Re: Farming and Efficiency!
Processed Materials
Processed Mats Spreadsheet - Shows the number of a processed mat (Chopped Produce, Ground Grains, etc) that you can get per hour, per cost and per labor. Highlights are as follows:
Note: For the purposes of this post and the spreadsheet, 1 harvest is equal to 5 plants. Since all plants produce 2-4 of an item, this guarantees 10 plants in a harvest and is the minimum you can gain.
Assuming you harvest and replant when your plants are finished, faster growing plants will always net you more processed mats per harvest. Generally, these same plants will net you more processed mats per cost and labor as well.
AFK Time
If you want to maximize the amount of material you get while AFK, a general rule is to only plant a longer growing plant if you will not be back online to plant
2 harvests of the plant that takes less time to grow. That probably doesn't make sense, here's an example (it assumes ideal climate because the numbers are easier to work with, it's all relative though):
Yams net 17 Chopped Produce in 3 Hours
Garlic net 14 Chopped Produce in 1 Hour
If you're going to be AFK for 3 hours, it is more efficient to plant 1 harvest of yam for 17 Chopped Produce.
If you're going to be AFK for 2 hours, you can plant a 2nd harvest of Garlic and net 28 Chopped Produce in your 3 hours.
Chopped Produce
- Potatoes are the most efficient, even in the wrong climate. The down side to potatoes is that they grow in 10 minutes and are rather obnoxious to harvest. Tomato and Garlic are your best bets for efficiency without going crazy.
- Chili Peppers are good overnight plants.
Dried Flowers
- Azalea is the most efficient, even in the wrong climate. They have a short growth timer, so you may want to opt for Clover (grows in 1h in any climate) or Narcissus and Rose (1h 25m).
Ground Grains
- Barley is the most efficient, even in the wrong climate. They have a short growth timer, so you may want to opt for Corn and Rice (2h 25m).
- Peanuts and Rye are good overnight plants (12h).
Ground Spices
- Lavender and Iris are the most efficient (1h 25m).
Medicinal Powder
- Mushrooms are the most efficient (2h).
- Aloe is a good overnight plant (11h 25m).
- Fruiting trees that produce medicinal powder materials (Bay and Ginkgo) are NOT efficient at all.
Orchard Puree
- Avocado Trees are by far the most efficient, even in the wrong climate.
- Because of the growth time for trees, there is no point in overnight crops for puree. You are better off sticking to Avocado trees and harvesting when you are able.
Trimmed Meat
Assumes you are butchering directly after growth and not collecting other materials from the animals
- Chickens and Ducks are the most efficient for Meat (2h 52m).
- Lambs are the best overnight (14h 18m).
- Fruiting trees that produce medicinal powder materials (Bay and Ginkgo) are NOT efficient at all.
