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Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower Seeds
Sunflower Seeds
Type Seed
Grows Sunflower
Season Summer; Fall
Growth Time 8 days
Pierre 200g
JojaMart 125g
Cart 100 to 1,000g
Sell Price 20g

Sunflower Seeds are the one packet in the valley that JojaMart sells more cheaply than Pierre's General Store, and the only flower seed that works across two seasons. A bed sown late in Summer carries on growing into Fall rather than dying back at the turn, which no other Summer flower manages. Harvesting the plant gives back a seed or two along with the flower, so a field very nearly restocks itself and the shop trip need not be repeated. The seeds also feed the Oil Maker, which makes a Sunflower bed the farm's own supply of cooking Oil for a long list of dishes. The flowers are no great earners at the bin, so the reason to grow them is the oil and the self-renewing seed.


Growing

The packet goes into tilled soil in either Summer or Fall and takes a little over a week across four stages. Each plant gives one flower and the tile is then done, so the bed is resown rather than left standing.

The two-season listing is the useful part. A plant still in the ground when Summer ends keeps growing on the first of Fall as though nothing had happened, so the usual deadline for a late sowing does not bite here. That makes Sunflowers a good filler for ground that comes free in the last week of Summer, when most other seeds would simply be wasted.

Harvesting is where the economics change. Cutting a mature Sunflower returns the flower and, often, a packet or two of fresh seed. A bed therefore pays for the next bed, and a large field roughly sustains itself after one purchase, with the surplus going to the Oil Maker.

Fall is the busier season for the crop. Fewer flowers compete for garden space by then, and the seeds bought in Summer are usually still sitting in a chest.

Buying

Pierre's General Store carries Sunflower Seeds in both Summer and Fall. JojaMart carries them too, and this is the single seed on the whole list where the warehouse undercuts the general store, which gives a Joja save a rare small advantage.

Winter offers two evenings of it as well. The Magic Shop Boat at the Night Market lists them on the sixteenth and the seventeenth for what Pierre asks, and a stack bought there sits ready for the Greenhouse or for the opening of Summer, long before any shop in town stocks them again.

The cheapest supply by a wide margin is the farm's own harvest. Because each flower cut gives back a packet or two, one purchase followed by a season of harvesting leaves most farms with more seed than they began with.

The Seed Maker takes a Sunflower and returns seed as well, and planting Mixed Flower Seeds occasionally produces Sunflower Seeds. The Traveling Cart lists them now and then at a markup worth paying only out of season.

Uses

The Oil Maker is the main reason to keep a stack. Both the seeds and the flowers go into it, and the two differ sharply in speed: a flower is pressed inside the hour, while a packet of seed takes a couple of days. A farm wanting Oil quickly presses flowers, and a farm with seed to spare and no hurry presses seed.

Oil goes into a long run of dishes, among them Hashbrowns, Stir Fry, Fried Eel, Crab Cakes, Radish Salad, Bruschetta and Fried Mushroom, and it is also the base for Oil of Garlic. One bed of Sunflowers and a single Oil Maker cover a kitchen's needs for a year. The game does not count Oil as an artisan good, so the Artisan profession leaves it alone, and the gain is in not having to buy it.

The Oil Maker is crafted at the eighth level of Farming from Slime, Hardwood and a Gold Bar, so a Sunflower bed is usually planted by a farm that already has the machine or is close to having it.

Seed packets are an unwelcome present throughout Pelican Town, so the spares go to the press or back into the ground.

Notes

Buy from the warehouse if the town has one. This is the one seed where that counter is cheaper, and across a large field the difference adds up.

Sow spare ground in the last week of Summer. The plants carry straight into Fall, so nothing is lost to the season change.

Press flowers, not seed, when Oil is wanted in a hurry. A flower is through the machine in an hour while seed takes days, and a harvest supplies plenty of both.

Keep the harvested packets rather than shipping them. They are the next field, and the press takes whatever is left over.

