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FarmVille - Crops: What to plant?

Introduction:

The seeds for your crops can be found in your Market window.
What you find there looks like this:

With this limited information, you have to choose and decide from the long list which crop you will plant.
Aaah, decisions, decisions ...

FAQs: What do I plant when ... (for answers, see bottom of this page)

I want to level up as quickly as possible?
I want to get the most possible coins in the shortest time possible?
I have an instagrow potion?
I have this many hours and I'll be away from computer?
I have this many hours and I'll be at the computer the entire time?
Do I plant one crop for the entire time, or do I plant several shorter growing crops"

1. How do you decide which crops to plant?

What you can plant depends on when you can get back to your computer.

Don't plant something if you can't be back before it withers on you.
If you're at your computer all day/night and have nothing better to do, repeated short-time crops help you advance quicker.
The mid-range crops are ideal to get across your sleepy time.
The shortest growth-time you'd want for that is about half your normal rest-period.
Away for a while? Choose the long-growing crops.
A 4-day crop gives you 10 days before they start withering.
Away even longer?
Don't plant anything at all unless you have an unwither potion or are willing spend farm cash to unwither.
Alternatively, you can get the FarmVille app for your cell phone that allows you to tend your farm even when away from home...

Other than that, the choice is entirely up to you.

	You farm for your enjoyment.
	You do as you please,
	Try out everything at least once, if only to ...
	Enjoy the many changing views and colors as your crop grows and matures.

BUT ...

2. An informed crop choice can help you advance quicker in the game.

Experience points help you level up.
Farm Coins are required to purchase buildings and other helpful items.
So, especially as a beginning farmer, you may want to chose those crops that give you the best possible outcome.

Crops cost/benefit analysis:
To calculate the yield of a crop, you need to take the entire crop cycle into account.

	Plowing gives you 1XP, but costs you 15 coins.
	Planting gives you the XP shown in the Market listing, but the seeds cost you coins.
	Harvesting gets you the coins shown in the Market listing + 1 Master point (MP) or Experience point (XP)
	Fertilizing adds one XP per fertilized plot during harvesting.
	Bushel boosting can add an additional +1MP or +1XP to the harvesting yield. (before/after mastering the crop)

Growing Time can be important !

Example: Raspberries vs. Strawberries?

(all values on this page as per 2011/11/22)

At first glance, you might think your choice would depend on whether coins or experience are more important at that moment. 46-20 = 26 coins + 0 XP vs. 35-10 = 25 coins + 1 XP ?
Wrong!

You can grow 2 crops of Raspberries in the same time as 1 crop of Strawberries.

[(46 harvest - 20 seed price - 15 plowing) + 1 XP plowing + 1MP/XP harvest ] x 2 crops
= 22 coins + 2XP + 2MP/XP in 4 hours vs.
(35 harvest - 10 seed - 15 plowing) + 1XP plowing + 1XP crop.
= 20 coins + 2XP + 1MP/XP in 4 hours

Apart from the fact that you have to do twice as many clicking to grow 2 crops of Raspberries in the same time as 1 crop of strawberries, the advantage is clearly with Raspberries: 2 extra coins per plot, equal experience, and double the master or extra experience points.

If you fertilize the crop (+1XP) or if you use a bushel boost, (+1MP/XP), the advantage shifts even more to Raspberries.

3. The crops:

Crop listing (home farm, from the market listing, sorted A-Z, end 2011)

Market SEED LIST

			MARKET				MARKET		MARKET	PLOWED			BOOSTED OR FERTILIZED			BOOSTED AND FERTILIZED
	icon	name	harvest revenue	seed cost	plowing cost	1-Crop YIELD	growing time	yield /Hr	1-crop XP	1-crop XP+1XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+2XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+3XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr

