Crops (MM)

Crops in Harvest Moon: Magical Melody

You can grow crops on your land (blue) or land that you might purchased (green) in the future. You can purchase the crop seeds from Spring Farm. The first time you visit Liz she'll give you 2 bags of Turnip seeds for free.

To prepare the ground for seeding you'll need to till the soil with your Hoe. You can make any pattern you want, but the most common is a 3x3 square, or the common U-pattern made up of 8 squares of tilled ground. There are 3 types of soil. Depending on the soil you choose to plant in, the crops will give a different profit price when you ship them.

You can turn any type of soil into a high yield Fertile soil area by purchasing Fertilizer from Liz. Once you've shipped at least 10 Limestone from the Mine], Liz will put the Fertilizer for sale in her shop for 150 G each. A pouch of Fertilizer will upgrade the soil by 1 level. If you want to turn Sandy soil into Fertile soil you'll have to sprinkle it with 2 bags of Fertilizer. The Fertilizer will stay permanently, even if the ground returns to its pre-tilled state. When giving gifts, the villagers always prefer crops grown in Fertile soil compared to a plant that's grow in anything else.

Each season the Spring Farm will have different crops for you to grow. At the beginning of the next season the previous season's crops will die. You can buy the seed pouches from Liz, or even buy a pouch of random seeds that gets you a variety of plants. Even if you haven't shipped the required 50 Cabbage needed before Liz sells Strawberry Seeds at her shop, there's a chance you might get a Strawberry plant from a Spring Seed Pouch.

Don't forget to water your plants every day! If you forget to water your crops then they'll dry up and die. You don't have to water the crops on rainy days.

If you plant Tomatoes, Potatoes, or Yams, the sell profit is the same no matter what type of soil you grow the crops in.

The soil types also affect the speed the crops mature. Normal soil produces crops at the standard rate, Fertile soil cuts the growth time by 1 day, and bad Sandy soil forces the crops to take an extra day before they can be harvested.