Gardening for Profit Guide & 2009 Profit Stats. SEE NOTE 08/08/09 UPDATE: Sat, 06.22.09

[RedBear]

NOTE 08/08/09: My laptop crashed. All of my files for the gardening were on it. I will attempt to recover the files but not sure if I can. If not, I am not sure what this will mean for future stats. Sorry.

The battle has begun! Carrots and Strawberries are neck to neck! The suspense, the anticipation... where will this battle lead?! Nobody knows, not even WW!!

WW gardening has undergone MANY changes since gardening was introduced. In order to keep on top of the profitability of the plants, there needs to be ongoing tracking. I began tracking the profitability of the seeds November 2008. The thread will remain a work in progress, as the stats are forever changing!

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STAT UPDATE (Mon., June 22, 2009):
The Carrots remain the winners! They've been in the lead for so long, they keep asking "Strawberries, who??" I am sorry to say (well not really) that I had lots of yummy strawberry jam. (I told you that I reached my breaking point with their nonstop whining! It was the bestest jam ever!!) The profit difference between the two at almost 4 months with 75 seeds is a whopping $125. If you've already got your strawberry plants, don't go digging them up because you think you'll be raking in the dough as the additional profit isn't worth it. On the other hand, if you haven't started yet or want to add more gardens with a higher profit, carrots are the way to go!

Once again, the loser crown goes to TOMATOES. They have decided to keep mum on their status because I keep eyeing them and, boy, they sure would make some great tomato sauce, since they are farm fresh and all.

The watermelons, pumpkins, cabbages & corn have all banned together because they are afraid of being eaten. They want you to know that "being in the middle is the best because they will help you without the hassle of bragging or crying. why go for the plan that is going to cause you grief when you can go with the best well-rounded plant?"
REVENUE at 112 DAYS (ALMOST 4 MONTHS) WITH 75 SEEDS
Place ...... KC amount ........................Crop .................................................. Avg Yield

#1: ....... $16,735 (loss $ 66) ....... Carrots ..................................... 1.992 (-0.008 )
#2: ....... $16,267 (gain $ 6) ....... Strawberries ..................................... 3.012 (+0.002)
#3: ....... $13,432 (loss $ 291)....... Corn (barely beats #4&5) ................. 2.487 (-0.071)
#4&5: ... $13,500(same $000) ..... Watermelons/Pumpkins (tie) ........... 1.000 (same)
#6: ....... $12,360 (gain $81 )....... Cabbages ........................................... 1.471 (+0.003)
#7: ....... $11,348 (loss $146)........ Tomatoes .......................................... 2.522 (+0.036)


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Are YOU thinking of starting a garden for profit? Here's what you should know:

--> Currently, you do NOT have to water your plants, only rake. There is no advantage to watering and there is no disadvantage to not watering. We can all only hope that this is NOT a glitch and if it is, that WW NEVER fixes it!

--> 70-80 seeds/garden is what you should use. You do NOT want to overstuff the room. Well, maybe you do, if you don't mind taking the risk of a stuck pet at adoption and therefore, a stuck account. Assuming that a stuck pet is not for you, you'll want to ensure that each door has at least 3 squares for a pet to walk out of the door. It is also highly recommended to leave some space in the middle for a pet to arrive during adoption. Leaving spaces does allow for some creative designs! If you'd like examples, please let me know.

--> You will have four (4) days to save your crops from drying up OR becoming overripe. Are you saying to yourself, "You know, there's more to life than WW!" Good news! WW recognizes that and gives you time to save your crops. But, wait there's more ... bad news! WW wants you to keep them at the top of your priority list so you cannot stay away during your week-long vacation. All crops have the same 4-day cycle. When a plant get weeds, you've got 4 days to rake. When a plant is ready to harvest, you've got 4 days to harvest. Here is an example of the pumpkin.

--> Plants do get stuck. Some people like to say that its because you don't water. That is not the case. They get stuck whether you water or do not water. Why do they get stuck? Two reasons.

1. In order to avoid a delay in plant growth, you must rake daily! If you do not rake a plant with weeds, the plant cannot grow; and,
2. Have you looked at those gardens? That room is looking mighty full!! It's the same concept as stuck items in rooms. You're more likely to have a stuck item if your room is overloaded. It can (and does) still happen with nearly empty rooms. Sometimes items unstick by themselves, other times they do not. Fortunately, the gardens usually unstick when you leave the room and then return. If you return in the same day, then your plant will grow as expected. If you return the next day, your plant will be a day behind. How do you ensure that your plant is not "stuck". Inspect the plant. If nothing happens, its stuck. If it says "Water" (or something else), its fine.