1		Acorn squash	258	-175	-15	68	10	6.80	1.00	2.00	10	0.20	3.00	10	0.30	4.00	10	0.40
2		Aloe Vera	85	-50	-15	20	6	3.33	1.00	2.00	6	0.33	3.00	6	0.50	4.00	6	0.67
3		Super Aloe	90	-50	-15	25	6	4.17	1.00	2.00	6	0.33	3.00	6	0.50	4.00	6	0.67
4		Amaranth	350	-220	-15	115	16	7.19	2.00	3.00	16	0.19	4.00	16	0.25	5.00	16	0.31
5		Artichoke	204	-70	-15	119	96	1.24	2.00	3.00	96	0.03	4.00	96	0.04	5.00	96	0.05
6		Asparagus	357	-220	-15	122	16	7.63	2.00	3.00	16	0.19	4.00	16	0.25	5.00	16	0.31
7		Bamboo	550	-420	-15	115	16	7.19	2.00	3.00	16	0.19	4.00	16	0.25	5.00	16	0.31
8		Basil	400	-300	-15	85	10	8.50	1.00	2.00	10	0.20	3.00	10	0.30	4.00	10	0.40
9		Bell Pepper	198	-75	-15	108	48	2.25	2.00	3.00	48	0.06	4.00	48	0.08	5.00	48	0.10
10		Black Berry	117	-75	-15	27	4	6.75	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
11		Super Black Berry	125	-75	-15	35	4	8.75	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
12		Blueberry	91	-50	-15	26	4	6.50	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
13		Super Blueberry	100	-50	-15	35	4	8.75	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
14		Broccoli	473	-200	-15	258	48	5.38	2.00	3.00	48	0.06	4.00	48	0.08	5.00	48	0.10
15		Cabbage	388	-140	-15	233	48	4.85	2.00	3.00	48	0.06	4.00	48	0.08	5.00	48	0.10
16		Super Cabbage	390	-140	-15	235	48	4.90	5.00	6.00	48	0.13	7.00	48	0.15	8.00	48	0.17
17		Carnival Squash	435	-355	-15	65	8	8.13	1.00	2.00	8	0.25	3.00	8	0.38	4.00	8	0.50
18		Carrot	200	-110	-15	75	12	6.25	1.00	2.00	12	0.17	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33
19		Chardonnay	315	-200	-15	100	10	10.00	2.00	3.00	10	0.30	4.00	10	0.40	5.00	10	0.50
20		Chickpea	210	-80	-15	115	20	5.75	2.00	3.00	20	0.15	4.00	20	0.20	5.00	20	0.25
21		Clover	368	-325	-15	28	4	7.00	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
22		Coffee	243	-120	-15	108	16	6.75	1.00	2.00	16	0.13	3.00	16	0.19	4.00	16	0.25
23		Columbine	380	-340	-15	25	4	6.25	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
24		Corn	380	-150	-15	215	72	2.99	2.00	3.00	72	0.04	4.00	72	0.06	5.00	72	0.07
25		Cotton	207	-75	-15	117	12	9.75	2.00	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42
26		Super Cotton	207	-75	-15	117	12	9.75	3.00	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42	6.00	12	0.50
27		Cranberry	98	-55	-15	28	10	2.80	1.00	2.00	10	0.20	3.00	10	0.30	4.00	10	0.40
28		Super Cranberry	98	-55	-15	28	10	2.80	2.00	3.00	10	0.30	4.00	10	0.40	5.00	10	0.50
29		Cucumber	450	-290	-15	145	24	6.04	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
30		Daffodil	135	-60	-15	60	48	1.25	2.00	3.00	48	0.06	4.00	48	0.08	5.00	48	0.10
31		Double Grain	167	-58	-15	94	12	7.83	2.00	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42
32		Eggplant	88	-25	-15	48	48	1.00	2.00	3.00	48	0.06	4.00	48	0.08	5.00	48	0.10
33		Elderberry	270	-195	-15	60	12	5.00	2.00	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42
34		Electric Lily	1111	-950	-15	146	24	6.08	4.00	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25	7.00	24	0.29
35		Fire Pepper	302	-150	-15	137	12	11.42	3.00	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42	6.00	12	0.50
36		Forget-me-not	900	-725	-15	160	18	8.89	2.00	3.00	18	0.17	4.00	18	0.22	5.00	18	0.28
37		Ghost Chili	136	-80	-15	41	6	6.83	1.00	2.00	6	0.33	3.00	6	0.50	4.00	6	0.67