All Seeds

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name Image Grows Season Pierre
Acorn Acorn Oak Tree All -
Amaranth Seeds Amaranth Seeds Amaranth Fall 70g
Ancient Seeds Ancient Seeds Ancient Fruit Spring; Summer; Fall -
Apple Sapling Apple Sapling Apple Fall 4,000g
Apricot Sapling Apricot Sapling Apricot Spring 2,000g
Artichoke Seeds Artichoke Seeds Artichoke Fall 30g (Year 2+)
Banana Sapling Banana Sapling Banana All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley -
Bean Starter Bean Starter Green Bean Spring 60g
Beet Seeds Beet Seeds Beet Fall -
Blue Grass Starter Blue Grass Starter Blue Grass Spring; Summer; Fall -
Blueberry Seeds Blueberry Seeds Blueberry Summer 80g
Bok Choy Seeds Bok Choy Seeds Bok Choy Fall 50g
Broccoli Seeds Broccoli Seeds Broccoli Fall -
Cactus Seeds Cactus Seeds Cactus Fruit All -
Carrot Seeds Carrot Seeds Carrot Spring -
Cauliflower Seeds Cauliflower Seeds Cauliflower Spring 80g
Cherry Sapling Cherry Sapling Cherry Spring 3,400g
Coffee Bean Coffee Bean - Spring; Summer -
Corn Seeds Corn Seeds Corn Summer; Fall 150g
Cranberry Seeds Cranberry Seeds Cranberries Fall 240g
Eggplant Seeds Eggplant Seeds Eggplant Fall 20g
Fairy Seeds Fairy Seeds Fairy Rose Fall 200g
Fall Seeds Fall Seeds Blackberry, Common Mushroom, Hazelnut, or Wild Plum Fall -
Fiber Seeds Fiber Seeds Fiber All -
Garlic Seeds Garlic Seeds Garlic Spring 40g (Year 2+)
Grape Starter Grape Starter Grape Fall 60g
Grass Starter Grass Starter Grass Spring; Summer; Fall 100g
Hops Starter Hops Starter Hops Summer 60g
Jazz Seeds Jazz Seeds Blue Jazz Spring 30g
Kale Seeds Kale Seeds Kale Spring 70g
Mahogany Seed Mahogany Seed Mahogany Tree All -
Mango Sapling Mango Sapling Mango All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley -
Maple Seed Maple Seed Maple Tree All -
Melon Seeds Melon Seeds Melon Summer 80g
Mixed Flower Seeds Mixed Flower Seeds Varies Spring Summer Fall -
Mixed Seeds Mixed Seeds Varies Spring Summer Fall -
Mossy Seed Mossy Seed Green Rain Tree All -
Mushroom Tree Seed Mushroom Tree Seed Mushroom Tree All -
Mystic Tree Seed Mystic Tree Seed Mystic Tree All -
Orange Sapling Orange Sapling Orange Summer 4,000g
Parsnip Seeds Parsnip Seeds Parsnip Spring 20g
Peach Sapling Peach Sapling Peach Summer 6,000g
Pepper Seeds Pepper Seeds Hot Pepper Summer 40g
Pine Cone Pine Cone Pine Tree All -
Pineapple Seeds Pineapple Seeds Pineapple All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley -
Pomegranate Sapling Pomegranate Sapling Pomegranate Fall 6,000g
Poppy Seeds Poppy Seeds Poppy Summer 100g
Potato Seeds Potato Seeds Potato Spring 50g
Powdermelon Seeds Powdermelon Seeds Powdermelon Winter -
Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin Fall 100g
Qi Bean Qi Bean Qi Fruit All -
Radish Seeds Radish Seeds Radish Summer 40g
Rare Seed Rare Seed Sweet Gem Berry Fall -
Red Cabbage Seeds Red Cabbage Seeds Red Cabbage Summer 100g (Year 2+)
Rhubarb Seeds Rhubarb Seeds Rhubarb Spring -
Rice Shoot Rice Shoot Unmilled Rice Spring 40g
Spangle Seeds Spangle Seeds Summer Spangle Summer 50g
Spring Seeds Spring Seeds Wild Horseradish, Daffodil,; Leek, or Dandelion Spring -
Starfruit Seeds Starfruit Seeds Starfruit Summer -
Strawberry Seeds Strawberry Seeds Strawberry Spring -
Summer Seeds Summer Seeds Grape, Spice Berry,; or Sweet Pea Summer -
Summer Squash Seeds Summer Squash Seeds Summer Squash Summer -
Sunflower Seeds Sunflower Seeds Sunflower Summer; Fall 200g
Taro Tuber Taro Tuber Taro Root All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley -
Tea Sapling Tea Sapling Tea Leaves All -
Tomato Seeds Tomato Seeds Tomato Summer 50g
Tulip Bulb Tulip Bulb Tulip Spring 20g
Wheat Seeds Wheat Seeds Wheat Summer; Fall 10g
Winter Seeds Winter Seeds Crocus, Crystal Fruit,; Snow Yam, or Winter Root Winter -
Yam Seeds Yam Seeds Yam Fall 60g