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:''See also: [[Crop Growth Calendars]]
:''See also: [[Crop Growth Calendars]]
'''Fertilizer''' is used to support [[crop]] growth and assist in [[farming]]. Some fertilizer is used by placing it on tilled soil before placing the respective seeds; other fertilizer can be used after planting a seed, as well as during plant growth. Fertilizer affects all crops, including crops grown from [[Crafting#Seeds|Wild Seeds]].
'''Fertilizer''' is used to support [[Crops|crop]] and [[Trees|tree]] growth, assisting [[farming]]. There are three types of crop fertilizer, affecting respectively crop quality, speed growth and water retention. There is only one tree fertilizer type, affecting growth speed. A fertilizer is used by placing it on tilled soil or the desired tree. Some crop fertilizers must be placed before the planted seed sprouts, the other fertilizers can be used at any time during plant growth. Each crop fertilizer type has three tiers, and the tree fertilizer has only one tier. Crop fertilizers affect all crops, including crops grown from [[Crafting#Seeds|Wild Seeds]].
==Mechanics==
Fertilizer remains in the soil all season. When the season changes, fertilizer normally disappears. However, there are two exceptions in which fertilizer will remain in the soil:
All fertilizer can be [[Crafting#Fertilizer|crafted]]. Recipes for first tier fertilizers are learned once the required level of [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming]] or [[Foraging#Foraging Skill|Foraging]] skill is reached. Second tier recipes are learned once the required level of [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming]] skill is reached. Third tier recipes are purchased on [[Ginger Island]]. First and second tier crop fertilizers can also be purchased at [[Pierre's General Store]] year-round, or at [[Oasis|The Oasis]] on specific [[Days of the Week|days of the week]].
Removing a crop with a [[Tools|Tool]] like the [[Pickaxes|Pickaxe]] does not remove the fertilizer. Only one type of fertilizer may be used per soil tile.
Only one type of fertilizer may be used per soil tile. Fertilizer remains in the soil all season. When the season changes, fertilizer normally disappears. However, there are two exceptions in which fertilizer will remain in the soil:
*If a multi-season [[crops|crop]] (''i.e.,'' [[Ancient Fruit]], [[Coffee Bean]], [[Corn]], [[Sunflower]], or [[Wheat]]) is planted in the fertilized tile, and the new season is one in which the crop grows, the fertilizer will remain.
*Fertilizer placed in the [[Greenhouse]] will remain in the soil unless it is un-tilled by a pickaxe.
''Note'' that crop quality is determined at harvest time and not at planting time. Prior to 1.5, fertilizer used in the [[Greenhouse]] on crops which would mature out of their normal growing season might disappear before harvest and have no effect.
Speed gro affects only the growth and first harvest of a multi-harvest crop. Quality fertilizers ([[Basic Fertilizer]], [[Quality Fertilizer]], and [[Deluxe Fertilizer]]) affect all harvests of a multi-harvest crop.
Removing a crop with a [[Tools|Tool]] like the [[Axes|axe]] does not remove the fertilizer. A second hit with a tool, such as a [[Pickaxes|Pickaxe]] is required to remove the fertilizer and make the tile fallow.
