Potato
| Potato | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crop |
| Season | Spring |
| Seed | Potato Seeds |
| Growth Time | 6 days |
| Sell Price | 80g |
| Energy | 25 |
| Health | 11 |
The Potato is one of the best early crops of the first Spring. Its seeds are cheap, it grows fast, and each plant has a chance to give extra potatoes at harvest. That bonus makes it a safe and steady money-maker before the bigger Spring crops become affordable. The Potato is also needed for the Spring Crops Bundle, for Hashbrowns and for Pam's "The Strong Stuff" Special Order. Most villagers like it as a gift, so a few spare potatoes are never wasted.
The in-game description reads: A widely cultivated tuber.
Growing
Pierre's General Store sells Potato Seeds in Spring for less than JojaMart charges. The crop grows quickly, so a Spring can hold four rounds of potatoes when each new seed goes in on the day of the last harvest. The plant does not regrow. Each harvest needs a new seed.
The standout mechanic is the bonus harvest. When a Potato is picked, there is a chance that the plant drops one or more extra potatoes. Over a large field this adds up to more potatoes than seeds planted, which is why the Potato is often preferred over Kale in the early weeks.
Speed-Gro trims the growing time and can squeeze in an extra round late in the season. Basic Fertiliser or Quality Fertiliser improves the stars on each potato, which matters for the gold potatoes some players save for bundles.
Prices
A raw Potato leaves a small but reliable profit over the seed price, and the extra potatoes are pure profit. The Tiller profession adds 10% to every raw sale.
The Potato is a vegetable, so it can go into a Keg or a Preserves Jar. Potato Juice from a Keg is worth a little more than twice the raw price. Pickles from a Preserves Jar are worth more than the juice, and the jar finishes much faster than the Keg. For a cheap vegetable like this, the jar is the better machine. The Artisan profession adds 40% to both.
Machines ignore the quality of the input. Normal potatoes are the right ones to process, and silver or gold potatoes are better sold raw or kept for bundles.
Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.
| Quality | Price | Tiller (+10%) |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 80g | 88g |
 Silver
|
100g | 110g |
 Gold
|
120g | 132g |
 Iridium
|
160g | 176g |
Uses
The Spring Crops Bundle in the Pantry asks for one Potato along with a Parsnip, a Green Bean and a Cauliflower. The reward is a stack of Speed-Gro, which helps the rest of the first year's planting.
Cooking one Potato with one Oil makes Hashbrowns. The dish gives a small Farming buff. The Queen of Sauce teaches the recipe, and The Stardrop Saloon also sells it.
Pam's "The Strong Stuff" Special Order asks for Potato Juice. Twelve potatoes have to be harvested and run through Kegs within the time limit. A spare potato field and a few free Kegs in Spring make the order easy.
At the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, the Potato counts as an orange dye.
Cooking
Cooking Potato with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Hashbrowns | 
|
Potato (1), Oil (1) |
Gifts
Most villagers like the Potato, as they like most vegetables. Abigail, Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike it. It is a filler gift rather than a way to build friendship quickly.
Notes
The Traveling Cart sometimes sells potatoes, but always for far more than they cost to grow.
Potatoes are a good crop to plant on the first days of Spring with the starting money, then again after the first harvest. The extra potatoes help cover bundle needs, the juice order and gifts without buying more seed.
All Crops
Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.
| Crop | Image | 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 |