2nd harvest stage grass worth it?

[Bravo]

is it better to harvest grass the moment it is ready to harvest or let it get a little longer in terms of more yield in a year?

[--JR--]

When it's ready in 25.

In 22 you wait longer.

[sep_79]

The moment its ready, atleast for now. Think you can cut the grass in may, july, september and november.

[Redmen]

"Ready to Harvest" should be max yield. Waiting longer wouldn't gain you anything. Cutting before it's ready would get you less.

I've actually quit doing planted grass and am instead removing fields altogether and going with meadow grass. The yield is still plenty high (higher than it should be) and it looks better than the planted grass fields.

[The Big Brzezinski]

The penalty for mowing early is in the XML, but it's bugged and not being recognized. You should assume this will be fixed in time.

Allowing for three months of growth, you can mow in April, July, and October. That's 3 full harvests worth of yield and labor. This schedule means the grass is in its first growing stage over winter, which is the stage it would revert to if any more mature.

You could also cut at full growth in April, then do half harvests in June, August, and October. You'll get the equivalent to 2.5 harvests worth of grass for the labor of 4 harvests.

So once this bug is fixed, mowing three times a year in April, July, and October will be objectively superior.

[Poltergeist]

Doh. I didn't realize the bug was in place. I've been moving in April, July and Oct.

[James Mason]

Originally posted by Redmen:

"Ready to Harvest" should be max yield. Waiting longer wouldn't gain you anything. Cutting before it's ready would get you less.

I've actually quit doing planted grass and am instead removing fields altogether and going with meadow grass. The yield is still plenty high (higher than it should be) and it looks better than the planted grass fields.

You can't fertilize meadow grass

[★REM★]

in FS25 you get the same amount, wait or not. So until they fix it.. just harvest it as soon its ready to harvest

[Sylvaa]

You actually get more first harvest, assuming you hit 100% yield bonus, which drops off on the next harvests (Or at least you did when I last played, a few weeks ago)