"How did I figure this out?", you ask. Oh that's bc I USED to water my plants. I'm obsessive about the same seeds in the same garden all harvesting on the same day. It didn't matter if I watered or not, there was always some that got stuck. I think the "don't water and they grow differently" was a rumor started on the net that took a life of its own.

Since I must have the same seeds in the same garden harvest at the same time, I originally did the room jump and ensuring that all plants could be read with the "inspection" sign. If not, I'd leave and come back. However, I found it to take forever since I have a lot of gardens. Now, I will hold off on harvesting for a day (or two) and that will allow the behind plant(s) to catch up.

--> All plants take one less growing day than WW says. Technically, they do take the number of days that they state because the initial and final harvest day both count; however, in mathematical terms it's one day less. It does not affect revenue after each harvest but it does change the number of days until the veggies can be compared equally and how soon your 100% profit begins.

For example: WW says you can replant and have new carrots in 8 days. The carrots need 7 growing days but when you include the harvest day as an official day, it is 8.

-->Start up cost and how long until profitability. The numbers do change, slightly, so I will be updating this every few months but it'll give everyone a good starting place. (starting place, get it, starting your garden... okay nevermind, i got it--lol.)

-->How much KC do you need to get started? Let's use 70-80 seeds per garden.

..~~Cabbages, Carrots, Corn, Strawberries & Tomatoes:
...........$4500-$5000 KC start-up per garden. (Room $1,000 + Seeds $3500-4000)

..~~Pumpkins & Watermelons:
...........$4150-4600 KC start-up per garden. (Room $1,000 + Seeds $3150-3600)

Watermelons and Pumpkins are a slightly cheaper start up but give you less profit in the long run. However, if you are pressed for time, you'll save a lot of time bc you won't have to sell as many veggies in one sitting since they always generate 1/plant. I enjoy my watermelon/pumpkin gardens much more!

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**WARNING IF MATH SCARES YOU, LOTS OF STATS BELOW**

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**********PLANTED SEEDS FINISHED WITH CALCULATIONS, IMAGES INCLUDED**********

You *might* find the images below of our starving, unhappy and unhealthy brown cow disturbing (especially if you are COWS4YOU, lol.) NEVER FEAR! Jennifer volunteered and is now back at 100/100/100.

Collie Ossilily Bone: Sells $5KC. Yield: always 1. Purchase $NO-KC.
Start-up Cost for Garden with 70-80 Seeds: n/a
Time to Recoup Investment with 70-80 Seeds: n/a

After one month and 6 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the collie bone harvests in 6 days after the last harvest (considered 7 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day).

Donut: Sells $7KC. Yield: always 1. Purchase $NO-KC.
Start-up Cost for Garden with 70-80 Seeds: n/a
Time to Recoup Investment with 70-80 Seeds: n/a

After one month and 6 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the donut harvests in 6 days after the last harvest (considered 7 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day).

Magic Bean Seed: Sells $10KC. Yield: always 1. Purchase $NO-KC.
Start-up Cost for Garden with 70-80 Seeds: n/a
Time to Recoup Investment with 70-80 Seeds: n/a

After (almost) one month and 5 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the magic bean harvests in 6 days after the last harvest (considered 7 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day).




Pumpkin: Sells $10KC. Yield: always 1. Purchase $45 KC.
Start-up Cost for Garden with 70-80 Seeds: $4150-4600 (room $1,000 + seeds $3150-3600)
Time to Recoup Investment with 70-80 Seeds: Between 6 & 7 harvests (36 days@$4500 & 42 days@$5250)

After one month and 15 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the pumpkin harvests in 6 days after the last harvest (considered 7 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day).

Watermelon: Sells $10KC. Yield: always 1. Purchase $45KC.
Start-up Cost for Garden with 70-80 Seeds: $4150-4600 (room $1,000 + seeds $3150-3600)
Time to Recoup Investment with 70-80 Seeds: Between 6 & 7 harvests (36 days@$4500 & 42 days@$5250)

After one month and 16 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the watermelon harvests in 6 days after the last harvest (considered 7 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day).

