Is there an optimal number for Kegs/Jar per crops planted?

[Wolfy]

I really like min-maxing, but I also really like (or wish) to my farm and town to look decent... And from what I've seen of min-maxing runs, they plant hundreds upon hundreds of starfruit and then litter their farm and town with kegs to maximize wine production. And I hate that.

So I'm wondering, is there an optimal number of Kegs/Jar per Crops? Say I build a Shed capable of holding 67 Kegs, is it still worth planting hundreds of Starfruit that will have to wait in line for a long time to be processed?

Or would it be better to look for other sources of income?

[EleventhStar]

a big shed can hold about twice as many kegs. a few of those and you should be good.

keep in mind that in winter you don't grow crops but can still have the kegs going.

late game i like to do ancient fruits because its grow time is 7 days and the process time in 7 days, even though it's not the best money wise.

[Garry]

Minmaxing is cool and all but if you want your shed to be more than some fermentation dump... 128 should be max. I put a keg outside the shed to show me when the product is ready.
When it comes to making coffee out of kegs, you can slide vertically but loading coffee beans on a horizontal plane you have to face that distinct keg. It wont auto load the area 3 like picking fruit or loading fruit into kegs.

Depending on if u use controller or keyboard though, my point could be moot. If thats the case...
You can get to crazy efficiency but keep your daily grind no clutter. drop 4-5 kegs to be able to do the same thing comfortably.

[Super Citizen]

Originally posted by EleventhStar:

a big shed can hold about twice as many kegs. a few of those and you should be good.

keep in mind that in winter you don't grow crops but can still have the kegs going.

late game i like to do ancient fruits because its grow time is 7 days and the process time in 7 days, even though it's not the best money wise.

oh then what's best money wise?

[Serendipitous]

Originally posted by Meow Meow:

oh then what's best money wise?

Depending on how you count, but usually either starfruit or ancient fruit wine with Artisian perk.

[Garry]

Originally posted by Meow Meow:

Originally posted by EleventhStar:

a big shed can hold about twice as many kegs. a few of those and you should be good.

keep in mind that in winter you don't grow crops but can still have the kegs going.

late game i like to do ancient fruits because its grow time is 7 days and the process time in 7 days, even though it's not the best money wise.

oh then what's best money wise?

Best money wise is quick and easy with high profit items, best 2 uses of a keg are star fruit wine and ancient fruit wine. With a greenhouse you can easily keep up 100 kegs per greenhouse harvest. The trick is, saving a buncha bottles/*insert item after going through machine* after playing with quick growth, to visiting the dog shrine for the artisan 40% bonus on machined items.

[Buffmania]

More kegs is always going to equate to more money until you run out of crops to fill them. Ideally, you'd want to have your kegs processing constantly with the least amount of crops waiting to be processed. To determine this balance it helps to think of the problem in terms of crops in and crops out over a year's time per planted tile.

For example, each tile of star fruit grown in the greenhouse will produce 8 fruit per year and each keg will process 16 wine per year. You'd need one keg for every 2 planted tiles. Each Preserves Jar will process about 37 jelly per year so you'd need one jar for every 4.6 planted tiles.
It's similar for ancient fruit grown in the greenhouse. Each planted tile will produce 16 fruit per year. Each keg will process 16 wine per year so you'd need to have one keg for every planted tile. One Preserves jar would be needed for every 2.3 planted tiles.


For high value crops grow outside, there's a lot more downtime so you'd need fewer kegs per tile.
Ancient fruit: 8 fruit per tile per year so one keg every 2 tiles or one Preserves jar 4.6 tiles.

High value outdoor crops suitable for kegs or jars aside from ancient fruit all produce 2 crops per tile during their active month, which works out to be 6 units per year. You'd need one keg per 2.6 tiles or one jar per 6.2 tiles.
Those suitable crops include: rhubarb or cauliflower in the spring, starfruit or melon in the summer and pumpkins in the fall.

Now, these ratios will keep your machines processing constantly while keeping the least amount of unprocessed crops sitting around. Feel free to make more machines to process things faster or less machines and just sell or dehydrate the excess crops.

[Snowy Sprout]

Buffmania's post above is spot-on!

I'd like to add that you could line the edges of your greenhouse with Kegs or Jars, even between your fruit trees if they are full grown. This could eliminate the need for a separate processing shed, and make harvest/processing in the greenhouse very efficient.

Last note I'd like to make is that Kegs may produce more gold per item, but Jars will always produce more gold per day for the same item. So it's a call between how often you feel like handling that processing, and also possibly the question of whether you care to age your wine in casks.

FWIW I always use my casks to age cheese instead of wine, because it's much much faster and so gives vastly more gold per day. But if your play style values more set-it-and-forget-it machines, then wine would be the way to go.