Rice Shoot

Rice Shoot

Type	Seed
Grows	Unmilled Rice
Season	Spring
Growth Time	8 days (6 when irrigated)
Pierre	40g
Cart	100 to 1,000g
Sell Price	20g

The Rice Shoot is the valley's one paddy crop, and it behaves unlike anything else that goes into soil. Planted near a pond or a river the shoots count as irrigated: they come up two days sooner and never need watering at all. Pierre's General Store only stocks them from the second year, yet the shoots arrive free long before that, out of fishing chests, artifact spots and the grubs down in the Mines. A Scythe takes the harvest off the row, and the Unmilled Rice it leaves is only worth real money once a Mill has turned it into Rice.

The in-game description reads: Plant these in the spring. Takes 8 days to mature. Grows faster if planted near a body of water. Harvest with the scythe.

Growing

Eight days on ordinary soil with watering every morning, six days on irrigated soil with none at all. The plant is cut once and the tile then wants a new shoot.

Planting near water is the key. A shoot planted near a Farm Pond or a natural body of water grows on the shorter clock and looks after its own watering, so a row laid along the water line needs no watering can, no Sprinkler and no morning visit until the Scythe comes out. Shoots planted out on dry ground grow at the ordinary pace and want watering daily like anything else, which makes the choice of tile the single biggest decision on this crop.

Six days turns over four times in a Spring. Replanting the same strip on each cutting day keeps the whole row in step, and because the irrigated tiles mind themselves the row costs almost nothing in time across the season.

The Scythe is part of the appeal. One walk down the strip clears the lot in a few swings, which is far quicker than picking the same number of tiles by hand.

Buying

Pierre's General Store carries Rice Shoots in Spring from the second year, cheaply.

Before that the valley hands them out. Fishing treasure chests pulled up in Spring hold them, golden ones included. Artifact spots dug in Spring turn them up. Grubs in the Mines drop them often, the Mutant Grubs of the Mutant Bug Lair and the prehistoric floors of the Skull Cavern do the same, Haunted Skulls drop them in Winter and Wilderness Golems in Spring. A farm that fishes and mines through a first year usually has a strip's worth of shoots without ever visiting a counter.

The Traveling Cart offers the shoots now and then at a markup.

Unmilled Rice put through a Seed Maker comes back as shoots, which closes the loop once the first strip has been cut.

Uses

The shoot is for the water's edge and for nothing else. A bag of them is disliked by every villager who reacts to the gift.

What the shoots are really for is the Mill. An order with Robin, paid in gold along with stone, wood and a little cloth, puts one up on the farm in a couple of days. Unmilled Rice dropped inside comes out as Rice in the box alongside by the next morning, and Rice fetches several times what the raw stalk does. Wheat and Beets go through the same machine for Wheat Flour and Sugar, which is why a paddy strip and a Mill usually appear on a farm at the same point.

Unmilled Rice also turns up in the Help Wanted requests on the board outside Pierre's, which is a tidy use for a few spare stalks.

Notes

Ship the stalks raw and the strip loses money, because Unmilled Rice fetches less than Pierre charges for the shoot that grew it. The Mill is what makes the crop pay, so raise it before planting a large paddy.

Choose the strip by looking at the water rather than at the soil. A farm layout with a long river or a wide pond carries a far larger paddy than one with a single small pond.

Gather shoots rather than buying them in a first year. Fishing chests and the Mines supply enough for a strip, and the counter opens in the second year anyway.

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