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**********CALCULATING FOOD PER HARVEST**********

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Cabbage: Sells $8KC. Yield: 1-2. Purchase $50KC.
TOTAL SO FAR-->367 SEEDS, YIELDED 540 CABBAGES with an AVG of 1.471

After one month and 19 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the cabbage harvests in 8 days after the last harvest (considered 9 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed.

Carrot: Sells $7KC. Yield: 1-3. Purchase $50KC.
TOTAL SO FAR-->8300 SEEDS, YIELDED 13707 CARROTS with an AVG of 1.992.

After two months and 48 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the carrot harvests in 7 days after the last harvest (considered 8 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed.

Corn: Sells $6KC. Yield: 1-4. Purchase $50KC.
TOTAL SO FAR-->831 SEEDS, YIELDED 2067 CORNS with an AVG of 2.487

After one month and 22 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the corn harvests in 9 days after the last harvest (considered 10 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed.

Jelly Beans: Sells $5KC. Yield: 1-3. Purchase $NO-KC.
TOTAL SO FAR-->14 SEEDS, YIELDED 29 JELLY BEANS with an AVG of 2.071

After one month and 6 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the jelly bean harvests in 7 days after the last harvest (considered 8 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed.

Strawberry: Sells $6KC. Yield: 1-5 (WW says 1-4 but I often get 5). Purchase $50KC.
TOTAL SO FAR-->565 SEEDS, YIELDED 1702 STRAWBERRIES with an AVG of 3.012

After one month and 24 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the strawberry harvests in 9 days after the last harvest (considered 10 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed.

Tomato: Sells $6KC. Yield: 1-5. Purchase $50KC.
TOTAL SO FAR-->669 SEEDS, YIELDED 1687 TOMATOES with an AVG of 2.522

After one month and 16 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the tomato harvests in 11 days after the last harvest (considered 12 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed.

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Stats for the excel file and image were revised on Mon. Apr 20, 2009 to reflect more accurate standings. Please realize that I will continue to update this periodically. If you are looking for more detailed numbers of the daily harvests, see Post #3.

--> STAT IMAGE: If the image date does not have show Mon Apr 20, 2009 then you should clear out your cookies and cache to get the revised stats.

--> STAT SPREADSHEET: The revised excel file is dated Mon Apr 20, 2009. (See bottom of post.)

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See Post #3 for my original post and time to harvest plants. Information was moved to make room for the stats.

[Jennielou]

Not really answering your question but without going into all the math (hurts my brain) it seems carrots would be more profitable than strawberries with them selling for only 6kc and going 10 days now....

[RedBear]

STATS THAT WERE ON POST #1

Collie Bone:Sells $5KC. Yield: always 1. Ready in WW 7 days. Purchase $FREE-KC.
After one month and 6 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the collie bone harvests in 6 days after the last harvest (considered 7 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). Done with tracking for this plant!

• 1st Harvest Tue 12/30/2008 -- Days later: inital
• 2nd Harvest Mon 01/05/2009 -- Days later: 6
• 3rd Harvest Sun 01/11/2009 -- Days later: 6
• 4th Harvest Sat 01/17/2009 -- Days later: 6
• 5th Harvest Fri 01/23/2009 -- Days later: 6
• 6th Harvest Thur 01/29/2009 -- Days later: 6

Donut: Sells $7KC. Yield: always 1. Ready in WW 7 days. Purchase $FREE-KC.
After one month and 6 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the donuts harvest in 6 days after the last harvest (considered 7 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). Done with tracking for this plant!

• 1st Harvest Tue 12/30/2008 -- Days later: inital
• 2nd Harvest Mon 01/05/2009 -- Days later: 6
• 3rd Harvest Sun 01/11/2009 -- Days later: 6
• 4th Harvest Sat 01/17/2009 -- Days later: 6
• 5th Harvest Fri 01/23/2009 -- Days later: 6
• 6th Harvest Thur 01/29/2009 -- Days later: 6

Jelly Beans: Sells $5KC. Yield: 1-3. Purchase $NO-KC.
After one month and 6 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the jelly bean harvests in 7 days after the last harvest (considered 8 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed. Done with tracking for days for this plant!


To support the research, I bought the Jelly Bean plant! See bullet three for my stats. It's going to take a while to get good results. Bullets 1 & 2 summarize information gathered from another thread (-->Jelly Bean Plant<--).

