Eggplant

Eggplant

Type	Crop
Season	Fall
Seed	Eggplant Seeds
Growth Time	5 days
Regrowth	Every 5 days
Sell Price	60g

Eggplant is a cheap Fall vegetable that keeps producing after its first harvest. One seed costs very little and gives a new Eggplant every five days for the whole season. It is required for the Fall Crops Bundle, and it goes into Eggplant Parmesan and the Survival Burger. Its profit per day is middling, but it is one of the lowest-risk crops in Fall. Most villagers like it as a gift.

Growing

Eggplant grows through five one-day stages before the first harvest. After that, the bush regrows and gives another Eggplant every five days. The same bush keeps producing all season.

An Eggplant seed planted on the first of Fall gives five harvests before Winter arrives. The last couple of days are left over, because one more cycle cannot finish in time. Each harvest gives one Eggplant, with a very small chance of an extra.

Pierre's General Store sells the seeds in Fall. JojaMart sells them for a little more. Mixed Seeds planted in Fall can also turn into Eggplant, and a Seed Maker turns harvested Eggplants back into seeds.

Speed-Gro and the Agriculturist profession speed up the first growth of the Eggplant and nothing after it. The five-day regrowth stays the same. Deluxe Fertilizer allows iridium quality, which raises both the price and the food value.

Eggplant also keeps producing in the Greenhouse and on Ginger Island all year.

Prices

A single seed covers the whole season, so nearly all of each harvest is profit. Eggplant earns more over Fall than Bok Choy, but less than Cranberries, Pumpkin or Artichoke. Its strength is low cost and low maintenance rather than raw income.

The Tiller profession adds ten percent to the raw price.

As a vegetable, Eggplant becomes Juice in a Keg or Pickles in a Preserves Jar. Pickles are worth more and take less time, so the jar is the better machine. Both more than double the raw price, and the Artisan profession adds forty percent on top.

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

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	60g	66g
Silver	75g	82g
Gold	90g	99g
Iridium	120g	132g

Uses

The Fall Crops Bundle in the Pantry needs one Eggplant. With the Remixed Bundles, five gold-quality Eggplants may be an option for the Quality Crops Bundle. Because each bush gives five chances at quality over the season, gold Eggplants are easier to collect than gold single-harvest crops.

Cooking Eggplant with a Tomato makes Eggplant Parmesan. Mayor Lewis mails the recipe at seven hearts of friendship. It boosts Mining and Defense for several minutes, which makes it a strong meal for the mines.

Cooking Bread with a Cave Carrot and an Eggplant makes the Survival Burger. The recipe is learned at Foraging level 8. It gives a Foraging buff and is a handy snack for exploring.

Eggplant may appear as a Fall request on the Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store. The villager who asked pays three times the Eggplant's value and gains friendship with the farmer.

In tailoring, Eggplant in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes a dyeable Button Down Shirt. It also gives a purple colour in the Sewing Machine and fits the purple dye pot in Emily and Haley's house.

Cooking

Cooking Eggplant with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Eggplant Parmesan		Eggplant (1), Tomato (1)
Survival Burger		Bread (1), Cave Carrot (1), Eggplant (1)

Bundles

The Community Center asks for Eggplant in these bundles.

Bundle	Room	Amount
Fall Crops Bundle	Pantry	1

Gifts

Eggplant is a liked gift for most of the valley. Eggplant is a welcome gift for Alex, Elliott, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sebastian and Shane. Leo likes it as well, as do the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. The same goes for the older residents Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. So do the Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard.

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

A small Eggplant patch gives a steady stream of liked gifts through Fall for almost no cost.

Notes

Plant a few Eggplants on the first of Fall even on a farm focused on other crops. They cover the Fall Crops Bundle, the remixed Quality Crops Bundle and Lewis's recipe with very little effort.

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