Amaranth Seeds

Amaranth Seeds

Type	Seed
Grows	Amaranth
Season	Fall
Growth Time	7 days
Pierre	70g
JojaMart	87g
Cart	105 to 1,000g
Sell Price	35g

Amaranth Seeds are the Fall grain packet, and Pierre's General Store is the counter that sells them for the least. The plant they raise is cut with a Scythe and gives one crop, so a Fall row of Amaranth is a cycle of sowing and resowing rather than a single planting. Sown on the opening day of Fall, a bed fits three rounds before Winter clears it, and the last sowing that still ripens falls on the twenty-first. A Seed Maker makes the first packet the only one that ever has to be paid for, since each harvested Amaranth hands back about two more. The Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market is the one chance to buy a whole field's worth in the middle of Winter, ready for the season opening.

Growing

Amaranth grows into a plant that is harvested once and then gone. Every new crop means another packet in the ground, so the seed cost repeats across the season in a way that it never does for a regrowing crop.

That repetition decides the sowing calendar. A bed sown on the first of Fall is ready on the eighth, resown the same morning, ready again on the fifteenth, and resown for a third crop that lands on the twenty-second. A fourth round will not finish, so the twenty-first is the last day a packet pays for itself outdoors. Anything sown after that is still standing when the season turns and is lost with the rest of the field.

Speed-Gro is unusually valuable here. It only ever shortens a plant's first growth, and a single-harvest crop has nothing but a first growth, so the fertiliser works on every one of the three rounds. Deluxe Speed-Gro with the Agriculturist profession takes better than a third off the growing time, which is enough to fit a fourth crop into the same bed and push the final sowing date later in the month.

Inside the Greenhouse the calendar stops mattering. A bed of Amaranth there can be cut and resown all year, which is what turns a hoarded stack of Winter seeds into something useful.

Buying

Pierre's General Store puts the packet on the shelf for the whole of Fall, at the lowest price any shop asks. That is the default route and the one to plan around.

JojaMart charges a markup on the same packet until the farm buys a Joja membership. Paying for the membership brings its seed prices into line with Pierre's, so the choice between the two shops comes down to convenience rather than cost once that is done.

The Magic Shop Boat moored at the Night Market sells Amaranth Seeds on the third night of the market, in Winter, at the same price Pierre asks in Fall. It is the only seller with the packet at shop price out of season. A farm that walks down to the beach with enough gold can buy an entire Fall field three months early and have it in the ground on the first morning of the season.

The Traveling Cart stocks the packet now and then on its Friday and Sunday visits. Its asking price starts above Pierre's and climbs from there, so the cart is a way to rescue a forgotten planting rather than a way to save money.

Delivering Pierre's Missing Stocklist, bought from Qi's Walnut Room for Qi Gems, puts every season's seeds on his shelves all year. Out-of-season packets then cost half again the normal price, which is still cheaper and far more reliable than waiting for the cart.

Uses

The Seed Maker is what breaks the cycle of buying. One harvested Amaranth placed inside returns one to three packets, about two on average, so the second and third rounds of a Fall bed cost nothing at all. Holding back a single crop from the first harvest is enough to seed the rest of the season, and a few more build a stack for the Greenhouse.

The same machine occasionally hands back something other than Amaranth Seeds. A small share of runs give a few Mixed Seeds, and a much rarer result is a packet of Ancient Seeds, which is why farmers with a machine feed it surplus crops of every kind rather than selling them raw.

A packet of seeds is a poor present. Amaranth Seeds sit on the disliked list for nearly everyone in Pelican Town, so the stack belongs in the soil or the Seed Maker.

Notes

Buy the first Fall packets during the last days of Summer. Pierre stocks the season's seeds ahead of the turn, and a bed sown on the first morning of Fall is the only one that fits three crops.

Sow at least one packet on day one for Marnie's sake. Her request for a single Amaranth arrives in the first days of Fall and pays far more than the crop is worth, and a bed started later misses the window.