• Takes one day longer than the Donuts and Collie Bone. Since the Donuts/Collie Bones are ready 6 days after harvest, the Jelly Beans are ready 7 days after harvest. Just like the carrots, they will always be ready on the same day of the week. Sallyanne said, "It's definitely not a money maker, and your pets don't talk about farm fresh produce when they eat the jelly beans"

• SallyAnne's Stats for her Jelly Bean plant: 11/30--3J, 12/7--2J, 12/14--3J, 12/21-2J, 12/28-3J, and 1/4--1J. Total plants harvested=6, Total Beans harvested=14, Average Yield=2.333

• PLANTED: Sat, 01/24/09. 1 plant.
  --1st Harvest. Sat 01/31/09, Days later: 7. Yield 2
  --2nd Harvest. Sat 02/07/09, Days later: 7. Yield 1
  --3rd Harvest. Sat 02/14/09, Days later: 7. Yield 1
  --4th Harvest. Sat 02/21/09, Days later: 7. Yield 2
  --5th Harvest. Sat 02/28/09, Days later: 7. Yield 1
  --6th Harvest. Sat 03/07/09, Days later: 7. Yield 3

Magic Bean Seed: Sells $10KC. Yield: always 1. Purchase $NO-KC.
After 1 month and 5 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the magic bean seed harvests in 6 days after the last harvest (considered 7 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). Done with tracking for this plant!

PLANTED: Sat, 04/25/09. 1 plant.

• --1st Harvest. Fri 05/01/09, Days later: 6. Yield 1
• --2nd Harvest. Thur 05/07/09, Days later: 6. Yield 1
• --3rd Harvest. Wed 05/13/09, Days later: 6. Yield 1
• --4th Harvest. Tue 05/19/09, Days later: 6. Yield 1
• --5th Harvest. Mon 05/25/09, Days later: 6. Yield 1

Pumpkin: Sells $10KC. Yield: always 1. Ready in WW 7 days. Purchase $45 KC.
After one month and 15 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the pumpkin harvests in 6 days after the last harvest (considered 7 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day).Done with tracking for this plant!

• (Room: Diggey's Backyard. 36 plants, 36 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Thu 01/01/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Wed 01/07/2009. 35 plants -- Days later: 6
  (dug 1 up so it would be in line with rest)
  --3rd Harvest Tue 01/13/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: 6
  --4th Harvest Mon 01/19/2009. only 35 plants ready -- Days later: 6. HOLD FOR A DAY!
  *****--4th Harvest Tue 01/20/2009. 36 plants REPLANT******
  --5th Harvest Mon 01/26/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: 6

• Room: Diggey's Garden. 36 plants, 36 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Sat 01/03/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: initial
  --2nd Harvest Fri 01/09/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: 6
  --3rd Harvest Thur 01/15/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: 6
  --4th Harvest Wed 01/21/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: 6
  --5th Harvest Tue 01/27/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: 6

• Room: My Mud Room. 15 plants, 15 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Sun 01/04/2009. 15 plants -- Days later: initial
  --2nd Harvest Sat 01/10/2009. 15 plants -- Days later: 6
  --3rd Harvest Fri 01/16/2009. 15 plants -- Days later: 6
  --4th Harvest Thur 01/22/2009. 15 plants -- Days later: 6
  --5th Harvest Wed 01/28/2009. 15 plants -- Days later: 6

Watermelon: Sells $10KC. Yield: always 1. Ready in WW 7 days. Purchase $45KC.
After one month and 16 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the watermelon harvests in 6 days after the last harvest (considered 7 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). Done with tracking for this plant!

• (Room: Diggey's Backyard. 36 plants, 36 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Wed 12/31/2008. 36 plants -- Days later: initial
  --2nd Harvest Tue 01/06/2009 -- only 35 plants ready -- Days later: 6
  (Held one day for all 36.)
  *****--2nd Harvest Wed 01/07/2009. 36 plants REPLANT******
  --3rd Harvest Tue 01/13/2009 -- only 34 plants ready -- Days later: 6
  (dug up the two so they would be in line with the rest)
  --4th Harvest Mon 01/19/2009. only 35 plants ready -- Days later: 6. HOLD FOR A DAY!
  *****--4th Harvest Tue 01/20/2009. 36 plants REPLANT, ******
  --5th Harvest Mon 01/26/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: 6

