So i unlocked the greenhouse a few days ago.

[Brady]

Should i get ancient fruit or starfruit? I wanna do starfruit, but that doesn't regrow like ancient fruit does. Which should i choose

[Babombo]

I personally prefer the ancient seeds as well since they regrow

[ChrillBill]

Publicado originalmente por Terraria Smurf 1337 Hours:

Publicado originalmente por ChrillBill:

I usually start out with Starfruit and keep growing them until I have filled the greenhouse with Ancient Fruit. Starfruit sells for more but you have to replant them unlike the Ancient Fruit which after reaching full growth will produce fruit once a week. So eventually in the long run, you actually make a bit more with Ancient Fruit. Here is a neat tool you can use: Stardew Profits[thorinair.github.io]

not sure if the calculator is correct
-> it claims that there are no keg options for starfruit (and ancienct fruit) but there are

Hmm. It may be a bit botched. I just used it and my browser crashed! ò.ó

[TheCollector]

Hint :
When planting crops with multiple harvests in the greenhouse, consider to use the new Deluxe Retaining Soil from ginger island.

About star fruit :
Even if you have permanent Ancient Fruit in the greenhouse, you can still have a massive star fruit crop each summer with 2-3 harvests depending on used fertilizer. When using a large area (ca 1,000 tiles) this may supply you with 2-3,000 star fruits which is more than enough to produce enough wine to fill your casks in the cellar several times a year.
And later - as already mentioned above - you can grow star fruit on ginger island farm the whole year.

I usually start in the greenhouse with mostly star fruit and grow some ancient fruit on a few tiles until I have enough seeds to completely fill the greenhouse with ancient fruit. Since ancient fruit has more harvests than star fruit, you need more kegs to process the fruits.

[Linkedwulf]

Publicado originalmente por Terraria Smurf 1337 Hours:

not sure if the calculator is correct
-> it claims that there are no keg options for starfruit (and ancienct fruit) but there are

You probably didn't put "Number of days" high enough? Remember they do take quite a bit of time to grow and then need additional time to process.

[Oakley]

I'm lazy so I always use ancient fruit. I always eat farmer's lunch as well to boost the chance to get gold quality, as well as fertilizer. Since they regrow and the greenhouse crops don't die, the fertilizer will be there forever, which isn't the case if you forget to plant starfruit the same day as you harvested the first batch.

[ChrillBill]

Publicado originalmente por Linkedwulf:

Publicado originalmente por ChrillBill:

Ancient Fruit wine is fabulous, by the way!

You've tried it? Man i wanna get my hands on a bottle myself. Then again going by the current gold price i doubt i could afford even a fraction of a bottle lol.

Hehe, I don't know what it is but I always feel fab making and storing it. Drinking it is out of the question. Not even Yoba would be offered a glass in my house. I used to sell it which was always bittersweet. Bitter because I had to part ways with it, and sweet for the money it brought. Nowadays I just keep a secret stash of many many bottles... I just hope The Pam never finds out o.o

[McJiggy]

Publicado originalmente por pluto is a planet:

I'm lazy so I always use ancient fruit. I always eat farmer's lunch as well to boost the chance to get gold quality, as well as fertilizer. Since they regrow and the greenhouse crops don't die, the fertilizer will be there forever, which isn't the case if you forget to plant starfruit the same day as you harvested the first batch.

Quality doesn't matter when you turn the fruit into wine or jelly.

[Oakley]

Publicado originalmente por JamestheFreak:

Publicado originalmente por pluto is a planet:

I'm lazy so I always use ancient fruit. I always eat farmer's lunch as well to boost the chance to get gold quality, as well as fertilizer. Since they regrow and the greenhouse crops don't die, the fertilizer will be there forever, which isn't the case if you forget to plant starfruit the same day as you harvested the first batch.

Quality doesn't matter when you turn the fruit into wine or jelly.

116 crops. Normal shed capacity in ideal layout = 68. Rest = raw sell.

[TheCollector]

Publicado originalmente por pluto is a planet:

116 crops. Normal shed capacity in ideal layout = 68. Rest = raw sell.

- With the new Deluxe Retaining Soil from ginger island it should be possible to use all 120 tiles for ancient fruit without sprinkler.
- The big shed (17x12) has enough space for 137 kegs at the same cost of 3x7 farm space, so no need to sell the fruits. Just be sure to plant and tap enough oak trees early to not run into a bottleneck when making kegs.

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

Publicado originalmente por Radiosity:

Grow at least one of each, then use the seed maker to produce more.

Great for ancient seeds, terrible for starfruit. Buying more seeds is more efficient.

I use the greenhouse for ancient fruit and a bunch of garden pots for starfruit. You can't plant ancient fruit in pots!

[McJiggy]

Publicado originalmente por pluto is a planet:

Publicado originalmente por JamestheFreak:

Quality doesn't matter when you turn the fruit into wine or jelly.

116 crops. Normal shed capacity in ideal layout = 68. Rest = raw sell.

The upgraded shed can hold up to a bit over 100 kegs with the ideal layout, you're wasting money selling fruit by itself and not turning into wine.

I also have another big shed for pale ales as well, with how much I planted in summer and how they regrow every day after maturing I have plenty to last until next summer. It may not be worth as much but it only takes 2 days for the beer to be ready and sells for like 50k.