==Types of Fertilizer==
==Types of Fertilizer==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!class="unsortable"|Image
!class="unsortable"|Image
!Name
!Name
|[[Basic Fertilizer]]
|[[Basic Fertilizer]]
|{{Description|Basic Fertilizer}}
|{{Description|Basic Fertilizer}}
|Before planting
|Before the seed sprouts
|data-sort-value="100"|{{price|100}}
|data-sort-value="100"|{{price|100}}<br />''(Spring 15, Year 1+)''
|
|
|data-sort-value="2"|{{price|2}}
|data-sort-value="2"|{{price|2}}
|[[Quality Fertilizer]]
|[[Quality Fertilizer]]
|{{Description|Quality Fertilizer}}
|{{Description|Quality Fertilizer}}
|Before planting
|Before the seed sprouts
|data-sort-value="150"|{{price|150}}<br />''(Year 2+ only)''
|data-sort-value="150"|{{price|150}}<br />''(Year 2+)''
|
|
|data-sort-value="10"|{{price|10}}
|data-sort-value="10"|{{price|10}}
|{{name|Sap|2}}{{name|Fish|1}}
|{{name|Sap|4}}{{name|Fish|1}}
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|style="text-align: center;"|2
|[[File:Farming Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Farming]] Level 9
|[[File:Farming Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Farming]] Level 9
|-
|[[File:Deluxe Fertilizer.png|center]]
|[[Deluxe Fertilizer]]
|{{Description|Deluxe Fertilizer}}
|Before or after planting
|
|
|data-sort-value="70"|{{price|70}}
|{{name|Iridium Bar|1}} {{name|Sap|40}}
|style="text-align: center;"|5
|[[Qi's Walnut Room]] for {{name|Qi Gem|20|class=inline}}
|-
|-
|[[File:Basic Retaining Soil.png|center]]
|[[File:Basic Retaining Soil.png|center]]
|{{Description|Basic Retaining Soil}}
|{{Description|Basic Retaining Soil}}
|Before or after planting
|Before or after planting
|data-sort-value="100"|{{price|100}}
|data-sort-value="100"|{{price|100}}<br />''(Spring 15, Year 1+)''
|
|
|data-sort-value="4"|{{price|4}}
|data-sort-value="4"|{{price|4}}
|{{name|Stone|2}}
|{{name|Stone|2}}
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|[[File:Farming Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Farming]] Level 4
|[[File:Farming Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Farming]] Level 4
|-
|-
|[[File:Quality Retaining Soil.png|center]]
|[[File:Quality Retaining Soil.png|center]]
|style="text-align: center;"|2
|style="text-align: center;"|2
|[[File:Farming Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Farming]] Level 7
|[[File:Farming Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Farming]] Level 7
|-
|[[File:Deluxe Retaining Soil.png|center]]
|[[Deluxe Retaining Soil]]
|{{Description|Deluxe Retaining Soil}}
|Before or after planting
|
|
|data-sort-value="30"|{{price|30}}
|{{name|Stone|5}}{{name|Fiber|3}}{{name|Clay|1}}
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|[[File:Island Trader Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Island Trader]] for {{name|Cinder Shard|50|class=inline}}
|-
|-
|[[File:Speed-Gro.png|center]]
|[[File:Speed-Gro.png|center]]
|[[Speed-Gro]]
|[[Speed-Gro]]
|{{Description|Speed-Gro}}<br />''Note: Does not reduce time between harvests for multi-harvest crops.''
|{{Description|Speed-Gro}}<br />''Note: Does not reduce time between harvests for multi-harvest crops.''
|Before or after planting ''(see [[Fertilizer#Bug|Bug note]] below)''
|Before or after planting
|data-sort-value="100"|{{price|100}}
|data-sort-value="100"|{{price|100}}<br />''(Spring 15, Year 1+)''
|
|
|data-sort-value="20"|{{price|20}}
|data-sort-value="20"|{{price|20}}
|{{name|Pine Tar|1}}{{name|Clam|1}}
|{{name|Pine Tar|1}}{{name|Moss|5}}
|style="text-align: center;"|5
|style="text-align: center;"|5
|[[File:Farming Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Farming]] Level 3
|[[File:Farming Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Farming]] Level 3
|[[Deluxe Speed-Gro]]
|[[Deluxe Speed-Gro]]
|{{Description|Deluxe Speed-Gro}}<br />''Note: Does not reduce time between harvests for multi-harvest crops.''
|{{Description|Deluxe Speed-Gro}}<br />''Note: Does not reduce time between harvests for multi-harvest crops.''
