Each season inStardew Valleybrings a new variety of crops. Typically, these can be purchased from Pierre, but there are some seeds that need to be initially purchased elsewhere. One type of crop like this is theStrawberry. Once planted, strawberry bushes will
Strawberry seeds can only be purchased at the Egg Festival (on Spring 13) or during certain days of the Desert Festival forCalico Eggs. So, what do you actually do with these seeds? Here, you may find some of the best uses for strawberries in Stardew Valley.
8Plant Immediately
Above, we mentioned that strawberry seeds can be obtained on Spring 13 at the Egg Festival. This is the earliest that you will be able to obtain the seeds, as the Desert Festival can only be accessed if you have the bus unlocked.
Strawberry seeds take eight days to grow, which means that if you plant them in the night of Spring 13 (after the festival ends), then the earliest that you’re able to harvest them is on Spring 21. Once grown, the strawberry bush will regrow every four days. To really maximize the strawberries you obtain, plant them immediately.
7Turn Into More Seeds
Since you can only get the seeds a few times a year, we highly recommendturning your first harvest into more seeds. With theSeed Maker, you will be able to turn a harvested strawberry into more seeds.
This cuts out the purchase price as well. The Seed Maker has a very small (around 0.5 percent) chance of yielding anAncient Seed. This isn’t the reason why you should put seeds in the Seed Maker, but it can be an added bonus.
6Greenhouse Growing
In general, most reharvestable items areideal for growing in the Greenhouse. Here, seasons don’t matter; as long as you water the crops, anything will grow at any point of the year. With this in mind, you’re able to really get the most out of strawberry seeds if you plant them in the greenhouse.
Inside, you won’t need to worry about the bushes dying at the end of the season. Strawberries have a relatively short re-grow time, so as long as the bushes are watered in the Greenhouse, you’ll continue to get strawberries every four days.
5Turn Into Dried Fruit
With the Dehydrator,you’ll be able to createDried Fruit. Rather than having a default price, Dried Fruit depends on the fruit used to make it. The basic math is that Dried Fruit is 7.5 times the base fruit price, and then added to 25.
So, the base price for a strawberry is 120g. Put into this equation, Dried Fruit made from strawberries will sell for 925g; this is pretty good, especially since it’s just the base strawberry price. If you have the Artisan profession active, then the price will jump to 1,295g.
4Decorating
Strawberry bushes can also be used as decorations. If you are looking to create an aesthetically pleasing farm, you can use strawberry bushes similar to hedges. The bush is small and uniform, which is great for accenting your farm.
These strawberry bushes can still function normally, but try experimenting with how you place them! If you really don’t want to see them disappear after the season ends, you can also use them for decoration on your Ginger Island farm.
3Gifting
Do you have too many strawberries in your inventory? If yes, then consider giving them out as gifts. Below, you’re able to check out everyone who either loves or likes strawberries.
Sandy
Shane
This is quite a lot of people who like strawberries! If you’ve just harvested a lot of them, we recommend swinging by town and giving them as gifts to these NPCs.
2Turn Into Wine
The eternal debate is: wine or preserves? In general, wine seems to make more money, but it takes longer than preserving. If you are looking to maximize your earnings though, we suggest turning strawberries intoWine.
Wine prices are based on fruit quality, while preserve prices are based on the base price of the fruit. If you have a basic strawberry (120g) and an iridium strawberry (240g), the preserves will both sell for 290g. Wine, on the other hand, ranges from 360g to 720g. If you have the Artisan profession, iridium strawberry wine will sell for 1,008g.
1Selling
Last but not least, sell your strawberries! We’ve talked a lot about the price of these little berries. One bush will produce, at minimum, a strawberry that you can sell for 120g every four days. Of course, you can get higher-quality strawberries that sell for more.
If you have just six strawberry bushes that produce one iridium-quality strawberry, that’s 1,440g! Strawberry bushes have a small chance to yield more than one berry, so if you are really lucky, you could essentially double this.
