Beet

Beet

Type	Crop
Season	Fall
Seed	Beet Seeds
Growth Time	6 days
Sell Price	100g
Energy	30
Health	13

Beet is a Fall root vegetable whose seeds are sold only in the desert. Sandy's shop at the Oasis stocks them, so the crop opens up once the bus to the Calico Desert is repaired. Beet is cheap to plant and quick to grow, which makes it a good filler crop for Fall. The Mill also turns each Beet into three bags of Sugar. The quest "The Mysterious Qi" needs ten Beets, and Evelyn loves them as a gift.

The in-game description reads: A sweet and earthy root vegetable. As a bonus, the leaves make a great salad.

Growing

Beet grows through four short stages and gives one root per plant. The quick growth leaves room for several plantings in one Fall season.

Sandy sells the seeds at the Oasis in the Calico Desert. The desert can only be reached after the bus is repaired, either through the Vault bundles at the Community Center or through JojaMart. She sells them all year, so it is easy to buy a stack before Fall begins. The Traveling Cart also carries them from time to time.

Speed-Gro and the Agriculturist profession shorten the growing time further. With faster growth, Fall can hold even more plantings.

Deluxe Fertilizer lets Beet reach iridium quality. A better-quality Beet sells for more and restores more energy and health. Beets also grow in the Greenhouse at any time of year.

Prices

Beet is a low-cost crop with a solid return. The seed costs very little, and each root sells for several times that amount. Its short growth also means the money comes back fast.

The Tiller profession raises the raw sale price by ten percent. Gold and iridium quality raise it further.

Processing adds more value. A Keg makes Beet Juice and a Preserves Jar makes Pickled Beets. Pickled Beets are worth a little more than the juice and take less time, so the jar is the better machine for Beet. The Artisan profession adds forty percent to both. Neither machine cares about crop quality.

The Mill is the other option. One Beet becomes three bags of Sugar by the next morning. Those three bags sell for half as much again as a raw Beet, though for less than Pickled Beets. The Mill's main value is in supplying Sugar for cooking.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	100g	110g
Silver	125g	137g
Gold	150g	165g
Iridium	200g	220g

Uses

"The Mysterious Qi" asks for ten Beets in its second part. The Beets go into Mayor Lewis's fridge. The quest chain leads on to Mr. Qi and the Casino in the Oasis, so a small Beet patch is worth growing early.

Vegetable Medley needs one Beet and one Tomato. Caroline sends the recipe by mail at seven hearts of friendship. The dish restores a large amount of energy and health.

Sugar from the Mill is a baking ingredient for pastries and sweets. A few Beets in storage keep a kitchen supplied with it.

With the Remixed Bundles, Beet is one of the options for the Dye Bundle on the Bulletin Board.

In tailoring, Beet in the Sewing Machine makes a dyeable Button Down Shirt. It also works as a purple dye in the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house.

Cooking

Cooking Beet with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Vegetable Medley		Tomato (1), Beet (1)

Gifts

Evelyn loves Beets, which makes them one of the easiest loved gifts for her.

Alex, Caroline, Clint, Demetrius, the Dwarf, Elliott, Emily, George, Gus, Harvey, Jodi, Kent, Krobus, Leah, Leo, Lewis, Linus, Marnie, Maru, Pam, Penny, Pierre, Robin, Sandy, Sebastian, Shane, Willy and the Wizard like them.

Abigail, Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike them.

Because the seeds are so cheap, Beets make a low-cost gift that most of the valley appreciates.

These villagers love receiving Beet as a gift.

Villager	Image
Evelyn

Notes

Buy Beet Seeds on the first desert trip, even before Fall. Sandy keeps them in stock all year, and having seeds ready saves a second bus ride.

Keep ten Beets aside as soon as the first harvest comes in. That covers "The Mysterious Qi" whenever it starts.

All Crops

Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.

Crop	Season	Growth	Price
Blue Jazz	Spring	7 days	50g
Carrot	Spring	3 days	35g
Cauliflower	Spring	12 days	175g
Garlic	Spring	4 days	60g
Green Bean	Spring	10 days	40g
Kale	Spring	6 days	110g
Parsnip	Spring	4 days	35g
Potato	Spring	6 days	80g
Rhubarb	Spring	13 days	220g
Strawberry	Spring	8 days	120g
Tulip	Spring	6 days	30g
Unmilled Rice	Spring	-	-
Ancient Fruit	Spring, Summer, Fall	28 days	550g
Tea Leaves	Spring, Summer, Fall	20 days	-
Blueberry	Summer	13 days	50g
Hops	Summer	11 days	25g
Hot Pepper	Summer	5 days	40g
Melon	Summer	12 days	250g
Poppy	Summer	7 days	140g
Radish	Summer	6 days	90g
Red Cabbage	Summer	9 days	260g
Starfruit	Summer	13 days	750g
Summer Spangle	Summer	8 days	90g
Summer Squash	Summer	6 days	-
Tomato	Summer	11 days	60g
Corn	Summer, Fall	14 days	50g
Sunflower	Summer, Fall	8 days	80g
Wheat	Summer, Fall	4 days	25g
Amaranth	Fall	7 days	150g
Artichoke	Fall	8 days	160g
Beet	Fall	6 days	100g
Bok Choy	Fall	4 days	80g
Cranberries	Fall	7 days	-
Eggplant	Fall	5 days	60g
Fairy Rose	Fall	12 days	-
Pumpkin	Fall	13 days	320g
Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	24 days	-
Yam	Fall	10 days	160g
Powdermelon	Winter	-	60g
Broccoli	-	-	-
Cactus Fruit	-	-	75g
Grape	-	-	80g
Pineapple	-	-	-
Qi Fruit	-	-	-
Taro Root	-	10 days	100g