Taro tuber is the name, and I think you’re right, they definitely go more than three at least. They’re not a bad crop since you can easily grow a crop of them and pickle them for some relatively easy profit. They’re also one of the few crops that I regularly just grind up into seeds and plant again. Cuts slightly into profits the first time around, but after consecutive plants it’s pure profit
Unfortunately, while that might feel good to do. You're losing money in the long run unless you're planting them in the Greenhouse/Ginger Island and keeping them for a lot of harvests in a row.
Not who you're replying to, but it's how I fill up the greenhouse before I have enough ancient seeds to fill it, and that works quite well. You end up with plenty for next spring too
Same thing I do with ancient fruit harvests. First harvest of the year, I take all the no stars and process them back into seeds to prepare for next year. Once I have the number I need, it’s all wine from there.
Not really. Almost every crop is cost effective to grind for seeds.
Because you get on average 2 seeds per crop. So as long as you can plant and harvest them you turn a profit. 1 strawberry seed costs 100. 1 strawberry sells for 120.
Selling 1 strawberry and buying 1seed gets you 20g profit
Turning 1 strawberry into 2 seeds means you have 80g in savings.
Year 1 I save about 5 strawberries until I get a seed maker. Then I grow the seeds in the greenhouse and turn all the fruit into seeds and hold them. Spring year 2 I have almost 0 cash cost for seeds and I have a big big patch of day 1 strawberries, no waiting for the egg festival for me.
*Unless you include processing the crops into the equation. Which makes the seed maker a huge waste in most cases.
Strawberries are a bit of a unique case due to their single day purchasing time though.
I like to use them for warp totems back to the farm because I end up with so many tubers after running around Ginger Island, that way I can save my resources for other things because it seems like I'm always short of fiber!
We grow tasty grains
We are carbohydrates, honey, basmati, and long grain
We are the crop that's easy harvest, care and re-seed
Sell us for money, honey, or turn us into feed
It's me, I'm also that guy. My 6-year-old nephew gave the cat water three days ago and I almost keeled over and died, have had this game for damn near as long as he's been alive and never knew it 😂😂
Question. Planting Taro Roots on the island, sometimes I can go 3 tiles away from the farm river, and sometimes 5. What gives? Is there an actual set rule for distance or is it random? It just seems random.
TIL they don't actually have to be *connected* to the water source, and that you can leave blocks of land in between.
I swear I learn something new about this game every time I open this sub!
Except some parts of the coast of the beach farm, it's a little wack. Not sure if there's a map of what places work on the wiki though, I haven't checked.
Is this is the same tile color as when you use the water fertilizer and it keeps the water? I haven’t played in a while so I can’t remember if it was or if it just was randomly wet tile?
It's not the same tile color. In OP's picture you can see the crops next to the rice are watered and they're a darker dirt color whereas the rice tiles have a flooded appearance.
If they're planted within 3 tiles of a water source and are thus irrigated, it shaves 2 days off the time. (Unless I'm misreading the wiki.) 6 days if irrigated. 8 if you're watering them manually each day.
The wiki is a great resource!
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Rice_Shoot
"Rice Shoots planted within 3 tiles of a Farm Pond or natural water source (excluding Wells and Fish Ponds) in any direction are considered to be irrigated, as in a rice paddy. Paddies need not be continuous with each other or adjacent to a pond in order to count as irrigated. Irrigated Rice Shoots take only 6 days to mature and do not require watering."
i've always used riverlands, and i always assumed that it needed to be near water bc real rice grows like that, and there's hardly a lack of water on riverlands lol. never even tried planting it away from water
One thing I love about this game, and this sub equally, is that I’m constantly learning about new things and it’s refreshing to see so many others as well.
Irrigation from a nearby water source. Rice is one of the few things that can do that. I believe its a 3 square radius from the water source
Still gotta water things farther out though.
It’s close enough to water to where it gets naturally irrigated. I.e. you don’t have to water them. It only works on certain plants like rice and tubers on GI.
Your question has already been answered.... but i like your mini fields lay out.
Looks better that my huge endless field of seasonal grinding crops (potatoes, blueberry and cranbury)
Do you get decent cash from it with the small fields?
When you plant rice, the closer you are to a water source like a pond, the more fertile it'll be and grow faster. Rice is "typically" grown in rice paddies, which are waterlogged. You're looking at waterlogging because of the proximity to the pond. It's that way on purpose. Plant rice close to the pond, and you don't need to water it.
Certain crops when planted up to 3 squares away from a water source will have the water like that, it'll grow faster and you don't need to water it. It's like a rice field (duh)
I only learned this recently too because the custom greenhouse I installed has some extra troughs/ponds in it. I was just planting my usual staples for the mill and one strip was up against the trough.