38		Ginger	320	-170	-15	135	18	7.50	2.00	3.00	18	0.17	4.00	18	0.22	5.00	18	0.28
39		Gladiolus	260	-200	-15	45	6	7.50	1.00	2.00	6	0.33	3.00	6	0.50	4.00	6	0.67
40		Golden Poppy	130	-50	-15	65	24	2.71	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
41		Grape	270	-85	-15	170	24	7.08	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
42		Super Grape	270	-85	-15	170	24	7.08	4.00	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25	7.00	24	0.29
43		Green Tea	191	-105	-15	71	10	7.10	1.00	2.00	10	0.20	3.00	10	0.30	4.00	10	0.40
44		Heirloom Carrot	210	-110	-15	85	12	7.08	1.00	2.00	12	0.17	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33
45		Iris	520	-400	-15	105	24	4.38	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
46		Jalapeno	130	-80	-15	35	8	4.38	1.00	2.00	8	0.25	3.00	8	0.38	4.00	8	0.50
47		Lavender	384	-160	-15	209	48	4.35	2.00	3.00	48	0.06	4.00	48	0.08	5.00	48	0.10
48		Leek	220	-95	-15	110	16	6.88	2.00	3.00	16	0.19	4.00	16	0.25	5.00	16	0.31
49		Lemon Balm	290	-230	-15	45	6	7.50	1.00	2.00	6	0.33	3.00	6	0.50	4.00	6	0.67
50		Lilac	75	-35	-15	25	10	2.50	1.00	2.00	10	0.20	3.00	10	0.30	4.00	10	0.40
51		Lilac Daffy	220	-85	-15	120	16	7.50	3.00	4.00	16	0.25	5.00	16	0.31	6.00	16	0.38
52		Lily	369	-195	-15	159	24	6.63	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
53		Long Onion	505	-255	-15	235	12	19.58	3.00	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42	6.00	12	0.50
54		Morning Glory	123	-60	-15	48	12	4.00	1.00	2.00	12	0.17	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33
55		Super Morning	150	-60	-15	75	12	6.25	2.00	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42
56		Oats	310	-225	-15	70	8	8.75	1.00	2.00	8	0.25	3.00	8	0.38	4.00	8	0.50
57		Onion	275	-170	-15	90	12	7.50	1.00	2.00	12	0.17	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33
58		Orange Daisy	590	-410	-15	165	24	6.88	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
59		Pattypan Squash	160	-65	-15	80	16	5.00	1.00	2.00	16	0.13	3.00	16	0.19	4.00	16	0.25
60		Super Pattypan	180	-65	-15	100	16	6.25	3.00	4.00	16	0.25	5.00	16	0.31	6.00	16	0.38
61		Pea	381	-190	-15	176	24	7.33	3.00	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25
62		Super Pea	381	-190	-15	176	24	7.33	5.00	6.00	24	0.25	7.00	24	0.29	8.00	24	0.33
63		Peanut	78	-20	-15	43	16	2.69	1.00	2.00	16	0.13	3.00	16	0.19	4.00	16	0.25
64		Super Peanut	90	-20	-15	55	16	3.44	3.00	4.00	16	0.25	5.00	16	0.31	6.00	16	0.38
65		Pepper	162	-70	-15	77	24	3.21	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
66		Super Pepper	162	-70	-15	77	24	3.21	4.00	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25	7.00	24	0.29
67		Peppermint	150	-50	-15	85	24	3.54	1.00	2.00	24	0.08	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17
68		Pineapple	242	-95	-15	132	48	2.75	2.00	3.00	48	0.06	4.00	48	0.08	5.00	48	0.10
69		Super Pineapple	242	-95	-15	132	48	2.75	5.00	6.00	48	0.13	7.00	48	0.15	8.00	48	0.17
70		Pink Rose	254	-120	-15	119	48	2.48	2.00	3.00	48	0.06	4.00	48	0.08	5.00	48	0.10
71		Super Pink Rose	242	-120	-15	107	48	2.23	5.00	6.00	48	0.13	7.00	48	0.15	8.00	48	0.17
72		Posole Corn	370	-280	-15	75	12	6.25	1.00	2.00	12	0.17	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33
73		Potato	345	-135	-15	195	72	2.71	2.00	3.00	72	0.04	4.00	72	0.06	5.00	72	0.07
