Winter Seeds are a type of Crafted seed. The crafting recipe is labeled "Wild Seeds (Wi)", but when crafted, the result is "Winter Seeds." Mature plants yield, at random, a Crocus, Crystal Fruit, Snow Yam, or Winter Root.
Winter Seeds are one of the season-specific crafted wild seeds, along with Spring Seeds, Summer Seeds, and Fall Seeds that produce crops normally found as forage. While Farming Skill normally increases the chance to grow a quality crop, Foraging Skill increases the chance to grow a quality crop from Winter Seeds. Choosing the Botanist profession will ensure iridium-quality crops grown from Winter Seeds. Winter Seeds are some of the only seeds that can grow in Winter.
Crows do not attack crops grown from Winter Seeds, so the use of Scarecrows is unnecessary.
Selling Winter Seeds is never profitable. A craft of Winter seeds yields 10 Winter Seeds worth data-sort-value="300">300g total, but the ingredients to craft it sell for data-sort-value="380">380g at normal quality.
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Wild Seeds from any season may appear similar to dead crops during Stage 2 of growth.
Bugs
On Ginger Island, mature Winter Seeds may destroy the tilled soil (and fertilizer), leaving untilled soil in their place after harvest.