Crops (LoH)

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Plants can be planted on your farm, naturally. But in Light of Hope, you can also grow crops in other areas outside of your farm. Crops can be grown all year long, and the same crop seeds can be planted every season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. This means that any crop can be planted all year long without it dying. It's health will most likely end up "poor", meaning the plant is weak and might not survive another day. With that being said, crops will therefore grow better in specific seasons. Depending on multiple factors, the crop may mutate to become another crop. You can read more about mutations at the Crop Mutations page.

When you first start on your farm, Jeanna will give you a watering can, hoe, and cabbage seeds to help you getting started as a farmer. She will also show you how to do simple farm tasks such as tilling the soil, planting seeds and watering the plants so they can grow and turn into crops that you can harvest. Plants do not need watering on rainy or snowy days, which means on these days you have the time and stamina to do other things, such as fishing or going to the mine.

Terrain Types

There are four types of terrain you can plant crops in. Different terrain are in different areas of Beacon Island. A terrain will not change from one type to another.

1. Grassy: This soil can be found everywhere on your farm on both sides of the bridges.
2. Mixed: A combination of dry and grassy soil found in the mountain area just north of your farm. It is also on the cliff area above Sofia's Livestock shop.
3. Dry: At the top of the mountain above the Goddess' Spring, by Edmond's house.
4. Swamp: Found in the southwest corner of the island. You'll need to repair some bridges after you complete the main storyline to reach these areas. 

Picking the terrain to grow your crops in won't affect growth rate, but it can affect the chance of triggering a crop mutation. These new types of crops grow from basic seeds and can be used for cooking recipes, making fertilizer, completing villager requests, or selling for more profit (though in general, mining is more profitable than farming).

Terrain will not change from one type to another based on environmental factors; rainy days will not turn grassy terrain into swampy terrain.

To plant a seed, simply use your hoe on the terrain of choice, then press the action button to till the terrain. If you have upgraded your hoe at Gus' blacksmith shop, hold down the action button to power up and extend the range of terrain you're impacting. Then simply move your cursor over to the freshly-tilled area and press the action button again to select the seed you want to plant. Again, you can hold down the action button to spread the seeds in a 3x3 range.

Seeds

New seeds will be for sale as you proceed through the game. Sam sells crop seeds and Carol sells flower seeds.

• Sam's shop is open Monday through Saturday from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Sam's location will change depending on the day of the week, so check your in-game map to see if he's either in Beacon Town, on your farm, or in the Mountain area.
• Carol's shop is also open Monday through Saturday, but she stays in Beacon Town and doesn't move around like Sam does. Her hours are from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

The basic level of seeds unlock naturally as you restore the lighthouse, while the hybrid seeds unlock as you sell a certain number of harvests (10, 20, or 30). Selling crops to unlock their seeds can be done either by shipping the crops in your shipping bin or selling them directly to Sam (crops) or Carol (flowers). You can also sell your crops to Bastian, who will buy your grown crops for more than what you can earn from selling directly to Sam or placing in your shipping bin.

When going to buy seeds from Sam or Carol, the seed review screen will tell you the preferred season the crop grows in, the type of terrain it likes, how many days it will take for the crop to mature, and if the crop can be harvested more than once. A bag of seeds will plant one crop in your tilled soil. If you want to plant 9 crops, you've to buy 9 bags of seeds.

Plant Health

Technically, the plants will grow without daily watering, but NOT watering your plants will negatively affect the plants "health". You can get a general idea of how healthy you plants are by standing next to the plant. A thought-bubble will appear, with a background colour basted on the crop's health level:

The higher the crop's health, the better the chance of it surviving bad weather storms and possibly mutating into a new type of crop if grown on the right terrain and in the right season. Poor health crops have a greater chance of wilting the next morning. If your crop's health is poor, you can sprouce it up by applying fertilizer . You can add fertilizer once per day after you water the plants. Fertilizer can be purchased from Carol's flower shop or manufactured at the Fertilizer Bin on your farm. There are two other Fertilizer Bins on the island, which are both connected to the main one on your farm from storage purposes. 

Plants that are healthy can also live through the season change.

