Grow a Garden
Updated May 11, 2026
Best crops tier list
15
crops ranked
Mutation Hunt update
Sheckles per minute
S → D
Based on base sale value ÷ growth time, with a bump for crops that hold up well under common mutations.
S
Top of the meta2 items
Celestial Orchid
Highest mutation ceiling in the game.
Starfruit
Reliable Gold/Rainbow rolls.
A
Strong picks3 items
Moonflower
Mango
Top sustained earner outside events.
Dragon Fruit
B
Solid mid3 items
Pineapple
Coconut
Bamboo
C
Situational3 items
Watermelon
Pumpkin
Apple
D
Bottom of the list4 items
Tomato
Blueberry
Strawberry
Carrot
How crops are ranked
The tier ordering uses sheckles per minute as the primary signal, with a bump for crops whose mutation rolls reliably produce big upside. A 30-minute crop selling for 1,000 sheckles base earns far less per minute than a 5-minute crop selling for 120, but if the long crop has a high Rainbow mutation ceiling, it can lap the short one over a few rolls.
The S tier here is dominated by event crops and the longest-grow standards. The D tier is made up of starter crops; they're not bad — they're how you build the sheckle base to afford S-tier seeds.
Strategy notes
- Don't fill a whole farm with S-tier crops if you're not online to harvest them quickly — mutations time out.
- A mixed farm of B/C crops plus 1–2 S-tier slots usually outperforms a pure S-tier strategy unless you're attentive.
- Event mutations (Shocked, Frozen) make even D-tier crops worth planting during their event windows.