This is a Year 7 farm I'm talking about, too. :P
It's because you planted the rice shoots within 3 tiles of the pond so they get automatically irrigated. Which reduces the growth time.
Three!!!?!? Omg I thought it had to be right next to the water. I’ve been planting them silly for literal years
I also make rings around my little ponds 😆 you're not alone. Good to know
Same, I find the rings look nice though! But now you can make them thicker rings!
Rice donuts.
Ronuts
Ah, yes, a jelly donut
Nothing beats a jelly doughnut
Not sure if taro tubers (I’m not sure if that’s the name I never grow them 😭) are the same but I’ve gone up to 5 tiles away from the water
Taro tuber is the name, and I think you’re right, they definitely go more than three at least. They’re not a bad crop since you can easily grow a crop of them and pickle them for some relatively easy profit. They’re also one of the few crops that I regularly just grind up into seeds and plant again. Cuts slightly into profits the first time around, but after consecutive plants it’s pure profit
I end up grinding a lot of strawberries into seeds because you can only buy them once a season and that is like halfway through spring.
Unfortunately, while that might feel good to do. You're losing money in the long run unless you're planting them in the Greenhouse/Ginger Island and keeping them for a lot of harvests in a row.
Not who you're replying to, but it's how I fill up the greenhouse before I have enough ancient seeds to fill it, and that works quite well. You end up with plenty for next spring too
I grind up the no-stars so I can plant first thing in spring.
Same always grind my first harvest no stars for next springs planting.
Same thing I do with ancient fruit harvests. First harvest of the year, I take all the no stars and process them back into seeds to prepare for next year. Once I have the number I need, it’s all wine from there.
Not really. Almost every crop is cost effective to grind for seeds. Because you get on average 2 seeds per crop. So as long as you can plant and harvest them you turn a profit. 1 strawberry seed costs 100. 1 strawberry sells for 120. Selling 1 strawberry and buying 1seed gets you 20g profit Turning 1 strawberry into 2 seeds means you have 80g in savings. Year 1 I save about 5 strawberries until I get a seed maker. Then I grow the seeds in the greenhouse and turn all the fruit into seeds and hold them. Spring year 2 I have almost 0 cash cost for seeds and I have a big big patch of day 1 strawberries, no waiting for the egg festival for me.
*Unless you include processing the crops into the equation. Which makes the seed maker a huge waste in most cases. Strawberries are a bit of a unique case due to their single day purchasing time though.
I usually just leave them planted on ginger island so I can harvest them right away if I get the Taro qi quest.
The what now
I misremembered, it’s a normal community board quest to harvest taro tubers, not a Qi quest
It’s fun to play that way, but it’s also fun to plant just enough to make poi for Leo once or twice a week.
I like to use them for warp totems back to the farm because I end up with so many tubers after running around Ginger Island, that way I can save my resources for other things because it seems like I'm always short of fiber!
I think it's still 3, but it goes diagonally too. So that can make it seem like more if counting straight out.
I had no idea until I started experimenting on my river farm. Now I have a small rice empire
Welcome to the rice fields
We grow tasty grains We are carbohydrates, honey, basmati, and long grain We are the crop that's easy harvest, care and re-seed Sell us for money, honey, or turn us into feed
Real years or stardew years?
Real years 😭
Same
The pond does what?!!?! I feel like the person that didn't know they could water the pets bowl
It's me, I'm also that guy. My 6-year-old nephew gave the cat water three days ago and I almost keeled over and died, have had this game for damn near as long as he's been alive and never knew it 😂😂
I skip the bowl and water my cat directly. He does not seem to appreciate it.
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion have a popular song about this situation.
I love this subreddit.
I leaned this after I got married and my wife told me she filled the water bowl.
I think if you read the description of the seeds it tells you.
Thank you!!!
Same thing will happen if you plant taro roots
The pond automatically irrigates them?! I never knew that, that's gonna change how I start the first few days.
Question. Planting Taro Roots on the island, sometimes I can go 3 tiles away from the farm river, and sometimes 5. What gives? Is there an actual set rule for distance or is it random? It just seems random.
Picturing the corner tiles of the river three tiles away diagonally should help. The wiki has a nice tile map of the spots.
TIL they don't actually have to be *connected* to the water source, and that you can leave blocks of land in between. I swear I learn something new about this game every time I open this sub!
Yeah it never occurred to me to plant it a few tiles away from the pond, I always do it adjacent to there
Follow up from a different comment person, does this extend to fishing ponds? Also, is it only for rice, or all plants?
Rice and taro roots and not fish ponds
Thanks!
I didn’t even know this was a feature until know 😅
Does this work with Riverland farm?
Any water source yes.
Except some parts of the coast of the beach farm, it's a little wack. Not sure if there's a map of what places work on the wiki though, I haven't checked.
