Summary

  • Plant the most profitable crops like Strawberries for recurring income during Spring in Stardew Valley.
  • Focus on Coffee Beans for speed boosts and gifts, yielding high returns due to recurring harvests.
  • Consider Cauliflower for high profits even with a longer growth time, ensuring a steady income stream.

Spring is the start of a new year and a fresh start. In Stardew Valley, it’s a time to refresh and begin anew, planning the year’s productivity. After the bleak winter's lack of produce, players should dedicate farm space to their crops and harvest them to generate the most income possible.

There are several exclusive Spring crops to choose from, varying in value and growth times. Each crop featured on this list has unique growing times and selling points. These are the best crops to plant and harvest during Spring in Stardew Valley.

Updated January 26, 2025 by Stephanie Harris: Stardew Valley continues to delight players over eight years after its initial release in 2016. Update 1.6, now out on PC and nearing console release, has given many players the urge to return to their farms and explore all the new content available, including new spring crops.

Carrots and Mixed Flower Seeds can now be grown throughout the Spring, and tools like the Dehydrator add to the artisan goods players can create with their fresh crops. Extra info was added to the entries to help readers get info on them a little easier.

14 Tulips

Pretty Flowers That Make Good Gifts

  • Seed Price: 20g
  • Perfect for building friendships with villagers
  • Time to grow: 6 days
  • Tulips aren't used in any recipes

Though not the most profitable option, tulips make beautiful additions to any farm. The price of Tulip seeds and Jazz Seeds is 20g when bought from Pierre’s. Once harvested, these flowers sell for only 30-66g each, meaning they aren’t really worth investing time and farm space in. However, Tulip Honey can be very profitable for players with the Artisan perk, since that raises its price to 224g. Released with the 1.6 update, Mixed Flower Seeds can also produce Tulips, and can be found from a variety of sources for free.

The best part about growing tulips is that they make perfect gifts and are great for raising friendship levels with certain villagers. Evelyn loves tulips, while most of the other villagers like them.

13 Blue Jazz

A Nearly-Universal Gift

  • Seed Price: 30g
  • Perfect for building friendships with villagers
  • Time to grow: 7 days
  • Best recipe: Lucky Lunch

Blue Jazz seeds are slightly more expensive than Tulip seeds, but the flowers are consequently worth more. They sell for 50-110g, depending on the player's perks, which makes this flower a slightly better investment than Tulips. It also produces more expensive Honey, which also helps players make a good return on investment. The seeds can be purchased from Pierre's and JojaMart, as well as a few other temporary locations like the Night Fishing Boat and the Traveling Cart on occasion. They may also be found in Mixed Flower Seed packs, which are found for free.

Like other flowers in the game, the best way to use them is to make friends. The majority of villagers like Blue Jazz, while only Clint, George, and Sebastian dislike them. This nearly-universal gift is sure to help players who want to make friends quickly.

12 Carrot

Classic Farming Vegetable

  • Seed Price: Cannot be bought
  • Perfect for feeding horses
  • Time to grow: 3 days
  • Carrots aren't used in any recipes

Carrots were introduced with Update 1.6, which was released a full eight years after the initial game came out. The update added new crops, new events, new tools, and even some new characters. While they cannot be purchased through the usual means, carrot seeds can be obtained through foraging, digging, and using the Seed Maker. They can also be looted from certain enemies or traded at the Raccoon Wife's shop in exchange for Maple Seeds.

This classic vegetable only sells for 35-70g, which does not make them very profitable. However, feeding them to a horse grants the steed a speed bonus, making riding around the valley even better than before. They can also be given as gifts since only a few villagers dislike them.

11 Garlic

Quick Money

  • Seed Price: 40g
  • Perfect for cooking recipes and making Garlic Oil
  • Time to grow: 4 days
  • Best recipe: Escargot

Garlic Seeds can be purchased for 40 gold and sold for a minimum of 60 gold or 120 gold at maximum quality. This is a quick money-making method, as these crops only take four days to grow and mature, ready for harvesting.

