Mango Sapling

Mango Sapling

Type	Seed
Grows	Mango
Season	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley
Growth Time	28 days
Island Trader	Mussel (75)
Sell Price	850g

The Mango Sapling is bought with shellfish rather than coin. The Island Trader on Ginger Island hands one over for seventy-five Mussels, a bill that sounds steep until the Mussel Node on the island beach and a line of saltwater Crab Pots start filling a chest without supervision. Placement decides the return. Island soil and Greenhouse glass both let the grown tree fruit right through the calendar, whereas a valley planting works for one season and stands bare for three. A month of growing separates the planting from the first Mango, and the young tree demands an empty ring of soil for every night of it. The fruit then pays twice over, once through a Keg and once at the trader's own shelf.

Growing

The sapling climbs through four stages at a week apiece, counting the same nights in Winter as in Spring.

Clear space is the condition attached. Every tile touching the sapling has to stay empty while it grows, which rules out paving, fences, crates and any debris left where it fell. A blocked sapling simply stops growing and looks the same from one morning to the next. Laying an orchard out with a gap in every direction keeps all of it moving and leaves a path to walk between the trunks.

Once the tree is mature the clearance stops mattering, and sprinklers, chests or paths can sit right against it.

Placement is the real decision, and it is worth more thought than the planting date. A Mango Tree on Ginger Island or in the Greenhouse fruits through all four seasons, so the same tree returns roughly four times what a valley tree returns. Out on the mainland the tree produces in Summer alone, which means a sapling meant for the farm needs to be in the soil in the first days of Spring to have its month of growing behind it when Summer opens.

A tree is not stuck where it was put. Felling a mature Mango Tree with an Axe gives a sapling back, so an orchard planted in the wrong place can be lifted and moved out to the island.

Buying

The Island Trader is the dependable route, and his booth only appears after Golden Walnuts have been paid to the parrots around his clearing. Seventy-five Mussels is the asking price, and mussels arrive from several directions at once. A Mussel Node sits on the Ginger Island beach, Crab Pots set in salt water bring them up, they can be picked off the Beach while foraging, and a pet turtle hands them over once it is fond enough. A few pots working quietly along the shore clear the bill without a dedicated trip.

Professor Snail pays one out for museum work instead of fishing. Finishing the Snake display at the Island Field Office brings a Mango Sapling with it.

Golden Coconuts turn one up occasionally, which suits anyone already shaking palms and digging the island's artifact spots for other reasons.

The Tiger Slimes in the island's western grove drop one very rarely indeed. Nobody should hunt them for it, but it is a reason not to walk straight past a grove that has to be crossed anyway.

Uses

Kegs are where the money is. A Mango fermented into wine fetches a multiple of the fruit, which is the reason to plant a row rather than a single tree. An island orchard producing daily keeps a keg row fed with no planting and no watering at all.

Cooking a Mango with Rice and a Coconut makes Mango Sticky Rice, a filling dish that also hands out a short defence buff. Every ingredient of it grows or washes up on the island, so the whole recipe can be assembled without leaving the beach.

The Island Trader buys back in fruit as well as selling for it. On Thursdays five Mango lift the 'Volcano' Photo off his shelf, which is the only way that piece ever reaches a farmhouse wall.

Given as a present the sapling is unwelcome across the valley, so a spare is better planted than wrapped.

Notes

Set the Crab Pots before saving towards anything else on the trader's list. Mussels accumulate on their own while other work gets done, and the sapling is the one item on that shelf that keeps paying out every day for the rest of the save.

Keep the first tree out of the Greenhouse. Glass space is scarce and the island farm does the same year-round job for nothing, so the Greenhouse is better spent on something that cannot fruit outdoors at all.

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