This technique is how you reach the maximum 5 star rank for crops and trees.However much one would like to be able to dash off perfect game walkthroughs quickly, in the case of any Rune Factory or Harvest Moon game, I have found that six months is required to create a decent Walkthrough or General Guide. When you plant the new seeds, the crop will start out having the seed's star rank adding Fertilizer will increase the rank further. As you increase the star rank of your crops, put some in the Grinding Windmill to produce seeds with the same star quality. The Grinding Windmill allows you to turn one crop into two bags of seeds. Generally, you may not want to use Fertilizer until you have the Grinding Windmill unlocked in Fall of your first year. A crop will sparkle once the Fertilizer has been placed on it. It also doesn't matter what time of the day you use it. You can put the Fertilizer on the crops before you water or after you water. For crops, placing Fertilizer once it has matures won't do anything (especially for regrown crops like Yams or Tomatoes) but for trees, Fertilizer will increase the number of fruit it produces. A higher star rank means the crop's star rank will increase faster.įertilizer can be placed on a crop or tree while it is growing in order to increase the star rank of the produced item. The advantage to making your own is that you can get Fertilizer with higher star rank compared to Raul's. You can buy Fertilizer from Raul's Zephyr Town shop for 10 G a bag or you can make your own by combining a Branch and a Weed in your Fermenting Windmill. Crop seeds sold at the bazaar are random Chen might sell Carrot seeds the first week of fall, but he might not sell them again the second week. Raul's town shop will always have basic seeds. You can buy seeds from Raul's shop in Zephyr Town and at Chen's, Felix's, and Raul's bazaar booths. Your harvested crops can be sold as-is at your bazaar or you can process the crops either cook them in your kitchen or process them into new items at the Fermenting or Grinding windmills. Don't forget to fill up your Watering Can by using it at the water pump.

Then equip the seeds, plant them in the ground, and water the seeds until the crops are full grown and harvestable. To plant crops, go to your crop field south of your house and use the Hoe on the soil.

At the beginning of the game, Felix will visit your house and give you a Watering Can, a Hoe, and some bags of Turnip Seeds. Growing your own crops is the best way to make money in the beginning of the game, when you don't have any animals to care for or access to the Manufacturing Windmill to make jewelry.

Sunshine islands watering twice