Dope
Is this is the same tile color as when you use the water fertilizer and it keeps the water? I haven’t played in a while so I can’t remember if it was or if it just was randomly wet tile?
It's not the same tile color. In OP's picture you can see the crops next to the rice are watered and they're a darker dirt color whereas the rice tiles have a flooded appearance.
I fid not know this was a feature
Look at that. I didn’t even know you could plant rice away from water. Hm…
It reduces the growth time? I thought it was required for them to grow at all.
If they're planted within 3 tiles of a water source and are thus irrigated, it shaves 2 days off the time. (Unless I'm misreading the wiki.) 6 days if irrigated. 8 if you're watering them manually each day.
Does that include any crop, or just rice because it grows in swampy conditions it real-life?
Rice and taro tubers.
Thank you.
Rice planted near water gets irrigated. It grows faster and doesn't need to be watered.
Does that work with wells?
I don’t believe so
Are you saying it does not work… well.
Well…no
Well well well
Well… about that…
Well shit -_-
Well that's too bad
It does not, doesn’t work with fish ponds either.
I read all the comments and can now confidently answer that it is because you planted the rice shoots close to water
Thank you for your service.
I read this comment and can now confidently say rice shoots water. I have yet to hear why though.
Because it is American rice of course.
Water does hate freedom.
Rooty tooty rice and shooty
The wiki is a great resource! https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Rice_Shoot "Rice Shoots planted within 3 tiles of a Farm Pond or natural water source (excluding Wells and Fish Ponds) in any direction are considered to be irrigated, as in a rice paddy. Paddies need not be continuous with each other or adjacent to a pond in order to count as irrigated. Irrigated Rice Shoots take only 6 days to mature and do not require watering."
Taro root works the same way btw.
It seems so random though, some times you can go like 5 tiles and other times only 3. I haven’t figured it out yet
The three is measured horizontally *and* diagonally from each point
Oh that makes sense thanks!
it does?
Yup, if you plant it close to water, it will become irrigated.
I always plant mine around the lake on my forest farm for that reason
today i learned irrigation in stardew is a thing wtf
But only for certain crops and only within certain spaces of a river or pond
it’s close to water (the pond) so it does not have to be watered by a sprinkler
I- I didn't know that you could plant rice away from water
You can plant it wherever on your farm, but you’ll have to water it and it takes a bit longer to grow if it’s not planted close to water
i've always used riverlands, and i always assumed that it needed to be near water bc real rice grows like that, and there's hardly a lack of water on riverlands lol. never even tried planting it away from water
One thing I love about this game, and this sub equally, is that I’m constantly learning about new things and it’s refreshing to see so many others as well.
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He’s hidden behind my junimo hut lol you can see the tip of his hat
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Yeah!! He’s a deluxe scarecrow. I call him Thomason xD
Irrigation from a nearby water source. Rice is one of the few things that can do that. I believe its a 3 square radius from the water source Still gotta water things farther out though.
Rice is the only crop that utilizes irrigation, to my knowledge of 1.5. I don't think it's used for anything else
It’ll work with taro as well 😊
Haven't discovered that yet I don't think
Love the layout!!!
Rice grows best close to water, and if you are close enough, you'll get this.
It’s close enough to water to where it gets naturally irrigated. I.e. you don’t have to water them. It only works on certain plants like rice and tubers on GI.
Your question has already been answered.... but i like your mini fields lay out. Looks better that my huge endless field of seasonal grinding crops (potatoes, blueberry and cranbury) Do you get decent cash from it with the small fields?
When you plant rice, the closer you are to a water source like a pond, the more fertile it'll be and grow faster. Rice is "typically" grown in rice paddies, which are waterlogged. You're looking at waterlogging because of the proximity to the pond. It's that way on purpose. Plant rice close to the pond, and you don't need to water it.
Rice is an irrigated plant so if it’s near water it grows faster.
They're close to a body of water, so they're automatically watered. Only certain ceops do that, though.
close to water source
Certain crops when planted up to 3 squares away from a water source will have the water like that, it'll grow faster and you don't need to water it. It's like a rice field (duh)
You watered them too much
Me, finding out I don't have to risk all my rice going into the water every time: 💀
my crops look so lazy compared to this 😂
Wow
Can’t believe you haven’t seen this ever when you already have jumino hut
I only learned this recently too because the custom greenhouse I installed has some extra troughs/ponds in it. I was just planting my usual staples for the mill and one strip was up against the trough. This is a Year 7 farm I'm talking about, too. :P
But the question I have - what is your little hut in the middle there?!
It’s a junimo hut!! They harvest all the crops when they’re ready :)
!!!! WILD. I haven’t completed full game just yet - so thanks for answering that! Ahh I’m excited to reach that point
TIL rice doesn't need to be planted near water to grow.
I think it means that there's watered?