Fertilizer

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See also: Crop Growth Calendars

Fertilizer is used to support crop growth and assist in farming. Some fertilizer is used by placing it on tilled soil before the planted seed sprouts; other fertilizer can be used at any time during plant growth. Fertilizer affects all crops, including crops grown from Wild Seeds.

All fertilizer can be crafted, once the required level of Farming or Foraging skill is reached. Fertilizer can also be purchased at Pierre's General Store year-round, or at The Oasis on specific days of the week.

Fertilizer remains in the soil all season. When the season changes, fertilizer normally disappears. However, there are two exceptions in which fertilizer will remain in the soil:

• If a multi-season crop (i.e., Ancient Fruit, Coffee Bean, Corn, Sunflower, or Wheat) is planted in the fertilized tile, and the new season is one in which the crop grows, the fertilizer will remain.
• Any crop planted in the greenhouse before its normal growing season will retain its fertilizer if the new season is one in which it normally grows.

Note that crop quality is determined at harvest time and not at planting time, so fertilizer used in the Greenhouse on crops which will mature out of their normal growing season will disappear before harvest and have no effect.

Removing a crop with a Tool like the Pickaxe does not remove the fertilizer. A second hit with a tool is required to remove the fertilizer.

Only one type of fertilizer may be used per soil tile.

Types of Fertilizer

Image	Name	Description	When to Use	Pierre's	Oasis	Sell Price	Ingredients	# Produced per Craft	Recipe Source
	Basic Fertilizer	Improves soil quality a little, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil.	Before the seed sprouts	100g (Spring 15, Year 1+)		2g	Sap (2)	1	Farming Level 1
	Quality Fertilizer	Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil.	Before the seed sprouts	150g (Year 2+)		10g	Sap (2) Fish (1)	1	Farming Level 9
	Tree Fertilizer	Sprinkle on a wild tree to ensure rapid growth, even in winter. Doesn't work on fruit trees.	After planting on tree seeds and saplings	N/A		10g	Fiber (5) Stone (5)	1	Foraging Level 7
	Basic Retaining Soil	This soil has a chance of staying watered overnight. Mix into tilled soil.	Before or after planting	100g (Spring 15, Year 1+)		4g	Stone (2)	1	Farming Level 4
	Quality Retaining Soil	This soil has a good chance of staying watered overnight. Mix into tilled soil.	Before or after planting	150g	200g (Saturday only)	5g	Stone (3) Clay (1)	2	Farming Level 7
	Speed-Gro	Stimulates leaf production. Guaranteed to increase growth rate by at least 10%. Mix into tilled soil. Note: Does not reduce time between harvests for multi-harvest crops.	Before or after planting	100g (Spring 15, Year 1+)		20g	Pine Tar (1) Clam (1)	5	Farming Level 3
	Deluxe Speed-Gro	Stimulates leaf production. Guaranteed to increase growth rate by at least 25%. Mix into tilled soil. Note: Does not reduce time between harvests for multi-harvest crops.	Before or after planting	150g (Year 2+)	80g (Thursday only)	40g	Oak Resin (1) Coral (1)	5	Farming Level 8
	Deluxe Fertilizer	Greatly improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil.				70g	Iridium Bar (1) Sap (40)	5	Qi's Walnut Room for Qi Gem (20)
	Deluxe Retaining Soil	This soil has a 100% chance of staying watered overnight. Mix into tilled soil.					Stone (5) Fiber (3) Clay (1)	1	Island Trader for Cinder Shard (50)
	Hyper Speed-Gro	Greatly stimulates leaf production. Guaranteed to increase growth rate by at least 33%. Mix into tilled soil.				70g	Radioactive Ore (1) Bone Fragment (3) Solar Essence (1)	1	Qi's Walnut Room for Qi Gem (30)

Crop Quality Ratios

Note that quality is determined at the time of harvest, and not at the time of planting. For crops that produce multiples at harvest (i.e., Coffee Bean, Blueberry, Cranberries), Basic and Quality fertilizers affect only the first crop produced.

For the complete formula, please see Farming.

