Best Summer Crops In Stardew Valley

Growing and harvesting crops is one of the best ways to make money in Stardew Valley and the Summer season has a few different great options to maximize your profits. Summer has multiple standout options for making money, but it also has a few crops that really aren’t worth growing due to low profits.

Best Summer crops

The best crops to grow in Summer for profit are blueberries, melons, starfruit, and red cabbage. Starfruit seeds are only profitable if bought from the Oasis shop or made from a seed maker and red cabbage isn’t available at Pierre’s until Year 2. The absolute best option is the blueberries, since the plants continue to reproduce throughout the season, so you don’t have to buy more seeds. Each plant gives multiple blueberries each harvest, drastically increasing the crop’s overall value.

While it can be tempting to only focus on the most profitable crops, if you are going down the community center path, you will need a variety of crops to complete the bundles needed to unlock the Greenhouse.

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Similar to cauliflower in Spring, melons are profitable, but due to their long growth time, you will only get two paydays from them during the season. If you want to spread out your income a bit better, it’s good to mix in a few crops with shorter turnaround times. Corn is also a great crop to plant. While it isn’t as profitable for each harvest, corn continues to produce and it’s a hybrid crop, able to grow during Summer and Fall. That means you can plant a cornfield at the beginning of Summer, and it will produce corn all the way through the end of Fall.

Below you can find a table containing every Spring crop, the cost of their seeds, time it takes to harvest, and sell prices. All of these numbers don’t include potential bonuses, like faster growth time or better sell prices. Seed costs are based on Pierre’s Store, unless it’s noted that they come from a different vendor.

Crop Seed Cost Growth Time (days) Sell Price
Melon 80G 12

Normal: 50G

Silver: 62G

Gold: 75G

Iridium: 100G

Poppy 100G 7

Normal: 140G

Silver: 175G

Gold: 210G

Iridium: 280G

Radish 40G 6

Normal: 90G

Silver: 112G

Gold: 135G

Iridium: 180G

Red Cabbage 100G (Year 2) 9

Normal: 260G

Silver: 325G

Gold: 390G

Iridium: 520G

Starfruit 400G (Oasis) 13

Normal: 750G

Silver: 937G

Gold: 1,125G

Iridium: 1,500G

Summer Spangle 50G 8

Normal: 90G

Silver: 112g

Gold: 135G

Iridium: 180G

Sunflower 200G 8

Normal: 80G

Silver: 100G

Gold: 120G

Iridium: 160G

Wheat 10G 4

Normal: 25G

Silver: 31G

Gold: 37G

Iridium: 50G

Blueberry 80G 13 for initial growth, produces every 4 days after

Normal: 50G

Silver: 62G

Gold: 75G

Iridium: 100G

Coffee Bean 2,500G (Traveling Cart) 10 for initial growth, produces every 2 days after

Normal: 15G

Silver: 18G

Gold: 22G

Iridium: 30G

Corn 150G 14 for initial growth, produces every 4 days after

Normal: 50G

Silver: 62G

Gold: 75G

Iridium: 100G

Hops 60G 11 for initial growth, produces every day after

Normal: 25G

Silver: 31G

Gold: 37G

Iridium: 50G

Hot Pepper 40G 5 for initial growth, produces every 3 days after

Normal: 40G

Silver: 50G

Gold: 60G

Iridium: 80G

Tomato 50G 11 for initial growth, produces every 4 days after

Normal: 60G

Silver: 75G

Gold: 90G

Iridium: 120G

Summer Squash Foraged 6 for initial growth, produces every 3 days after

Normal: 45G

Silver: 56G

Gold: 67G

Iridium: 90G

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