• (Room: Diggey's Garden. 36 plants, 36 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Thur 01/01/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: initial
  --2nd Harvest Wed 01/07/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: 6
  --3rd Harvest Tue 01/13/2009. -- only 34 plants ready -- Days later: 6
  (Held one day for all 36)
  --4th Harvest Wed 01/21/2009. 36 plants REPLANT, unable to harvest on Tue 01/20 due to my schedule, they were ready though
  --5th Harvest Tue 01/27/2009. 36 plants -- Days later: 6

• Room: My Mud Room. 15 plants, 15 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Sun 01/04/2009. 15 plants -- Days later: initial
  --2nd Harvest Sat 01/10/2009. 15 plants -- Days later: 6
  --3rd Harvest Sun 01/16/2009. 15 plants -- Days later: 6
  --4th Harvest Thur 01/22/2009. 15 plants -- Days later: 6
  --5th Harvest Wed 01/28/2009. 15 plants -- Days later: 6

Cabbage: Sells $8KC. Yield: 1-2. Ready in WW 9 days. Purchase $50KC.
After one month and 19 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the cabbage harvests in 8 days after the last harvest (considered 9 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed. Done with tracking for days for this plant!

• AAA (Room: Garden. 5 plants, 1 plant, 1 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Thur 01/01/2009. 1 plants, 2 cabbages total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Fri 01/09/2009. 1 plants, 2 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  --3rd Harvest Sat 01/17/2009. 1 plant, 1 cabbage total. -- Days later: 8
  --4th Harvest Sun 01/25/2009. 1 plant, 2 cabbages totals. -- Days later: 8
  

• BBB (Room: My Mud Room. 9 plants, 9 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Sun 01/04/2009. 9 plants, 16 cabbages total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Mon 01/12/2009. 9 plants, 14 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  --3rd harvest Tue 01/20/2009. 9 plants, 16 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  --4th Harvest Wed 01/28/2009. 9 plants, 14 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  

• CCC (Room: Garden. 5 plants, 3 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Tue 01/06/2009. 3 plants, 3 cabbages total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Wed 01/14/2009. 3 plants, 3 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  --3rd Harvest Thur 01/22/2009. 3 plants, 5 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  --4th Harvest Fri 01/30/2009. 3 plants, 4 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  

• DDD (Room: Flaaffy's Garden. 5 plants, 5 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Tue 01/06/2009. 5 plants, 6 cabbages total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Wed 01/14/2009. 5 plants, 8 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  --3rd Harvest Thur 01/22/2009. 5 plants, 7 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  --4th Harvest Fri 01/30/2009. 5 plants, 6 cabbages totals. -- Days later: 8
  

• EEE (Room: Garden. 5 plants, 1 plant, 1 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Wed 01/07/2009. 1 plants, 2 cabbages total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Thur 01/15/2009. 1 plants, 2 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  --3rd Harvest Fri 01/23/2009. 1 plant, 2 cabbages total. -- Days later: 8
  

Corn: Sells $6KC. Yield: 1-4. Ready in WW 10 days. Purchase $50KC.
After one month and 22 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the corn harvests in 9 days after the last harvest (considered 10 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed.Done with tracking for days for this plant!

• AAA (Room: The Mud Room. 18 plants -- one was stuck at first harvest so only 17. Dug up stuck plant for rest of harvests.)
  --1st Harvest Tue 12/30/2008. 17 plants, 44 corns total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Thur 01/08/2009. 18 plants, 46 corns total -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Sat 01/17/2009. 18 plants, 49 corns total -- Days later: 9
  --4th Harvest Mon 01/26/2009. 18 plants, 46 corns total -- Days later: 9
  

• BBB Room: The Greenhouse. 14 plants, 14 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Thur 01/01/2009. 14 plants, 38 corns total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Sat 01/10/2009. 14 plants, 38 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Mon 01/19/2009. 14, plants -- 1 is stuck, only 13 ready! Days later: 9-HOLD
  ****--3rd Harvest Tue 01/20/2009. 14 plants REPLANT, 37 corns total. -- Days later: 1***
  --4th Harvest Thur 01/29/2009. 14 plants, 26 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  

• CCC (Room: Garden. 5 plants, 3 --only 2 ready on first harvest--.)
  --1st Harvest Thur 01/01/2009. 2 plants, 7 corns total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Sat 01/10/2009. 2 plants, 5 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Mon 01/19/2009. 3 plants, 9 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  --4th Harvest Wed 01/28/2009. 2 plants -- 1 stuck. Hold 2 days. -- Days later: 9
  *****REPLANT Fri 01/30/2009. 3 plants, 6 corns total.
  