74		Super Potato	600	-135	-15	450	72	6.25	8.00	9.00	72	0.13	10.00	72	0.14	11.00	72	0.15
75		Pumpkin	68	-30	-15	23	8	2.88	1.00	2.00	8	0.25	3.00	8	0.38	4.00	8	0.50
76		Super Pumpkin	68	-30	-15	23	8	2.88	2.00	3.00	8	0.38	4.00	8	0.50	5.00	8	0.63
77		Purple Asparagus	365	-220	-15	130	16	8.13	2.00	3.00	16	0.19	4.00	16	0.25	5.00	16	0.31
78		Purple Poppy	238	-200	-15	23	8	2.88	1.00	2.00	8	0.25	3.00	8	0.38	4.00	8	0.50
79		Purple Tomato	274	-150	-15	109	4	27.25	2.00	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00	5.00	4	1.25
80		Raspberry	46	-20	-15	11	2	5.50	0.00	1.00	2	0.50	2.00	2	1.00	3.00	2	1.50
81		Red Spinach	255	-100	-15	140	14	10.00	3.00	4.00	14	0.29	5.00	14	0.36	6.00	14	0.43
82		Red Tulip	159	-75	-15	69	24	2.88	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
83		Red Wheat	449	-180	-15	254	72	3.53	2.00	3.00	72	0.04	4.00	72	0.06	5.00	72	0.07
84		Rhubarb	150	-65	-15	70	16	4.38	1.00	2.00	16	0.13	3.00	16	0.19	4.00	16	0.25
85		Rice	96	-45	-15	36	12	3.00	1.00	2.00	12	0.17	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33
86		Royal Hops	240	-150	-15	75	10	7.50	1.00	2.00	10	0.20	3.00	10	0.30	4.00	10	0.40
87		Rye	290	-140	-15	135	20	6.75	2.00	3.00	20	0.15	4.00	20	0.20	5.00	20	0.25
88		Saffron	450	-365	-15	70	10	7.00	1.00	2.00	10	0.20	3.00	10	0.30	4.00	10	0.40
89		Soybean	63	-15	-15	33	24	1.38	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
90		Spinach	95	-35	-15	45	14	3.21	2.00	3.00	14	0.21	4.00	14	0.29	5.00	14	0.36
91		Square Melon	590	-410	-15	165	24	6.88	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
92		Squash	121	-40	-15	66	48	1.38	2.00	3.00	48	0.06	4.00	48	0.08	5.00	48	0.10
93		Squmpkin	199	-70	-15	114	16	7.13	3.00	4.00	16	0.25	5.00	16	0.31	6.00	16	0.38
94		Straspberry	91	-20	-15	56	2	28.00	2.00	3.00	2	1.50	4.00	2	2.00	5.00	2	2.50
95		Strawberry	35	-10	-15	10	4	2.50	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
96		Super Strawberry	50	-10	-15	25	4	6.25	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
97		Sugar Cane	239	-165	-15	59	8	7.38	1.00	2.00	8	0.25	3.00	8	0.38	4.00	8	0.50
98		Sun Poppy	455	-185	-15	255	24	10.63	3.00	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25
99		Sunflower	315	-135	-15	165	24	6.88	2.00	3.00	24	0.13	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21
100		Tomato	173	-100	-15	58	8	7.25	1.00	2.00	8	0.25	3.00	8	0.38	4.00	8	0.50
101		Watermelon	348	-130	-15	203	96	2.11	2.00	3.00	96	0.03	4.00	96	0.04	5.00	96	0.05
102		Super Watermelon	400	-130	-15	255	96	2.66	10.00	11.00	96	0.11	12.00	96	0.13	13.00	96	0.14
103		Wheat	61	-13	-15	33	12	2.75	1.00	2.00	12	0.17	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33
104		Whisky Peat	680	-290	-15	375	24	15.63	3.00	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25
105		White Grape	360	-245	-15	100	12	8.33	2.00	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42
106		White Rose	777	-620	-15	142	24	5.92	3.00	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25
107		Yellow Melon	528	-205	-15	308	96	3.21	2.00	3.00	96	0.03	4.00	96	0.04	5.00	96	0.05
108		Super Yellow Melon	528	-205	-15	308	96	3.21	10.00	11.00	96	0.11	12.00	96	0.13	13.00	96	0.14
109		Zinfandel	250	-50	-15	185	24	7.71	3.00	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25
110		Zucchini	220	-120	-15	85	16	5.31	2.00	3.00	16	0.19	4.00	16	0.25	5.00	16	0.31