|Before or after planting ''(see [[Fertilizer#Bug|Bug note]] below)''
|Before or after planting
|data-sort-value="150"|{{price|150}}<br />''(Year 2+ only)''
|data-sort-value="150"|{{price|150}}<br />''(Year 2+)''
|data-sort-value="80"|{{price|80}}<br />''(Thursday only)''
|data-sort-value="80"|{{price|80}}<br />''(Thursday only)''
|data-sort-value="40"|{{price|40}}
|data-sort-value="40"|{{price|40}}
|{{name|Oak Resin|1}}{{name|Coral|1}}
|{{name|Oak Resin|1}}{{name|Bone Fragment|5}}
|style="text-align: center;"|5
|style="text-align: center;"|5
|[[File:Farming Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Farming]] Level 8
|[[File:Farming Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Farming]] Level 8
|-
|[[File:Hyper Speed-Gro.png|center]]
|[[Hyper Speed-Gro]]
|{{Description|Hyper Speed-Gro}}<br />''Note: Does not reduce time between harvests for multi-harvest crops.''
|Before or after planting
|
|
|data-sort-value="70"|{{price|70}}
|{{name|Radioactive Ore|1}}{{name|Bone Fragment|3}}{{name|Solar Essence|1}}
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|[[Qi's Walnut Room]] for {{name|Qi Gem|30|class=inline}}
|-
|[[File:Tree Fertilizer.png|center]]
|[[Tree Fertilizer]]
|{{Description|Tree Fertilizer}}
|After planting on tree seeds and saplings
|N/A
|
|data-sort-value="10"|{{price|10}}
|{{name|Fiber|5}}{{name|Stone|5}}
|style="text-align: center;"|1
|[[File:Foraging Skill Icon.png|24px|link=]] [[Foraging]] Level 7
|}
|}
==Crop Quality Ratios==
==Crop Quality Ratios==
Note that quality is determined at the time of harvest, and not at the time of planting. For crops that produce multiples at harvest (''i.e.'', [[Coffee Bean]], [[Blueberry]], [[Cranberries]]), [[Basic Fertilizer|Basic]] and [[Quality Fertilizer|Quality]] fertilizers affect only the first crop produced.
Note that quality is determined at the time of harvest, and not at the time of planting. For crops that produce multiples at harvest (''i.e.,'' [[Coffee Bean]], [[Blueberry]], [[Cranberries]]), [[Basic Fertilizer|Basic]], [[Quality Fertilizer|Quality]], and [[Deluxe Fertilizer|Deluxe]] fertilizers affect only the first crop produced.
For the complete formula, please see [[Farming#Complete Formula|Farming]].
For the complete formula, please see [[Farming#Complete Formula 2|Farming]].
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===Normal soil===
===Normal soil===
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
! [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming level]]
! [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming level]]
! % Regular quality
! % Regular quality
! % Silver quality
! % Silver quality
! % Gold quality
! % Gold quality
! Average price
|-
| 0 || 97% || 2% || 1% || 1.01
|-
|-
| 0
| 1 || 91% || 6% || 3% || 1.03
| 97%
| 2%
| 1%
|-
|-
| 1
| 2 || 85% || 10% || 5% || 1.05
| 91%
| 6%
| 3%
|-
|-
| 2
| 3 || 80% || 13% || 7% || 1.07
| 86%
| 9%
| 5%
|-
|-
| 3
| 4 || 75% || 16% || 9% || 1.09