• DDD Room: Farm's Maze. 2 plants, 2 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Fri 01/02/2009. 2 plants, 3 corns total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Sun 01/11/2009. 2 plants, 5 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Tue 01/20/2009. 2 plants, 5 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  --4th Harvest Thur 01/29/2009. 2 plants, 6 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  

• EEE (Room: Garden. 5 plants, 2 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Mon 01/05/2009. 2 plants, 5 corns total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Wed 01/14/2009. 2 plants, 5 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Fri 01/23/2009. 2 plants, 2 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  

• FFF (Room: Flaaffy's Garden. 10 plants, 10 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Mon 01/05/2009. 10 plants, 26 corns total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Wed 01/14/2009. 10 plants, 24 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Fri 01/23/2009. 10 plants, 25 corns total. -- Days later: 9
  

Strawberries: Sells $6KC. Yield: 1-5. (WW says 1-4 but I often get 5.) Ready in WW 10 days.
After one month and 24 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the strawberry harvests in 9 days after the last harvest (considered 10 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed.Done with tracking for days for this plant!

• AEF (Room: Garden, 8 plants total.) COMBINE AAA, EEE & FFF to harvest on same day.
  Hold first bloom up to 2 days. (AAA Wed_01/28, EEE Fri_01/30, FFF 01_/30)
  --4th Harvest Fri 01/30/2009. 7 plants, 21 strawberries total. (dug up 1.)

• AAA (Room: Garden. 8 plants total, 4 ready (only 3 ready first harvest))
  --1st Harvest Thur 01/01/2009. 3 plants, 13 strawberries total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Sat 01/10/2009. 4 plants, 10 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Mon 01/19/2009. 3 plants ready,
  --3rd Harvest Tue 01/20/2009. 1 plant ready, 4 strawberries total. -- Days later: 10
  **********ONLY 1 READY AND ITS A DAY LATE! The other three appear to be at day Zero. Looks as if I harvested yesterday and forgot to record #s -- oops --
• EEE (Room: Garden. 8 plants total, 3 ready)
  --1st Harvest Sat 01/03/2009. 3 plants, 15 strawberries total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Mon 01/12/2009. 3 plants, 8 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Wed 01/21/2009. 3 plants, 11 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  
• FFF (Room: Garden. 8 plants total, 1 ready)
  --1st Harvest Sun 01/04/2009. 1 plants, 2 strawberries total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Tue 01/13/2009. 1 plants, 4 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Thur 01/22/2009. 1 plant, 5 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9

• BBB (Room: The Greenhouse 16 plants total, 16 ready)
  --1st Harvest Fri 01/02/2009. 16 plants, 44 strawberries total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Sun 01/11/2009. 16 plants, 55 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Tue 01/20/2009. 16 plants, 54 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  --4th Harvest Thur 01/29/2009. 16 plants, 40 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  

• CCC (Room: Farm's Maze. 2 plants total, 2 ready)
  --1st Harvest Fri 01/02/2009. 2 plants, 6 strawberries total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Sun 01/11/2009. 2 plants, 7 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Tue 01/20/2009. 2 plants -- ONLY 1 READY! HOLD 1 DAY
  *********REPLANT Wed 01/21/2009. 2 plants, 6 strawberries -- Days later: (9 & 10)
  --4th Harvest Fri 01/30/2009. 2 plants, 9 strawberries totals. -- Days later: 9
  

• DDD (Room: The Cove. 1 plants total, 1 ready)
  --1st Harvest Sat 01/03/2009. 1 plants, 5 strawberries total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Mon 01/12/2009. 1 plants, 5 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Wed 01/21/2009. 1 plants, 4 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  --4th Harvest Fri 01/30/2009. 1 plants, 5 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  

• GGG (Room: Flaaffy's Garden 5 plants total, 5 ready)
  --1st Harvest Sun 01/04/2009. 5 plants, 21 strawberries total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Tue 01/13/2009. 5 plants, 17 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  --3rd Harvest Thur 01/22/2009. 5 plants, 16 strawberries total. -- Days later: 9
  

Tomato: Sells $6KC. Yield: 1-5. Ready in WW 12 days. Purchase $50KC.
After one month and 16 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the tomato harvests in 11 days after the last harvest (considered 12 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed.Done with tracking for days for this plant!