COMMENTS:

Super Crops

	The seed price of super crops is assumed to be the same as the regular crop.
	Because most of these super and greenhouse crops were still locked for me at my current level when this was written, their prices are not shown.

Greenhouse seeds and "neighbor" seeds.

	The greenhouse seeds can be harvested in small amounts from your neighbors' greenhouses and from the feeds when other players share those seeds.
	There is no cost for these 'neighbor seeds' other than your effort of visiting your neighbor or following the feed link.
	Because there is no seed cost, the yield from these 'neighbor seeds' is MUCH higher than what is listed here in the table.
	When you make these seeds in your greenhouse, or purchase them from the market after mastering the crop, you have to pay for them.
	The cost after mastery is slightly less than before (e.g. purple tomato: 150 in greenhouse, 140 after mastery in market.)

English Cottage and Lighthouse Cove crops are not included in this table.

	I don't have the English farm because I started playing FarmVille after that quest was closed.
	Lighthouse cove allows so few farming plots (35 for starters) that coin or experience generation is negligible compared to home farm. Fertilize All and Instagrow potions are wasted if used there. You would do better to park all your animals and trees there and do the farming at your home farm.

A few approximations:

The relative value in these tables were calculated on growing time only.

Because plowing, planting and harvesting takes time, regardless of what method you use,
the actual values would be somewhat lower, depending on how much time you need to complete those tasks.

	one-at-a-time clicking takes up the longest, even when your avatar is fenced in. It takes 2352 clicks and about a full hour to harvest, plow. plant a 28x28 field.
	Using the combine with turbo boosters, you can be done with a single click in less than 10 seconds. But it will cost you...

The difference would be most pronounced with the short-term crops, because of repeat crop-cycles.

I know that Zynga uses a 23-hour day for crops ≥ 1day. I have used 24 hours/day for the calculations.
That may affect the relative values somewhat, but would not substantially change the ranking.

Because these corrections would be consistent throughout the table if you use the same plow-plant-harvest method every time,
those approximations will not significantly alter the conclusions drawn from these tables.

4. What do all the numbers in this table mean, what use is this?

These numbers allow you to find the best performing crop in a category by sorting the table from high to low in that colum.

A. Looking at revenue:

a1. The absolute coin yield = values per 1 crop cycle
are most important when

	you can use an instagrow potion. You will want to use those with the highest yield for the one crop, regardless of growth time. Go down the table below, and look for the seed with the highest yield that you can access.
	you want the best choice for a pre-determined growing time that you will be away from the computer. (e.g. overnight) You also are looking at a single crop yield, but one where growth time is important. Go down the table below, and look for the first accessible crop with your desired growing time.

top-10 SEED LIST SORTED BY 1-CROP YIELD - for the complete list see THIS PAGE

		MARKET				MARKET		MARKET	PLOWED			BOOSTED OR FERTILIZED			BOOSTED AND FERTILIZED
	name	harvest revenue	seed cost	plowing cost	1-Crop YIELD	growing time	yield /Hr	1-crop XP	1-crop XP+1XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+2XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+3XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr
1	Super Potato	600	-135	-15	450	72	6.25	8.00	9.00	72	0.13	10.00	72	0.14	11.00	72	0.15
2	Whisky Peat	680	-290	-15	375	24	15.63	3.00	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25
3	Yellow Melon	528	-205	-15	308	96	3.21	2.00	3.00	96	0.03	4.00	96	0.04	5.00	96	0.05
4	Super Yellow Melon	528	-205	-15	308	96	3.21	10.00	11.00	96	0.11	12.00	96	0.13	13.00	96	0.14
5	Broccoli	473	-200	-15	258	48	5.38	2.00	3.00	48	0.06	4.00	48	0.08	5.00	48	0.10
6	Sun Poppy	455	-185	-15	255	24	10.63	3.00	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25
7	Super Watermelon	400	-130	-15	255	96	2.66	10.00	11.00	96	0.11	12.00	96	0.13	13.00	96	0.14
8	Red Wheat	449	-180	-15	254	72	3.53	2.00	3.00	72	0.04	4.00	72	0.06	5.00	72	0.07
9	Super Cabbage	390	-140	-15	235	48	4.90	5.00	6.00	48	0.13	7.00	48	0.15	8.00	48	0.17
10	Long Onion	505	-255	-15	235	12	19.58	3.00	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42	6.00	12	0.50

Comment:
Most of these high-revenue crops are not accessible to the beginning farmer, because they are greenhouse crops, or they are locked until you reach a much higher level. Just go down the list until you reach the highest-yield crop seed that you can access.
That is probably not the crop with the highest harvest value. Don't forget to deduct the seed price and plowing cost!

a2. The relative coin yield = values per hour
are most useful to help answer the question "Do I plant several short-term crops vs. one long term?"