| 80%
| 13%
| 7%
|-
|-
| 4
| 5 || 69% || 20% || 11% || 1.10
| 75%
| 16%
| 9%
|-
|-
| 5
| 6 || 64% || 23% || 13% || 1.12
| 69%
| 20%
| 11%
|-
|-
| 6
| 7 || 60% || 25% || 15% || 1.14
| 64%
| 23%
| 13%
|-
|-
| 7
| 8 || 55% || 28% || 17% || 1.16
| 60%
| 25%
| 15%
|-
|-
| 8
| 9 || 50% || 31% || 19% || 1.17
| 55%
| 28%
| 17%
|-
|-
| 9
| 10 || 46% || 33% || 21% || 1.19
| 50%
| 31%
| 19%
|-
|-
| 10
| 11 || 42% || 35% || 23% || 1.20
| 46%
| 33%
| 21%
|-
|-
| 11
| 12 || 38% || 37% || 25% || 1.22
| 42%
| 35%
| 23%
|-
|-
| 12
| 13 || 34% || 39% || 27% || 1.23
| 38%
| 37%
| 25%
|-
|-
| 13
| 14 || 30% || 41% || 29% || 1.25
| 34%
| 39%
| 27%
|}
|}
===Soil with Basic Fertilizer===
===Soil with Basic Fertilizer===
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
! [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming level]]
! [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming level]]
! % Regular quality
! % Regular quality
! % Silver quality
! % Silver quality
! % Gold quality
! % Gold quality
! Average price
|-
| 0 || 88% || 8% || 4% || 1.04
|-
|-
| 0
| 1 || 77% || 15% || 8% || 1.08
| 87%
| 9%
| 4%
|-
|-
| 1
| 2 || 68% || 20% || 12% || 1.11
| 77%
| 15%
| 8%
|-
|-
| 2
| 3 || 59% || 26% || 15% || 1.14
| 68%
| 20%
| 12%
|-
|-
| 3
| 4 || 50% || 31% || 19% || 1.17
| 59%
| 26%
| 15%
|-
|-
| 4
| 5 || 42% || 35% || 23% || 1.20
| 50%
| 31%
| 19%
|-
|-
| 5
| 6 || 35% || 39% || 26% || 1.23
| 42%
| 35%
| 23%
|-
|-
| 6
| 7 || 28% || 42% || 30% || 1.25
| 35%
| 39%
| 26%
|-
|-
| 7
| 8 || 22% || 44% || 34% || 1.28
| 28%
| 42%
| 30%
|-
|-
| 8
| 9 || 16% || 47% || 37% || 1.30
| 22%
| 44%
| 34%
|-
|-
| 9
| 10 || 15% || 44% || 41% || 1.32
| 16%
| 47%
| 37%
|-
|-
| 10
| 11 || 14% || 41% || 45% || 1.33
| 15%
| 44%
| 41%
|-
|-
| 11
| 12 || 13% || 39% || 48% || 1.34
| 14%
| 41%
| 45%
|-
|-
| 12
| 13 || 12% || 36% || 52% || 1.35
| 13%
| 39%
| 48%
|-
|-
| 13
| 14 || 11% || 33% || 56% || 1.36
| 12%
| 36%
| 52%
|}
|}
===Soil with Quality Fertilizer===
===Soil with Quality Fertilizer===
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
! [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming level]]
! [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming level]]
! % Regular quality
! % Regular quality
! % Silver quality
! % Silver quality
! % Gold quality
! % Gold quality
! Average price
|-
| 0 || 78% || 14% || 8% || 1.07
|-
| 1 || 64% || 23% || 13% || 1.12
|-
| 2 || 52% || 30% || 18% || 1.17
|-
| 3 || 40% || 36% || 24% || 1.21
|-
| 4 || 30% || 41% || 29% || 1.25
|-
| 5 || 21% || 45% || 34% || 1.28
|-
| 6 || 15% || 45% || 40% || 1.31
|-
| 7 || 14% || 41% || 45% || 1.33
|-
| 8 || 13% || 37% || 50% || 1.34
|-
| 9 || 11% || 33% || 56% || 1.36
|-
| 10 || 10% || 29% || 61% || 1.38
|-
| 11 || 9% || 25% || 66% || 1.39
|-
| 12 || 7% || 21% || 72% || 1.41
|-
| 13 || 6% || 17% || 77% || 1.43
|-
| 14 || 4% || 13% || 82% || 1.44
|}
===Soil with Deluxe Fertilizer===
Normal quality crops cannot be produced when using Deluxe Fertilizer.
