Corn Seeds

Corn Seeds

Type	Seed
Grows	Corn
Season	Summer; Fall
Growth Time	14 days
Pierre	150g
JojaMart	187g
Cart	225 to 1,000g
Sell Price	75g

Corn Seeds are the only vegetable packet that spans two seasons, and that single fact changes how they should be bought. A sowing made on the first morning of Summer keeps producing every few days right through to the last day of Fall, which means one purchase covers eight weeks of field instead of four. Corn also sits in two of the Community Center's bundles at once, so a small fertilised patch earns its keep even on a farm that is not chasing profit. The flipside is that the seed costs real money and the plant takes a fortnight to come of age, so a late Fall sowing is simply thrown away. Working out which season the seed is going into, and buying it with the Summer list rather than the Fall list, is the whole art of growing corn.

Growing

Two weeks pass before the first cob, and after that the plant is picked every four days and left standing. Nothing needs replanting, which is what makes corn the low-effort choice for a big field.

The season rule is where corn differs from everything else on Pierre's Summer shelf. A Corn Plant in the ground when Summer ends does not die: it carries straight into Fall and keeps on producing. Sown on the first day of Summer, a single plant yields through the back half of Summer and the whole of Fall, which is far more pickings than any one-season crop manages.

That makes the last safe sowing date a question with two answers. Anything sown in Summer is worth sowing, even on the final day, because the plant simply matures in the middle of Fall and still gets several pickings before Winter. A seed sown in Fall must come of age before the twenty-eighth, so the middle of the second week of Fall is the last point at which a fresh sowing returns anything. Buying Fall corn after that date is money wasted, and buying Summer corn late is not.

Deluxe Speed-Gro stretches that Fall deadline by a few days, which is the one situation where fertiliser decides whether a packet is worth opening at all. Quality Fertilizer earns its place for a different reason, because the Quality Crops Bundle wants gold grade cobs and a fertilised patch is the reliable way to get them.

Under Greenhouse glass the season change stops mattering, since nothing there ever dies, and the four day picking cycle makes corn a steady low-maintenance filler for a bed.

Buying

Pierre's General Store carries Corn Seeds through Summer and Fall, which is the obvious route and the cheapest counter in town. JojaMart asks more for the same packet, so the warehouse only wins on the days Pierre is closed.

Corn is the one seed the Night Market sells on two separate nights. Its Magic Shop Boat trades from the beach for three nights in late Winter, and corn sits on the shelf on the sixteenth and again on the seventeenth, at the figure Pierre charges. A farm that visits on both nights can buy a season's worth of seed in Winter and walk into Summer with the field already paid for.

Fridays and Sundays put the Traveling Cart in Cindersap Forest, and the packet shows up in her random goods now and then, but her lowest asking price starts well above Pierre's. She is a last resort for a farm caught short mid-season.

Free routes are better than usual for corn. A Mystery Box opened at the Blacksmith regularly pays out a packet of eight Corn Seeds, treasure rooms in the Skull Cavern hold them in quantity, and Mixed Seeds sown in either Summer or Fall can come up as corn rather than anything else on their list. A Seed Maker takes a harvested cob and returns seed, which on a packet this expensive is one of the machine's better jobs.

Uses

A Seed Maker works backwards on this one: a cob goes into the machine and a packet of seed comes out. A farm that keeps a few cobs back from the shipping bin never has to buy corn again.

The Community Center is the other reason to hold a stack. The Fall Crops Bundle wants a single cob alongside Eggplant, Pumpkin and Yam, and the Quality Crops Bundle wants five gold grade cobs. Because corn grows in two seasons, one fertilised patch sown in Summer can cover both bundles comfortably before Fall is out, which is why a handful of seeds belongs in the chest even on a farm that grows no corn for profit.

Leftover seed is worth keeping rather than selling, because the counter returns only part of the asking price and the same packet plants perfectly well a year later.

Handing the packet over as a gift goes badly. Every villager who reacts to a bag of corn seed dislikes it.

Notes

Buy Corn Seeds with the Summer list, not the Fall one. A Summer sowing runs through both seasons on a single purchase, and that is where all the value sits.

Stop sowing fresh corn in Fall after the middle of the second week unless Deluxe Speed-Gro goes in with it. A plant that cannot mature returns nothing at all.

Visit the Night Market boat on both the sixteenth and the seventeenth of Winter. Corn is listed on each night, so two trips stock the field at the General Store's price well before Summer arrives.

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