	For this to work, you have to grow the crop normally, AND be available at the computer to harvest and replant the shorter-term crops immediately after they become ready.
	Because it does take time to harvest, plow and plant again the actual values for repeat crops will be somewhat less than calculated. How much less depends on how long you take to replant.
	To maintain these high yields forever you would have to be at the computer every 4 (2) hours, around the clock. That is no longer an enjoyable game, and ultimately self-limiting as well ...
	The most realistic way to use this table is to look at your daily schedule, determine what times you will be available (want to, are willing to ...) find the highest-yield crops with the appropriate growing times for your schedule.

Anything with a yield >10/hour is well above average.

top-10 SEED LIST SORTED BY RELATIVE YIELD (per hour) - for the complete list see THIS PAGE

		MARKET				MARKET		MARKET	PLOWED			BOOSTED OR FERTILIZED			BOOSTED AND FERTILIZED
	name	harvest revenue	seed cost	plowing cost	1-Crop YIELD	growing time	yield /Hr	1-crop XP	1-crop XP+1XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+2XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+3XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr
1	Straspberry	91	-20	-15	56	2	28.00	2.00	3.00	2	1.50	4.00	2	2.00	5.00	2	2.50
2	Purple Tomato	274	-150	-15	109	4	27.25	2.00	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00	5.00	4	1.25
3	Long Onion	505	-255	-15	235	12	19.58	3.00	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42	6.00	12	0.50
4	Whisky Peat	680	-290	-15	375	24	15.63	3.00	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25
5	Fire Pepper	302	-150	-15	137	12	11.42	3.00	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42	6.00	12	0.50
6	Sun Poppy	455	-185	-15	255	24	10.63	3.00	4.00	24	0.17	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25
7	Chardonnay	315	-200	-15	100	10	10.00	2.00	3.00	10	0.30	4.00	10	0.40	5.00	10	0.50
8	Red Spinach	255	-100	-15	140	14	10.00	3.00	4.00	14	0.29	5.00	14	0.36	6.00	14	0.43
9	Cotton	207	-75	-15	117	12	9.75	2.00	3.00	12	0.25	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42
10	Super Cotton	207	-75	-15	117	12	9.75	3.00	4.00	12	0.33	5.00	12	0.42	6.00	12	0.50

Comments:

The top 2 are short-term crops (4 and 2 hours!).

	These are by far the best choices for coin yield (and XP as well) BUT
	You have to be there to harvest, plow and replant immediately when the crop is ready.

In the top 10 crops, 7 are greenhouse seeds.

	You have to master these crops before you can purchase them from the market. The market price after mastering is lower than the combined price in the grenhouse (e.g. straspberry: 20 coins in market after mastery vs. 30 coins to make the seeds in the greenhouse)
	These seeds are only available to the beginning farmer after they build a greenhouse, and even then in small amounts (50 per batch every 3 days.)
	By harvesting greenhouses while visiting neighbors, or following the facebook feeds, you can get small amounts of these seeds free of charge! (hint, hint ...)

The remainder of the top-10 are also locked to the beginning farmer until you level up to the required level.

CONCLUSIONS from this table:

Coin yield should not be the priority of the beginning farmer! You cannot access these crops until later.
Look at Experience instead so you can level up quickly to unlock these high-yield crops!
You should try to master the greenhouse seeds ASAP. They give much better yield than other seeds.

B. Looking at Experience (leveling up)

When you want to level up quickly, the number of experience points you get from a crop are important.
But unless you can use an instagrow potion, it is even more important to know the relative values.
No use growing a crop with an experience yield that looks high on paper, if it takes forever to grow.

Case in point: The super crops have the highest per-crop experience values, (9 super crops in the top-10) but if we look at the relative values, none of those show up in the top-40! Very useful for instagrow potions, otherwise, why even bother?

Top-10 SEED LIST SORTED BY 1-CROP EXPERIENCE - for complete list see THIS PAGE

The order remains unchanged for plowed only vs. plowed + 1 boost vs. plowed + double boost.