{|class="wikitable"
! [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming level]]
! % Silver quality
! % Gold quality
! % Iridium Quality
! Average price
|-
| 0 || 84% || 10% || 6% || 1.32
|-
| 1 || 75% || 16% || 9% || 1.36
|-
|-
| 0
| 2 || 66% || 22% || 13% || 1.40
| 78%
| 14%
| 8%
|-
|-
| 1
| 3 || 57% || 27% || 16% || 1.44
| 64%
| 23%
| 13%
|-
|-
| 2
| 4 || 49% || 31% || 20% || 1.47
| 52%
| 30%
| 18%
|-
|-
| 3
| 5 || 42% || 35% || 23% || 1.51
| 40%
| 36%
| 24%
|-
|-
| 4
| 6 || 35% || 39% || 27% || 1.55
| 30%
| 41%
| 29%
|-
|-
| 5
| 7 || 28% || 42% || 30% || 1.58
| 20%
| 46%
| 34%
|-
|-
| 6
| 8 || 22% || 45% || 34% || 1.61
| 15%
| 45%
| 40%
|-
|-
| 7
| 9 || 16% || 47% || 37% || 1.64
| 14%
| 41%
| 45%
|-
|-
| 8
| 10 || 11% || 48% || 41% || 1.67
| 12%
| 38%
| 50%
|-
|-
| 9
| 11 || 7% || 49% || 44% || 1.70
| 11%
| 33%
| 56%
|-
|-
| 10
| 12 || 3% || 50% || 47% || 1.73
| 10%
| 29%
| 61%
|-
| 11
| 25%
| 66%
|-
|-
| 12
| 13 || 0% || 49% || 51% || 1.76
| 7%
| 21%
| 72%
|-
|-
| 13
| 14 || 0% || 46% || 55% || 1.77
| 6%
| 17%
| 77%
|}
|}
Once used on tilled soil, each type of fertilizer has a unique appearance, allowing you to see what type of fertilizer has been used on a given tile.
Once used on tilled soil, each type of fertilizer has a unique appearance, allowing you to see what type of fertilizer has been used on a given tile.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! Name
! Name
! Unwatered
! Unwatered
| [[File:Stardew-texture Quality-Fertilizer.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Quality-Fertilizer.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Quality-Fertilizer-w.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Quality-Fertilizer-w.png]]
|-
| [[File:Deluxe Fertilizer.png|center]]<br />[[Deluxe Fertilizer]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Deluxe Fertilizer.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Deluxe Fertilizer-w.png]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Basic Retaining Soil.png|center]]<br />[[Basic Retaining Soil]]
| [[File:Basic Retaining Soil.png|center]]<br />[[Basic Retaining Soil]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Quality-Retaining-Soil.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Quality-Retaining-Soil.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Quality-Retaining-Soil-w.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Quality-Retaining-Soil-w.png]]
|-
| [[File:Deluxe Retaining Soil.png|center]]<br />[[Deluxe Retaining Soil]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Deluxe Retaining Soil.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Deluxe Retaining Soil-w.png]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Speed-Gro.png|center]]<br />[[Speed-Gro]]
| [[File:Speed-Gro.png|center]]<br />[[Speed-Gro]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Deluxe-Speed-Gro.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Deluxe-Speed-Gro.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Deluxe-Speed-Gro-w.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Deluxe-Speed-Gro-w.png]]
|-
| [[File:Hyper Speed-Gro.png|center]]<br />[[Hyper Speed-Gro]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Hyper Speed-Gro.png]]
| [[File:Stardew-texture Hyper Speed-Gro-w.png]]
|}
|}
==Fertilizer Cost==
==Fertilizer Cost==
:''See also: [[Quality Fertilizer#When to turn your fish into Quality Fertilizer|When to turn your fish into Quality Fertilizer]]''
:''See also: [[Quality Fertilizer#When to turn fish into Quality Fertilizer|When to turn fish into Quality Fertilizer]]''
With the exception of [[Quality Fertilizer]], crafting Fertilizer is always cheaper than purchasing it.
