how many types of seeds you can plant can be overwhelming, then you also have to pay attention to seasons, fertilizers, grow times, farm maps, etc. To make things easier for you, here are the fastest growing crops in the game so you can plan and make the most money out of them. Keep in mind that these growing times don’t consider extra features like fertilizers or the agriculturist profession.

11 Radish - Six Days

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This vegetable crop grows from Radish Seeds during the Summer. You can buy seeds from the Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market on Winter 16, from Pierre’s General Store, JojaMart, and the Traveling Cart.

This crop takes six days to grow fully, and it will give you one radish per harvest. When it comes to profit, radishes have a base profit margin of 50g; however, you can sell silver quality radishes for 112g and gold quality ones for 135g. If players eat the vegetable, they’ll receive a 45 energy boost and 20 health.

9 Tulip - Six Days

During Spring, Tulip flowers grow from Tulip Bulb in just six days; you can purchase these bulbs from Pierre’s General Store, JojaMart, from the Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market on Winter 15, or the Traveling Cart.

Tulips have a profit margin of 10g; however, this can be higher if the flower has silver or gold quality, selling from 37g to 45g accordingly. While Tulips are suitable for sale, you can also grow them to produce Tulip Honey. This type of honey occurs when players grow Tulips within the acceptable range of a Bee House - 5 squares in any cardinal direction. - Tulip Honey increases the honey base value from Gold 100g to Gold 160g.

8 Kale - Six Days

To harvest kale, you’ll need to plant Kale Seed during Spring. These seeds are available from Pierre’s General Store, from the Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market on Winter 15, at JojaMart, or try looking for them in the Traveling Cart. Keep in mind that to harvest kale, you’ll need to use a Scythe.

After six days, you can harvest one kale per plant. If you eat this vegetable, you’ll get a 50 energy boost and 22 health. However, you can also sell kale for a 40g profit. Still, if the crop has a silver quality, that price goes up to 137g per vegetable or 165g if the kale has gold quality.

7 Potato - Six Days

Potatoes are one of those tubers that can be cooked in many ways or forms. In Stardew Valley, Potatoes take six days to grow during Spring and, to harvest them, you’ll need to buy Potato seeds from Pierre’s General Store, JojaMart, from the Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market on Winter 15, or the Traveling Cart. A cool fact about this crop is that it has a chance of producing multiple potatoes per plant.

This crop sells for 80g as a base price, silver quality potatoes have a value of 100g, and gold ones sell for 120g. If you eat the tuber, you’ll get an 11 health and 25 energy boost.

6 Eggplant - Five Days

This crop’s season is Fall and grows after five days. To harvest Eggplant, players need to plant and buy Eggplant Seeds from Pierre’s General Store, at JojaMart, from the Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market on Winter 17, and, occasionally, from the Traveling Cart.

When you harvest this crop, it will give you one Eggplant every five days. Also, there is a 0.2% chance the crop will provide more Eggplants. When it comes to selling, these purple vegetables have a base value of 60g; if you manage to get a silver-quality crop, you can sell it for 75g, while the gold-quality one sells for 90g gold.

5 Hot Peppers - Five Days

Who doesn’t like a spicy fruit that is also sweet? Hot Peppers grow during Summer and take up to five days until you can harvest them. To get this fruit, you’ll need to buy Pepper Seeds from the Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market on Winter 16, from Pierre’s General Store, at JojaMart, and the Traveling Cart. There is also a chance you’ll get Hot Peppers when using Mixed Seeds.

Players receive 1.2 Hot Peppers per harvest and are available every three days after the first batch. The fruit gives your character a 13 energy boost and five health when consumed. However, you can sell them for 40g as the base price, 50g for silver quality ones, and 60g for gold quality.

4 Garlic - Four Days

While Garlic is one of the fastest-growing crops in the game, you’ll have to wait till year two to buy Garlic Seeds from Pierre’s General Store, from the Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market on Winter 15 (starting in year 2), and, sometimes, from the Traveling Cart.

This vegetable crop grows during Spring, and players will receive one per harvest. If you sell Garlic at its base price of 60g, you’ll obtain 20g in profit. However, more quality Garlic sells at better prices, 75g for silver quality and 90g for gold quality.

3 Parsnip - Four Days

This vegetable crop is one of the first ones you can plant in the game, as Mayor Lewis gives you 15 Parsnip Seeds at the start of Stardew Valley. After that, you can buy the seeds from the Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market on Winter 15, from Pierre’s General Store, at JojaMart, or from the Traveling Cart.

Parsnip is a Spring crop that takes four days to grow fully, and you can harvest one per plant. When it comes to selling, Parsnip sells at a base price of 35g. You’ll also receive a 25 energy boost and 11 health if you eat the tuber.

2 Wheat - Four Days

When people think of farming, the first crop that comes to their minds is Wheat; after all, it is one of the most widely cultivated grains. In Stardew Valley, Wheat has multiple benefits, making it a pretty good crop to harvest; not only is it a fastly growing crop - taking only four days - but it can be harvested in both, Summer and Fall. Just remember to buy a Scythe first so you can gather Wheat.

As a downside, players won’t obtain anything from eating Wheat. However, they can craft beer and Wheat Flour from these crops. On the same note, there is a 40% chance you’ll obtain hay when harvesting Wheat.

1 Bok Choy - Four Days

Bok Choy crops grow during Fall, and it takes up to four days until you can harvest them. This vegetable crop comes from Bok Choy Seeds, which can be bought from Pierre’s General Store, at JojaMart, from the Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market on Winter 17, or the Traveling Cart.

You can either sell or eat this crop after you harvest it. If you consume it, you’ll get a boost of 25 energy and 11 health. Still, if you choose to sell Bok Choy, you’ll gain 80g as a base price, 100g for the silver quality, and 120g for the gold quality.

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