		MARKET				MARKET		MARKET	PLOWED			BOOSTED OR FERTILIZED			BOOSTED AND FERTILIZED

	name	harvest revenue	seed cost	plowing cost	1-Crop YIELD	growing time	yield /Hr	s1-crop XP	1-crop XP+1XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+2XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+3XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr
1	Super Watermelon	400	-130	-15	255	96	2.66	10.00	11.00	96	0.11	12.00	96	0.13	13.00	96	0.14
2	Super Yellow Melon	528	-205	-15	308	96	3.21	10.00	11.00	96	0.11	12.00	96	0.13	13.00	96	0.14
3	Super Potato	600	-135	-15	450	72	6.25	8.00	9.00	72	0.13	10.00	72	0.14	11.00	72	0.15
4	Super Cabbage	390	-140	-15	235	48	4.90	5.00	6.00	48	0.13	7.00	48	0.15	8.00	48	0.17
5	Super Pea	381	-190	-15	176	24	7.33	5.00	6.00	24	0.25	7.00	24	0.29	8.00	24	0.33
6	Super Pineapple	242	-95	-15	132	48	2.75	5.00	6.00	48	0.13	7.00	48	0.15	8.00	48	0.17
7	Super Pink Rose	242	-120	-15	107	48	2.23	5.00	6.00	48	0.13	7.00	48	0.15	8.00	48	0.17
8	Electric Lily	1111	-950	-15	146	24	6.08	4.00	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25	7.00	24	0.29
9	Super Grape	270	-85	-15	170	24	7.08	4.00	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25	7.00	24	0.29
10	Super Pepper	162	-70	-15	77	24	3.21	4.00	5.00	24	0.21	6.00	24	0.25	7.00	24	0.29

Because of some glitch you cannot fertilize when you use repeated instagrow.

Relative values:

top 10 SEED LIST SORTED BY RELATIVE EXPERIENCE (/Hr) - for complete lists see THIS PAGE

Order does change: plowed only vs. plowed + 1 boost vs. plowed + double boost.

lists sorted for relative XP first, then for relative yield.

		MARKET				MARKET			PLOWED			BOOSTED OR FERTILIZED			BOOSTED AND FERTILIZED
	name	harvest revenue	seed cost	plowing cost	1-Crop YIELD	growing time	yield /Hr	1-crop XP	1-crop XP+1XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+2XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+3XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr
							2				1
1	Straspberry	91	-20	-15	56	2	28.00	2.00	3.00	2	1.50	4.00	2	2.00	5.00	2	2.50
2	Purple Tomato	274	-150	-15	109	4	27.25	2.00	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00	5.00	4	1.25
3	Super Black Berry	125	-75	-15	35	4	8.75	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
4	Super Blueberry	100	-50	-15	35	4	8.75	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
5	Clover	368	-325	-15	28	4	7.00	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
6	Black Berry	117	-75	-15	27	4	6.75	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
7	Blueberry	91	-50	-15	26	4	6.50	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
8	Columbine	380	-340	-15	25	4	6.25	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
9	Super Strawberry	50	-10	-15	25	4	6.25	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
10	Raspberry	46	-20	-15	11	2	5.50	0.00	1.00	2	0.50	2.00	2	1.00	3.00	2	1.50

		MARKET				MARKET			PLOWED			BOOSTED OR FERTILIZED			BOOSTED AND FERTILIZED
	name	harvest revenue	seed cost	plowing cost	1-Crop YIELD	growing time	yield /Hr	1-crop XP	1-crop XP+1XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+2XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+3XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr
							2							1
1	Straspberry	91	-20	-15	56	2	28.00	2.00	3.00	2	1.50	4.00	2	2.00	5.00	2	2.50
2	Purple Tomato	274	-150	-15	109	4	27.25	2.00	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00	5.00	4	1.25
3	Raspberry	46	-20	-15	11	2	5.50	0.00	1.00	2	0.50	2.00	2	1.00	3.00	2	1.50
4	Super Black Berry	125	-75	-15	35	4	8.75	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
5	Super Blueberry	100	-50	-15	35	4	8.75	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00

		MARKET				MARKET			PLOWED			BOOSTED OR FERTILIZED			BOOSTED AND FERTILIZED
	name	harvest revenue	seed cost	plowing cost	1-Crop YIELD	growing time	yield /Hr	1-crop XP	1-crop XP+1XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+2XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr	1-crop XP+3XP	growing time	relative XP/Hr
							2										1
1	Straspberry	91	-20	-15	56	2	28.00	2.00	3.00	2	1.50	4.00	2	2.00	5.00	2	2.50
2	Raspberry	46	-20	-15	11	2	5.50	0.00	1.00	2	0.50	2.00	2	1.00	3.00	2	1.50
3	Purple Tomato	274	-150	-15	109	4	27.25	2.00	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00	5.00	4	1.25
4	Black Berry	117	-75	-15	27	4	6.75	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00
5	Blueberry	91	-50	-15	26	4	6.50	1.00	2.00	4	0.50	3.00	4	0.75	4.00	4	1.00