• AAA (Room: The Mud Room. 18 plants)
  --1st Harvest Tue 12/30/2008. 18 plants, 46 tomatoes total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Sat 01/10/2009. 18 plants, 51 tomatoes total. -- Days later: inital
  --3rd Harvest Wed 01/21/2009. 18 plants, 45 tomatoes total. -- Days later: 11

• BBB (Room: Garden. 5 plants, 2 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Thur 01/01/2009. 2 plants, 4 tomatoes total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Mon 01/12/2009. 2 plants, 4 tomatoes total. -- Days later: 11
  --3rd Harvest Fri 01/23/2009. 2 plants, 5 tomatoes total. -- Days later: 11

• CCC (Room: Farm's Maze. 2 plants, 2 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Fri 01/02/2009. 2 plants, 6 tomatoes total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Tue 01/13/2009. 2 plants, 6 tomatoes total. -- Days later: 11
  --3rd Harvest Sat 01/23/2009. 2 plants --1 stuck-- hold a day -- Days later: 11
  *********3rd Harvest Held Sun 01/24/2009. 2 plants, 3 tomatoes total.

• DDD (Room: Flaaffy's Garden. 5 plants, 5 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Thur 01/08/2009. 5 plants, 13 tomatoes total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Mon 01/19/2009. 5 plants, 14 tomatoes total. -- Days later: 11
  --3rd Harvest Fri 01/30/2009. 5 plants, 14 tomatoes total. -- Days later: 11

• EEE (Room: The Greenhouse . 20 plants, 20 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Fri 01/09/2009. 20 plants, 50 tomatoes total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Tue 01/20/2009. 20 plants, 48 total. -- Days later: 11

• FFF (Room: Garden. 5 plants, 3 ready.)
  --1st Harvest Sat 01/10/2009. 3 plants, 9 tomatoes total. -- Days later: inital
  --2nd Harvest Wed 01/21/2009. 3 plants, 7 tomatoes total. -- Days later: 11

Carrot Sells $7KC. Yield: 1-3. Ready in WW 8 days. Purchase $50KC.
After two months and 48 separate harvests, we can safely conclude that the carrot harvests in 7 days after the last harvest (considered 8 days because WW counts the initial planting day and final harvest day). Plant is always ready on the same day of the week. From this point forward, I will simply track the number of plants per seed.Done with tracking for days for this plant!

Day.................# Seeds.................# Carrots
one.................n/a.................n/a
two.................44.................80
three.................38.................76
four.................34.................70
five.................47.................101
six.................36.................78
seven.................38.................77
eight.................30.................54
nine.................44.................81
ten.................38.................72
eleven.................26.................50
twelve.................47.................99
thirteen.................36.................71
fourteen.................36.................75
fifteen.................32.................68
farm1.................44.................86
farm2.................44.................97
farm3.................44.................91
farm4.................44.................95
farm5.................35.................61
farm6.................9.................21
the mud1.................38.................68
the mud2.................38.................72
the mud3.................38.................77
the green1.................34.................67
the green2.................34.................65
the green2.................34.................72
flaaffy1.........................47.................95
flaaffy2.........................47.................97
flaaffy2.........................47.................97
flaaffy3.........................47.................97
my greenR1.................36.................72
my greenR2.................36.................68
the greenR3.................36.................71
my greenL1.................36.................73
my greenL2.................36.................71
my mud1.................32.................70
my mud2.................32.................69
my mud3.................32.................64
my mud4.................32.................55
sat 01/24/09.................176.................358
T-sun 01/25/09...........63.............128
sun 01/25/09...................82.................165




ORIGINAL MESSAGE THAT WAS ON POST #1 BELOW:

Hi! I started gardens for KC about 3-4 weeks ago. I have 8 gardens of carrots, each on different daily cycles so we will have daily KC. (Yes, I mean *I* as little red refuses to do the work bc it was my idea.)

For the past three weeks, I've been keeping track of harvest days with an excel spreadsheet. I've had overlapping and each set of carrots were ready to harvest in 7 days (instead of 8 ). The pop up still says "8 days to reharvest" but it is clearly 7 days. Has anybody else noticed this? Is this a glitch? --OR-- Was the cycle shortened way back when Nefaria supposedly messed with the gardens and WW just didn't update the pop up? Does anyone know? (If it is intentional by WW, carrots are by far the most profitable gardens.)

I want to know bc if it is the norm to harvest in 7 days, I'd like to combine the two sets of gardens that have a lower number of carrots (23 and 22 seeds) but I do not want to do that if it is just a glitch bc we need daily KC.

