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Planting is one of the primary activities in Garden Paws.

Growing crops and flowers is one of the more lucrative aspects of the game, as most items that sell for more in the shop require some kind of plant as one ingredient.

Gathering in the Wild vs Planting[]

Starting a garden is by no means required to progress or even make money in the game. All plants on the Main Island will eventually spawn in the wild, and can be gathered by the player at the cost of Energy.

All quests requiring plants can be completed with plants gathered in the wild. It may simply take longer if the needed plant does not respawn as quickly, or if it is not the correct season.

However there are definite benefits to growing your own plants:

  1. Player-grown plants yield slightly more of that plant per harvest.
  2. They are a guaranteed harvest, as opposed to relying on random wild spawns.
  3. Player-grown plants can be planted and harvested in any season. The only limitation is that non-Winter plants take one day longer to grow in Winter.
  4. Fertilizer or Seed Bundles can be used to increase the chance of or guarantee seed drops, instead of relying on them as a rare drop in the wild. With the addition of Seedmakers, Planting becomes pure profit.
  5. Harvesting player-grown plants does not cost energy.

How To Plant Seeds[]

Before you start, you're going to need tools:

The only items you need to start with are a Hoe, a Watering Can, and a Plant Seed, though there are other options as you get familiar with the process.

  1. Pick a spot and use the Hoe on the ground to dig up a patch of soil.
  2. Use a Seed on the soil to plant it.
  3. Use the Watering Can to water the soil. A plant needing water will have a Water Drop droplet icon above it.
  4. Continue watering the soil once per day (you can skip rainy days) until the plant is grown.
  5. Harvest your plant!

Traveling to another island will pause the growth of all plants, including the need to water them.

Energy[]

Planting seeds requires energy:

  • Tilling soil (1Energy Infoicon)
  • Watering soil (1Energy Infoicon)
  • Planting seed (1Energy Infoicon)

Energy is limited in the early stages of the game, so plan accordingly.

With more advanced tools, the only Energy spent will be from planting seeds.

Soil and Planters[]

A patch of soil dug up by a Hoe disappears after 2-3 in-game days of not being watered. However:

  • Watering the soil (including rainy days and sprinkers) "resets" this daily counter.
  • Soil does not disappear if it contains a growing seed.
  • Soil will eventually disappear if it contains a mature plant ready to harvest, but the plant (and the ability to harvest it) will not be affected. This feature can be used along with the No Pick Zone to build creative gardens.

If fussing with keeping soil from disappearing is not your cup of tea, you can get around that by crafting planters.

Planters[]

A planter is a furniture item that comes with pre-tilled soil. Aside from saving you that one point of energy needed when using a Hoe, the soil in a planter never disappears.

To use a planter, place it on the ground, plant a seed inside, and water it the same way you would with hoe-dug soil.

If you don't like the look of a planter sticking up out of the ground, you can use an Item Shifter (before planting anything inside) to sink it into the ground so only a bit of the soil remains showing. It will still function the same way.

Sprinklers[]

Sprinklers are a way to automate watering, which is useful for those who forget to water plants all the time.

How To Use Sprinklers[]

  1. Dig your soil or place your planter.
    Sprinkler Icon
  2. With the sprinkler of choice in your active hotbar slot, begin placing it so you see the green preview.
  3. Move the sprinkler over the soil or planter. If it shows the sprinkler icon (see right), that means placing the sprinkler there will correctly water that plant. Higher grade sprinklers can water more plants at the same time.
  4. Place the sprinkler, and it will begin automatically watering that plant the next morning.

Sprinklers will not water a plant the day they are placed, so you will still need to use the Watering Can that day.

Sprinkler Efficiency Tips[]

Sprinklers affect a radius around them as opposed to X number of plants, so you can water far more soil mounds or planters if you overlap them.

  • To overlap patches of soil, you can turn off Grid Placement (turned on in settings, or hold Alt for quick toggle).
  • The Item Shifter can be used on Planters to nudge them closer together.
An example of overlapping planters to maximize sprinkler use:
Sprinkler Range Example

Sprinklers can also be sunk partially into the ground or inside Planters with the Item Shifter, and they will still water plants. There is a limit to how low down they can work however, so make sure the sprinkler icon is still showing.

Obtaining Seeds[]

Harvesting wild plants sometimes drops 1 seed along with the plant itself, but the chance is very low. However there are ways to get seeds back from home-grown plants:

Fertilizer[]

Using Basic Fertilizer on a single crop will give you a 40% chance of getting 1 seed back on harvest. It does not increase yield (how many plants you get when harvesting), only the chance of receiving a seed.

Seed Bundles[]

Planting using a Seed Bundle guarantees at least one seed back on harvest.

Note: Planting a Seed Bundle in fertilized soil does not increases the chance of getting more than 1 seed by 40%. The bonuses do not stack.

Seedmaker[]

Most plants can be put into a Seedmaker, which will convert 1x plant into 1-2 seeds of that plant. It can only convert 1 plant at a time, and the plant is consumed in the process.

The Fruit Tree Seedmaker works the same way for fruit trees, but requires 10 of that tree's fruit to produce 1-2 fruit tree seeds. The fruit is also destroyed in the process.

Purchasing[]

Plant seeds can be purchased directly from Sammy or Penny on Florens, or Herb on Kozita. Fruit and Birch Tree seeds can be purchased from Bruce.


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Planting GuidePlant ListHoeWatering CanPlantersBasic FertilizerSeedmakerSeed Bundle StationSucculentsSuper Bouquet SeedmakerFlower WorkbenchFruit TreesFruit Tree SeedmakerRice PaddyWheat Field
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