Garlic is also a staple in many recipes and can be used to make artisan products, such as oil of garlic. Players can consume this as a buff to keep insects and other threats at bay when mining.

10 Parsnips

Cheap And Fast Way To Make Profits

  • Seed Price: 20g
  • Perfect for cooking recipes
  • Time to grow: 4 days
  • Best recipe: Farmer's Lunch

A Stardew Valley staple. Parsnips are cheap and easy to maintain, as they only take four days to grow. Players are guaranteed to make at least 10 gold net profit from these, so it is worth dedicating a section of land to these essential crops during the spring.

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They are also essential for cooking recipes like Farmer’s Lunch and Parsnip Soup, which can be useful to carry during mining and long excursions. Moreover, they're great for fulfilling bundles at the Community Center, including the Spring Crops Bundle and the Quality Crops Bundle.

9 Coffee Beans

Brew Coffee To Drink Or Give Away

  • Seed Price: 100-1,000g
  • Perfect for making friends or getting a speed boost
  • Time to grow: 10 days; 2 days to regrow
  • Best recipe: Coffee

Coffee Beans, while expensive, are a great investment for a number of reasons. After the initial growth period of 10 days, coffee plants can be harvested every other day for both the Spring and Summer, meaning there's a greater return on investment than single-season crops. Each harvest grants the player four coffee beans, which means that players can cultivate a giant stock of coffee beans very quickly.

It takes five coffee beans in a Keg to brew coffee, which gives the player a speed boost when drinking it. Having a good amount of coffee on hand is a great way to make the early game more efficient before the player can afford a horse. Most villagers like it as well, which means that extra coffees can be given as gifts.

8 Unmilled Rice

One Of The Most Profitable Crops

  • Seed Price: 40g
  • Perfect for making substantial profits
  • Time to grow: 8 days; 6 days when irrigated
  • Best recipe: Rice

In the second year of farming, players will discover the versatile and rewarding crop known as Unmilled Rice. This unique crop requires a scythe for harvesting and is ideally processed using a mill, transforming it into a convenient bag of rice. Available for purchase at Pierre's General Store for the price of 40g, rice shoots provide the foundation for cultivating this profitable grain. Rice shoots can also be found in Artifact Spots during the spring, and sometimes appear as part of enemy loot.

While selling the rice directly can bring in a substantial profit of 100g, opting to sell the unmilled rice itself can still yield returns of up to 66g. This crop takes 8 days to grow.

7 Kale

Level Up Farming Skills

  • Seed Price: 70g
  • Perfect for making substantial profits, leveling up farming skills
  • Time to grow: 6 days
  • Best recipe: Stir Fry

Available at Pierre's General Store for a reasonable price of 70g, this leafy green holds remarkable profit potential. At its highest quality, a single harvest of Kale can fetch a handsome sum of up to 242g, making it a lucrative choice for those seeking substantial profits during the spring.

Beyond its financial rewards, Kale proves to be an excellent tool for leveling up the player's farming skill, granting a generous 17xp with each harvest. This crop takes 6 days to mature, making it a worthwhile investment for ambitious farmers.

6 Green Beans

A Great Investment Option

  • Seed Price: 60g
  • Perfect for multi-harvest crop
  • Time to grow: 10 days; 3 days to regrow
  • Best recipe: Bean Hotpot

Players can purchase green bean seeds for 60 gold, which is quite pricey. However, one seed can produce multiple harvests across the whole season. Players should opt to buy these early to maximize their profits. The crop can then be sold for anything between 40 and 80 gold.

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After the initial growth rate of ten days, the crop will regrow more beans every three days, making it an investment crop that is entirely worth it.

5 Potatoes

The Must-Have Crop

  • Seed Price: 50g
  • Perfect for player's diet
  • Time to grow: 6 days
  • Best recipe: Hashbrowns

Potatoes, being a root vegetable, are a solid staple in both a player’s diet and their farm. They are available for 50g from Pierre’s, but can sometimes be found at the Night Winter Market and the Traveling Cart.

Once harvested, they can sell for as little as 80g or double that if they are at the maximum quality. Potatoes take six days to mature, meaning they are a reliable source of income.