All Seeds

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Grows	Season	Pierre
Acorn	Oak Tree	All	-
Amaranth Seeds	Amaranth	Fall	70g
Ancient Seeds	Ancient Fruit	Spring; Summer; Fall	-
Apple Sapling	Apple	Fall	4,000g
Apricot Sapling	Apricot	Spring	2,000g
Artichoke Seeds	Artichoke	Fall	30g (Year 2+)
Banana Sapling	Banana	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Bean Starter	Green Bean	Spring	60g
Beet Seeds	Beet	Fall	-
Blue Grass Starter	Blue Grass	Spring; Summer; Fall	-
Blueberry Seeds	Blueberry	Summer	80g
Bok Choy Seeds	Bok Choy	Fall	50g
Broccoli Seeds	Broccoli	Fall	-
Cactus Seeds	Cactus Fruit	All	-
Carrot Seeds	Carrot	Spring	-
Cauliflower Seeds	Cauliflower	Spring	80g
Cherry Sapling	Cherry	Spring	3,400g
Coffee Bean	-	Spring; Summer	-
Corn Seeds	Corn	Summer; Fall	150g
Cranberry Seeds	Cranberries	Fall	240g
Eggplant Seeds	Eggplant	Fall	20g
Fairy Seeds	Fairy Rose	Fall	200g
Fall Seeds	Blackberry, Common Mushroom, Hazelnut, or Wild Plum	Fall	-
Fiber Seeds	Fiber	All	-
Garlic Seeds	Garlic	Spring	40g (Year 2+)
Grape Starter	Grape	Fall	60g
Grass Starter	Grass	Spring; Summer; Fall	100g
Hops Starter	Hops	Summer	60g
Jazz Seeds	Blue Jazz	Spring	30g
Kale Seeds	Kale	Spring	70g
Mahogany Seed	Mahogany Tree	All	-
Mango Sapling	Mango	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Maple Seed	Maple Tree	All	-
Melon Seeds	Melon	Summer	80g
Mixed Flower Seeds	Varies	Spring Summer Fall	-
Mixed Seeds	Varies	Spring Summer Fall	-
Mossy Seed	Green Rain Tree	All	-
Mushroom Tree Seed	Mushroom Tree	All	-
Mystic Tree Seed	Mystic Tree	All	-
Orange Sapling	Orange	Summer	4,000g
Parsnip Seeds	Parsnip	Spring	20g
Peach Sapling	Peach	Summer	6,000g
Pepper Seeds	Hot Pepper	Summer	40g
Pine Cone	Pine Tree	All	-
Pineapple Seeds	Pineapple	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Pomegranate Sapling	Pomegranate	Fall	6,000g
Poppy Seeds	Poppy	Summer	100g
Potato Seeds	Potato	Spring	50g
Powdermelon Seeds	Powdermelon	Winter	-
Pumpkin Seeds	Pumpkin	Fall	100g
Qi Bean	Qi Fruit	All	-
Radish Seeds	Radish	Summer	40g
Rare Seed	Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	-
Red Cabbage Seeds	Red Cabbage	Summer	100g (Year 2+)
Rhubarb Seeds	Rhubarb	Spring	-
Rice Shoot	Unmilled Rice	Spring	40g
Spangle Seeds	Summer Spangle	Summer	50g
Spring Seeds	Wild Horseradish, Daffodil,; Leek, or Dandelion	Spring	-
Starfruit Seeds	Starfruit	Summer	-
Strawberry Seeds	Strawberry	Spring	-
Summer Seeds	Grape, Spice Berry,; or Sweet Pea	Summer	-
Summer Squash Seeds	Summer Squash	Summer	-
Sunflower Seeds	Sunflower	Summer; Fall	200g
Taro Tuber	Taro Root	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Tea Sapling	Tea Leaves	All	-
Tomato Seeds	Tomato	Summer	50g
Tulip Bulb	Tulip	Spring	20g
Wheat Seeds	Wheat	Summer; Fall	10g
Winter Seeds	Crocus, Crystal Fruit,; Snow Yam, or Winter Root	Winter	-
Yam Seeds	Yam	Fall	60g