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ORIGINAL POST #3

Yes, they are but not by much with an 8-day cycle. I've got a huge spreadsheet on it. I can upload it later if anyone is interested. Below is an example of 20 plants each when the crops are all close to harvest (almost 4-months) so it's an equal/accurate representation of what they yield. It's not lined up but it gives you an idea. If someone wants the spreadsheet so its clearer, just let me know.

20 SEED CROP <--> POTENTIAL Rev/112 days <--> Crops/112 days <--> ACTUAL Yield/112 Days

Carrots <--> $3920 <--> 14.0 <--> $3920

Strawberries <--> $3360 <--> 11.2 <--> $3300

Corn <--> $3360 <--> 11.2 <--> $3300

Tomatoes <--> $3360 <--> 9.3 <--> $3240

Watermelons <--> $3200 <--> 16.0 <--> $3200

Pumpkins <--> $3200 <--> 16.0 <--> $3200

Cabbages <--> $2987 <--> 12.4 <--> $2880

[chiclet]

My carrots are coming in at 7 days, but a couple of times it took 8 for one of the plants. I did a cycle of planting five each day so I would always have some to harvest and it seems to be 7. Maybe it is all in how the days are counted. I mean if they count the current day as one of the eight?

[RedBear]

No, they don't do that. My Garden #1 always harvests on Thursday. That's only 7 days. I hope its not a glitch!

[ILOVECATS1970]

I was really bummed when they lowered the amount of kinzcash that strawberries sell for and lengthened their growth cycle. I have several full strawberry gardens. You just can't count on them staying the same. Carrots are the most profitable now but who knows 6 months from now what will be.

[Disneymum]

you always have the best information I hadn't noticed but my gardens are so mish mashed on when stuff was planted

[fluffrnuttr]

Hi Red Bear....

On my accounts, I too had kept track for a long time (2 months between April-June).

I had noticed that they would SAY 8 days on a crop, but, that would INCLUDE the planting day and the HARVEST day. (but, once you harvested, that now became the harvest day.....)

So, it worked kind of like this on something that said 8 days---such as carrots:
DAY 1 : SUNDAY planted
DAY 2 : MONDAY raked
DAY 3 : TUESDAY raked
DAY 4 : WEDNESDAY raked
DAY 5 : THURSDAY raked
DAY 6 : FRIDAY raked
DAY 7 : SATURDAY raked
DAY 8 : SUNDAY harvested/replanted (this now goes back to day one)

So, made it REALLY easy with carrots---they are an 8 day crop--I have mine set up for one crop to harvest EACH day of the week...or almost each day of the week.....I have 5 carrot crops and one melon/donut crop that is a 7 day (which means it harvests 1 days SHY of a week).

I do the carrots even when people have been trying (yeah, I had someone PM me to tell me I am growing the wrong crops....WOW!!) to tell me that others are more profitable, as it is very easy to do them, as unlike strawberries, I can QUICKLY look at a carrot and know DOES it need raked? DID I rake it? DID it get harvested? ect....also, for a crop of 100 carrots, 1-3 carrots yield each, it comes out as an average of 200 per crop...I can tell right away when webkinz world is being GENEROUS (I got 225 one day...) or being stingy...( I got 170 the other day....) I never ever water....and I do not miss any fields or days of raking/harvesting....so, I just take a quick glance at the total when I am done.

Well, hope this helps....

fluffrnuttr

ps--having my gardens set up like this gives me about 1400 kc a day from the carrots. If you do decide to rotate the crops so they harvest each on a different day, you can do that slowly, by allowing a field that is fully matured to SIT ONE DAY. (harvestable items have 2 days to be harvested before they will rot.) And, you will not lose any money or anything. GOOD luck....tell little bear you are having a BLAST gardening....he is missing out on ALL the fun. Also, it takes me about 20 minutes a day to do mine this way...rake 5 fields, harvest 1 field, sell 200 items at the w-shop.

[PrettyinPink12]

um, i don`t get it?. is it better to grow carrots or strawberries? because i have a yard almost full of strawberries.

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and its kinda hard to take care of the strawberries when they need to be raked.

[mawhenry]

What I have noticed is even tho I planted all my carrots the same time there are two plants that take an extra day to be ready to harvest. I even dug them up and replanted them when I harvested the others and the same thing happened. Weird.