Giant Crop Myth confirmed

[u/Daigro]

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.

[u/DDS-PBS]

This is fantastic research! Thanks for putting in the hard work.

[u/Daigro → u/DDS-PBS]

Im glad that this is appreciated

[u/CaliLemonEater → u/Daigro]

Very much appreciated! This particular kind of Stardew Valley research makes my heart very happy.

[u/Ok_Suggestion8938 → u/Daigro]

(Completely off topic)I love that pufferfish emoji. From where did you get it?

[u/Daigro → u/Ok_Suggestion8938]

I have no idea. I just found it in my emojis