How to make lots of extra cash in fall year 2?

[Zales]

I am doing my second run through of the game and I forgot about the quality bundle so i have been trying to get that done. During summer i was able to turn a profit by selling my excess melons. During the fall i plan to grow pumpkins. I just want to know how profitable are pumpkins? Should i grow something else (im considering cranberries)?

[Hina]

Cranberries, grapes, sunflower seeds, pumpkins, and corn are the best crops but Cranberries work best since they produce the most at a time.

Edit: If you have a seed maker, I suggest buying as many cranberry seeds as you can and planting them and then making a few seed makers fill up the seed makers and continually putting a few cranberries into the seed makers for more seeds. It'll save you some money if you're planning on buying animals the following spring or getting the next house upgrade.

[Dragonliche]

Cranberries is the most profitable after that pumpkins. Grapes are also very good but those grow on trellis which might make it a bit annoying. Corn is terrible especially if you just grow it for 1 season.

[Hina]

Originally posted by Dragonliche:

Cranberries is the most profitable after that pumpkins. Grapes are also very good but those grow on trellis which might make it a bit annoying. Corn is terrible especially if you just grow it for 1 season.

If you grow it during summer and fall you can get a decent profit from it, especially since it continues to grow.

[Miqunator]

Don't forget to abuse Kegs and Preserve Jars too.

Pickles, Jellies and Juice more than doubles the value and Wine triples it, the +40% artisan bonus increases the profit even more.

As for selling crops directly, Cranberries used to be great but in 1.1 the value was almost halved. Not sure whats best now but Pumpkins are a safe bet and require smaller investment than Cranberries

[I Kinda Fail]

... The way you phrased the opening post really concerns me. "I was able to turn a profit by selling the excess melons." You say it like you planted 15 melons and sold 10. >_>

By year 2 you should generally have enough sprinklers for at least 100 crops - more experienced players can have way more, obviously.

It depends on what you've got - kegs or preserve jars.

If you've got a bunch of kegs, grow wheat. The seeds cost 10g and the beer sells for 200g. It takes about 2 days to brew.
If you've got a couple kegs, brew wine or juice of an expensive fruit, like melons. (Not sure if pumpkins are considered a wine or juice crop but I assume juice, which isn't worth as much as wine.)
If you've got preserve jars, grow cranberries.

Preserve jars double the selling price and add 50g. So a blueberry that sells for 50g is 50*2 = 100 + 50 = 150g for blueberry jelly.
Kegs triple the value of fruit. (Veggies are 2.25*, I think.) So a blueberry that sells for 50g is 50*3 = 150, the same as a keg. But preserve jars are 2-3x faster than kegs, so jelly is better.

If your production is small, kegs are better. If you only have 100 crops, make wine. Sell the silver and gold star crops for seed money, and turn the plain ones into wine.
If you have 500+ crops, jelly's probably better.

By year 2 I'd say a good estimate would be that your crops should be...
50% cranberries
30% pumpkins
20% other stuff; for gifts, food, recipes or just because you really like amaranth and sunflowers