Crops

Image	Name	Cost	Season	Terrain	Days	(Sam) Normal Quality	(Sam) Great Quality	(Bastian) Normal Quality	(Bastian) Great Quality
	Cabbage	20G	Spring / Fall / Winter	All	3 Days	40G
	Red Cabbage	20G	Spring / Fall / Winter	All	3 Days	60G
	Huge Cabbage	110G	Spring / Fall	All	8 Days	260G
	Green Cabbage	120G	Spring / Summer	Swampy	6 Days	250G	380G
	Dome Cabbage	260G	Spring / Winter	Grassy	8 Days	590G	890G
	Celery	20G	Spring / Fall	All	6 Days	70G	110G
	White Celery	40G	Spring / Fall	All	6 Days	80G	120G
	Mystic Herb	80G	Spring / Summer	Grassy	8 Days	180G	270G
	Royal Herb	260G	Fall / Winter	Mixed	8 Days	580G	870G
	Onion	30G	Spring / Summer	Mixed	6 Days	70G	110G	105G
	Scallion	40G	Spring / Summer	All	6 Days	80G	120G
	Petite Onion	90G	Spring	Dry	4 Days	190G	290G
	Red Onion	180G	Spring / Summer	All	8Days	390G
	Pearl Onion	180G	Fall / winter	Grassy	8 Days	390G	560G
	Strawberry	20G	Spring / Fall	All	8 Days (Regrows)	40G	60G	60G
	Tomato	30G	Summer / Fall	All	6 Days	70G		105G
	San Marzano	50G	Summer / Fall	Dry	6 Days	110G
	Corn	20G	Summer / Fall	All	6 Days (Regrows)	40G	60G
	Fodder Corn	20G	Summer / Winter	All	6 Days (Regrows)	40G		60G
	Sweet Corn	30G	Spring / Summer	All	8 Days (Regrows)
	Green Pepper	20G	Spring / Summer	All	8 Days (Regrows)	40G	60G
	Orange Pepper	40G	Summer	Grassy	8 Days (Regrows)	80G
	Wheat	20G	Spring / Summer / Fall	Grassy	4 Days	40G
	Durum Wheat	20G	Spring / Summer / Fall	Mixed	4 Days	40G
	Hot Pepper	20G	Summer / Fall	All	6 Days (Regrows)	40G	60G	60G	90G
	Habanero	20G	Fall	Mixed	6 Days (Regrows)	40G	60G	60G	90G
	Potato	20G	Summer / Fall	All	4 Days	40G		60G
	Giant Potato		Fall	All	4 Days
	Carrot	20G	Spring / Fall / Winter	All	4 Days	40G
	Baby Carrot	30G	Spring / Fall / Winter	Grassy	3 Days
	Brown Carrot	40G	Summer / Fall	Swampy	5 Days	80G
	Pumpkin	20G	Spring / Fall	All	9 Days (Regrows)	40G	60G		90G
	Zucchini		Summer	Swampy		60G
	Squash	40G	Spring / Summer	Grassy	10 Days (Regrows)	80G	120G
	Spinach	20G	Spring / Fall / Winter	All	4 Days	40G		60G
	Savoy Spinach	40G	Spring / Winter	Grassy	5 Days
	Broccoli	20G	Summer / Fall / Winter	All	6 Days	40G
	Broccolini	30G	All	Grassy	5 Days
	Blueberry	30G	Summer / Fall	Mixed	12 Days (Regrows)
	Watermelon	50G	Summer / Fall	Mixed	8 Days
	Asparagus	30G	Summer / Fall	Grassy	12 Days (Regrows)

Trees

Image	Name	Cost	Season	Terrain	Days	Sell Price
	Grapefruit	2,000G	Spring	All	28 Days	100G
	Peach	3,000G	Summer	All	28 Days	200G
	Apple	3,000G	Fall	All	28 Days	150G
	Orange	3,000G	Winter	All	28 Days	300G

Flowers

Note: The sell prices are for Carol only. If you ship flowers or sell them to Sam they will be worth less. 

Image	Name	Cost	Season	Terrain	Days	Normal Quality	Great Quality
	Marguerite	20G	Spring	All	4 Days	75G	120G
	Tulip	30G	Spring	All	6 Days	105G	165G
	White Tulip	40G	Spring	All	6 Days	135G	210G
	Yellow Tulip	40G	Spring	All	6 Days	135G	210G
	Pink Rose	80G	Spring	All	12 Days	420G	630G
	Sunflower	20G	Summer	All	6 Days	75G	120G
	Pink Dahlia	50G	Summer	All	8 Days	225G	345G
	White Dahlia	110G	Summer	All	8 Days	435G	660G
	Yellow Dahlia	110G	Summer	All	8 Days	435G	660G
	Red Rose	80G	Summer	All	12 Days	420G	630G
	Cosmos	30G	Fall	All	6 Days	105G	165G
	Sunny Red	40G	Fall	All	6 Days	135G	210G
	Carnation	40G	Spring, Fall	All	8 Days	165G
	Pink Carnation		Fall	All	8 Days	435G	660G
	White Rose	80G	Fall	All	12 Days	420G	630G
	Pink Pansy	30G	Winter	All	8 Days	105G	165G
	Yellow Pansy	60G	Winter	All	6 Days	210G	315G
	Purple Pansy	60G	Winter	All	6 Days	210G	315G
	Viola	80G	Winter	All	6 Days	270G	405G
	Blue Rose	80G	Winter	All	12 Days	420G	630G