Remember that humble raspberry that didn't give any experience at all on the bill board?
Raspberries are THE choice for rapid leveling up for the beginning farmer, because

	they are accessible early and in unlimited quantities. The other 2 in the top-3 are greenhouse crops.
	they are cheap.
	Unboosted and unfertilized, they are right there in the top-3 with 0.5XP/Hr !
	Boosted or/and fertilized brings raspberries up to 2nd place for XP generation, behind straspberries.
	but it requires a lot of work every 2 hours on the dot!

Because of the extremely short growing time (2 hrs.; same as the straspberry) you get that +1XP from plowing over and over again.
If you can fertilize (all) the crop and use a bushel-boost at harvest, you double the experience points and can master up very quickly to get even more experience points. After mastering there is an additional +1XP instead of Master Point.

The more advanced farmer will be much better off with the Straspberry and the Purple Tomato.
Those crops should be mastered and unlocked as quickly as possible.
XP is comparable to slightly better for those crops, but their coin yield is 4 to 5 times that of raspberries!

Conclusions for all available growing times:

	The best performer in the normal growth category, both for coin and XP generation, is the straspberry (after mastery price of 20 coins).
	The purple tomato is my preferred crop. It does almost as good as the straspberries. The double growing time (and correspondingly only half as much work) compared to Straspberry is probably more attractive in the long run. If you consider that it takes only one crop compared to 2 for straspberry in the same 4 hours and incorporate the cost of buying fuel for the farming vehicles, purple tomato comes out ahead.
	These 2 crops are not available to the beginning farmer.
	Raspberries may not the best cash-crop at 5.5/hr., but they are by far the best crop for the beginning farmer to level up quickly. They can bring you up above level 30 in less than 2 weeks. It does require A LOT of mouse clicking though...

These tables can be limited to a specific growing time ( or range) to find the best performers for each growing time, or within a certain range of growing times.

FAQs: What do I plant when ...

I want to level up as quickly as possible?

Plant repeated short-growing crops: strawberries (level 1), raspberries (level 8),

Unlock and plant straspberries and purple tomatoes ASAP (greenhouse)
I want to get the most possible coins in the shortest time possible?

Visit your neighbors to collect free greenhouse seeds and unlock them ASAP.

Purple tomato is the #1 choice for normal growing. (less work for very similar results)
I have an instagrow potion?

Find the highest 1-crop yield seed in the list that you can access.

The super potato is the best choice for coins.

The super melons gives slightly higher XP.
I have this many hours and I'll be away from computer?

Go down the 1-crop yield list and find the highest in the list with a good growing time.
I have this many hours and I'll be at the computer the entire time?
Do I plant one crop for the entire time, or do I plant several shorter growing crops"

That depends on what your goals are and how much work you're willing to put into it.

Repeated short-growing crops will level you up faster, but they require a lot of work.

More advanced leveling-up: Converting coins into XP.

It takes progressively more XP to level up as you advance further (100,000 XP at level 100)
You farm will be bigger (max 34x34 in January 2012) but with crop farming alone it will take a very long time to get those 100,000 XP.
Once maxed out on all farms for size and have upgraded all craft buildings, you will use your excess coins to convert them into XP by buying things. This will give you XP points (usually about 1% of coin value spent) and will help you level up faster. See also THIS PAGE

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	Plant repeated short-growing crops: strawberries (level 1), raspberries (level 8),
	Unlock and plant straspberries and purple tomatoes ASAP (greenhouse)

	Visit your neighbors to collect free greenhouse seeds and unlock them ASAP.
	Purple tomato is the #1 choice for normal growing. (less work for very similar results)

	Find the highest 1-crop yield seed in the list that you can access.
	The super potato is the best choice for coins.
	The super melons gives slightly higher XP.

	That depends on what your goals are and how much work you're willing to put into it.
	Repeated short-growing crops will level you up faster, but they require a lot of work.