Normal soil

Farming level	% Regular quality	% Silver quality	% Gold quality	Average price
0	97%	2%	1%	1.01
1	91%	6%	3%	1.03
2	85%	10%	5%	1.05
3	80%	13%	7%	1.07
4	75%	16%	9%	1.09
5	69%	20%	11%	1.10
6	64%	23%	13%	1.12
7	60%	25%	15%	1.14
8	55%	28%	17%	1.16
9	50%	31%	19%	1.17
10	46%	33%	21%	1.19
11	42%	35%	23%	1.20
12	38%	37%	25%	1.22
13	34%	39%	27%	1.23

Soil with Basic Fertilizer

Farming level	% Regular quality	% Silver quality	% Gold quality	Average price
0	88%	8%	4%	1.04
1	77%	15%	8%	1.08
2	68%	20%	12%	1.11
3	59%	26%	15%	1.14
4	50%	31%	19%	1.17
5	42%	35%	23%	1.20
6	35%	39%	26%	1.23
7	28%	42%	30%	1.25
8	22%	44%	34%	1.28
9	16%	47%	37%	1.30
10	15%	44%	41%	1.32
11	14%	41%	45%	1.33
12	13%	39%	48%	1.34
13	12%	36%	52%	1.35

Soil with Quality Fertilizer

Farming level	% Regular quality	% Silver quality	% Gold quality	Average price
0	78%	14%	8%	1.07
1	64%	23%	13%	1.12
2	52%	30%	18%	1.17
3	40%	36%	24%	1.21
4	30%	41%	29%	1.25
5	21%	45%	34%	1.28
6	15%	45%	40%	1.31
7	14%	41%	45%	1.33
8	13%	37%	50%	1.34
9	11%	33%	56%	1.36
10	10%	29%	61%	1.38
11	9%	25%	66%	1.39
12	7%	21%	72%	1.41
13	6%	17%	77%	1.43

Soil with Deluxe Fertilizer

Farming level	% Regular quality	% Silver quality	% Gold quality	% Iridium Quality	Average price
0	66%	19%	10%	6%	1.15
1	48%	27%	16%	9%	1.24
2	33%	33%	22%	13%	1.32
3	21%	37%	27%	16%	1.39
4	12%	37%	31%	20%	1.44
5	10%	31%	35%	23%	1.49
6	9%	26%	39%	27%	1.52
7	7%	21%	42%	30%	1.56
8	5%	16%	45%	34%	1.60
9	4%	12%	47%	37%	1.63
10	3%	8%	48%	41%	1.67
11	2%	5%	49%	44%	1.70
12	1%	2%	50%	48%	1.73
13	0%	0%	49%	51%	1.76

Appearance

Once used on tilled soil, each type of fertilizer has a unique appearance, allowing you to see what type of fertilizer has been used on a given tile.

Name	Unwatered	Watered
Basic Fertilizer
Quality Fertilizer
Basic Retaining Soil
Quality Retaining Soil
Speed-Gro
Deluxe Speed-Gro
Deluxe Fertilizer
Deluxe Retaining Soil
Hyper Speed-Gro

Fertilizer Cost

See also: When to turn your fish into Quality Fertilizer

With the exception of Quality Fertilizer, crafting Fertilizer is always cheaper than purchasing it.

Each time you craft Speed-Gro or Deluxe Speed-Gro, you receive 5 fertilizers. Each time you craft Quality Retaining Soil, you receive 2 fertilizers, though crafting just one would still be cheaper than purchasing it.

The tables below compare the cost of crafting Speed-Gro or Deluxe Speed-Gro against purchasing them at the Oasis or Pierre's. The cost of crafting is the sell price of the constituent ingredients.

Cost for 5 Speed-Gro Clam Quality Crafting Pierre's No Profession Normal 150g 500g Silver 162g Gold 175g Iridium 200g Tapper Profession Normal 175g Silver 187g Gold 200g Iridium 225g

Cost for 5 Deluxe Speed-Gro Coral Quality Crafting Oasis Pierre's No Profession Normal 230g 400g 750g Silver 250g Gold 270g Iridium 310g Tapper Profession Normal 267g Silver 287g Gold 307g Iridium 347g

Note: Technically it is not possible to find iridium quality clam/coral if you have chosen the Tapper Profession.

Bugs

• Fertilizer used in a Garden Pot will disappear when harvesting the crop, especially if using seeds other than Wild Seeds.

History

• 1.4: The number of items per craft now shows in the crafting menu before items are in inventory. Speed-Gro and Deluxe Speed-Gro now have an effect if used after planting.
• 1.5: Added tier three fertilizers