With the exception of [[Quality Fertilizer]], crafting Fertilizer is always cheaper than purchasing it.
Each time you craft [[Speed-Gro]] or [[Deluxe Speed-Gro]], you receive 5 fertilizers, though the "5" does not show up on the crafting menu until you have the required ingredients in inventory. Each time you craft [[Quality Retaining Soil]], you receive 2 fertilizers, though crafting just one would still be cheaper than purchasing it.
Each time you craft [[Speed-Gro]] or [[Deluxe Speed-Gro]], you receive 5 fertilizers. Each time you craft [[Quality Retaining Soil]], you receive 2 fertilizers, though crafting just one would still be cheaper than purchasing it.
The tables below compare the cost of crafting [[Speed-Gro]] or [[Deluxe Speed-Gro]] against purchasing them at the [[Oasis]] or [[Pierre's General Store|Pierre's]]. The cost of crafting is the sell price of the constituent ingredients.
The tables below compare the cost of crafting [[Speed-Gro]] or [[Deluxe Speed-Gro]] against purchasing them at the [[Oasis]] or [[Pierre's General Store|Pierre's]]. The cost of crafting is the sell price of the constituent ingredients.
|-
|-
|style="background-color: transparent; border: 0;"|
|style="background-color: transparent; border: 0;"|
![[File:Clam.png|24px|link=]] Clam Quality
![[File:Pine_Tar.png|24px|link=]] [[File:Moss.png|24px|link=]]<br />Crafting
![[File:Pierre Icon.png|24px|link=]] Pierre's
![[File:Pierre Icon.png|24px|link=]] Pierre's
|-
|-
!rowspan="4"|No<br />Profession
!No<br />Profession
|style="text-align: left;"|Normal
|{{price|125}}
|rowspan="2"|{{price|500}}
|-
![[File:Tapper Icon.png|24px|link=]] Tapper<br />Profession
|{{price|150}}
|{{price|150}}
|}<section end="speedgrocost" />
|}<section end="speedgrocost" />
|style="width: 18px;"|
|style="width: 18px;"|
|-
|-
|style="background-color: transparent; border: 0;"|
|style="background-color: transparent; border: 0;"|
![[File:Coral.png|24px|link=]] Coral Quality
![[File:Oak_Resin.png|24px|link=]][[File:Bone_Fragment.png|24px|link=]]<br />Crafting
![[File:Sandy Icon.png|24px|link=]] Oasis
![[File:Sandy Icon.png|24px|link=]] Oasis
![[File:Pierre Icon.png|24px|link=]] Pierre's
![[File:Pierre Icon.png|24px|link=]] Pierre's
|-
|-
!rowspan="4"|No<br />Profession
!No<br />Profession
|{{price|210}}
|{{price|230}}
|rowspan="2"|{{price|400}}
|rowspan="8"|{{price|400}}
|rowspan="2"|{{price|750}}
|rowspan="8"|{{price|750}}
|-
|-
![[File:Tapper Icon.png|24px|link=]] Tapper<br />Profession
|{{price|347}}
|{{price|247}}
|}<section end="deluxespeedgrocost" />
|}<section end="deluxespeedgrocost" />
|}
|}
==Bugs==
==History==
{{History|1.4|The number of items per craft now shows in the crafting menu before items are in inventory. Speed-Gro and Deluxe Speed-Gro now have an effect if used after planting.}}
{{History|1.5|Added tier three fertilizers. Fertilizer placed in the [[Greenhouse]] now lasts until manually removed.}}
{{History|1.6|Crafting recipes changed for Quality Fertilizer, Speed-Gro, and Deluxe Speed-Gro.}}
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