Farmville – Crops are Critical to Your Success
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Creating a successful Farmville farm requires learning which crops will work for your playing habits, and using the highest experience producing crops when you have time.
When you start out playing Farmville and want to advance quickly you must learn about which crops will give you the best success. Planting and harvesting crops earns you experience points and coins but not all crops are created equal.
Berries are the most profitable choice but need the greatest time commitment on your part. For example, strawberries are usually one of your starting crops. Strawberries are a fast growing fruit in Farmville, maturing and ready to harvest in only 4 hours. To speed up your startup efforts, covert virtually all your farm to strawberries. One word of caution, you are going to be busy. You need to harvest every 4 hours, or even more often if you don’t plant all the strawberries at the same time. Strawberries also wilt, and need replanting regularly. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since you get additional points for planting your crops.
Since you will need to sleep sometime, you have to have a strategy for when you need to be away from the farm to sleep or work. Pumpkins can be an excellent choice during these times. You have more time between harvests and wilting, allowing you a good nights sleep. It also helps keep your boss from yelling at you for logging into Farmville.
As you advance farther in the game, you will get the opportunity to begin planting blueberries. Blueberries are a good crop when you don’t have time to harvest for more than 8 hours or overnight. Replacing your pumpkin crops with blueberries will give you more experience points.
Raspberries are for the dedicated farmers. You will get the highest return from raspberries, but they take a great deal of playing time. You will need to login every two hours to keep your farm running optimally with raspberries. If you want to move up levels quickly, raspberries would be a good choice of crop.
For those times when you need to be away for the PC for longer periods of times, rice is an excellent crop. Rice allows you to be away for over 11 hours, giving you plenty of time for a day at work or a good nights sleep.
Other crops you must explore include grapes, tomatoes, coffee, and carrots. The crops all give you reasonable returns in experience while giving you more time than strawberries and raspberries. Depending on your level, grapes can give you up to 16 hours away from the computer.
Just like on a real farm, you have to plan your farms crops and use your resources smartly for the fastest ways to new levels. Don’t let your crops die on the vine while you’re away, when you can plant crops which continue producing through the night. The success of your Farmville enterprise is at stake. Once you know the correct techniques, your friends will be astonished as your farm flourishes and grows way beyond their experience.