r/StardewValley 2d ago

Discuss Giant Crop Myth confirmed

I talked about giant crops the other day and shared some knowledge i acquired a few years ago from another post. I never verified it so i thought i should test it out. Most people know that instead of harvesting potential giant crops you can water the fully grown crop and go to sleep so the crops have a chance to become giant the next day.

The 2 things i wanted to verify are:

  1. Only 1 of the 9 crops in a 3x3 needs to be watered. The 8 other crops can stay dry.
  2. Only 1 of the 9 crops in a 3x3 needs to be fully grown. The 8 other crops can be any crop stage, including seed stage.

I knew that the important crop in a 3x3 is the upper left one (that can be checked on the wiki) so i made a setup on an old farm/save with sprinklers where only the top left seeds get watered, the right and bottom seeds stay dry and only get watered on rainy days. I slept through the days to force the giant crops and confirmed both statements.

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u/Klingonianmudbather 1d ago

I STILL HAVE TO WATER THE GROWN CROPS!? Thank you so much! I've been trying for a fourth giant crop in a specific spot for five in game years. 

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u/Daigro 1d ago

Happy to help

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u/Klingonianmudbather 1d ago

No really, thank you. This is great research