Growing and harvesting crops is one of the best ways to make money in Stardew Valley and the Summer season has a few different great options to maximize your profits. Summer has multiple standout options for making money, but it also has a few crops that really aren’t worth growing due to low profits.
Best Summer crops
Melons, blueberries, and red cabbage are excellent summer crops.
The best crops to grow in Summer for profit are blueberries, melons, starfruit, and red cabbage. Starfruit seeds are only profitable if bought from the Oasis shop or made from a seed maker and red cabbage isn’t available at Pierre’s until Year 2. The absolute best option is the blueberries, since the plants continue to reproduce throughout the season, so you don’t have to buy more seeds. Each plant gives multiple blueberries each harvest, drastically increasing the crop’s overall value.
While it can be tempting to only focus on the most profitable crops, if you are going down the community center path, you will need a variety of crops to complete the bundles needed to unlock the Greenhouse.
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Similar to cauliflower in Spring, melons are profitable, but due to their long growth time, you will only get two paydays from them during the season. If you want to spread out your income a bit better, it’s good to mix in a few crops with shorter turnaround times. Corn is also a great crop to plant. While it isn’t as profitable for each harvest, corn continues to produce and it’s a hybrid crop, able to grow during Summer and Fall. That means you can plant a cornfield at the beginning of Summer, and it will produce corn all the way through the end of Fall.
Below you can find a table containing every Spring crop, the cost of their seeds, time it takes to harvest, and sell prices. All of these numbers don’t include potential bonuses, like faster growth time or better sell prices. Seed costs are based on Pierre’s Store, unless it’s noted that they come from a different vendor.
CropSeed CostGrowth Time (days)Sell PriceMelon80G12
Normal: 50G
Silver: 62G
Gold: 75G
Iridium: 100G
Poppy100G7
Normal: 140G
Silver: 175G
Gold: 210G
Iridium: 280G
Radish40G6
Normal: 90G
Silver: 112G
Gold: 135G
Iridium: 180G
Red Cabbage100G (Year 2)9
Normal: 260G
Silver: 325G
Gold: 390G
Iridium: 520G
Starfruit400G (Oasis)13
Normal: 750G
Silver: 937G
Gold: 1,125G
Iridium: 1,500G
Summer Spangle50G8
Normal: 90G
Silver: 112g
Gold: 135G
Iridium: 180G
Sunflower200G8
Normal: 80G
Silver: 100G
Gold: 120G
Iridium: 160G
Wheat10G4
Normal: 25G
Silver: 31G
Gold: 37G
Iridium: 50G
Blueberry80G13 for initial growth, produces every 4 days after
Normal: 50G
Silver: 62G
Gold: 75G
Iridium: 100G
Coffee Bean2,500G (Traveling Cart)10 for initial growth, produces every 2 days after
Normal: 15G
Silver: 18G
Gold: 22G
Iridium: 30G
Corn150G14 for initial growth, produces every 4 days after
Normal: 50G
Silver: 62G
Gold: 75G
Iridium: 100G
Hops60G11 for initial growth, produces every day after
Normal: 25G
Silver: 31G
Gold: 37G
Iridium: 50G
Hot Pepper40G5 for initial growth, produces every 3 days after
Normal: 40G
Silver: 50G
Gold: 60G
Iridium: 80G
Tomato50G11 for initial growth, produces every 4 days after
Normal: 60G
Silver: 75G
Gold: 90G
Iridium: 120G
Summer SquashForaged6 for initial growth, produces every 3 days after
Normal: 45G
Silver: 56G
Gold: 67G
Iridium: 90G
