Carrot in Stardew Valley: Profit and Best Use

Short answer: Carrot is a Spring vegetable that takes 3 days to grow. It sells for 35g. Planted on day 1 of Spring at farming level 6 it makes about 351g per tile after seeds, above average (number 4 of 15 Spring crops).

Quick facts

Carrot at a glance
SeasonsSpring
Days to first harvest3
After the first harvestReplant after each harvest
Sell price35g
Seeds Not sold in shops
Items per harvest1 at farming level 0, 1 at level 10
Last day to plantDay 25 of Spring for one harvest

What Carrot sells for

Quality changes the price: silver is worth about a quarter more than regular, gold about a half more, and iridium double. Your farming level decides how often you get each.

Sell price by quality
RegularSilverGoldIridiumRegular with Tiller
35g 43g 52g 70g 38g
Chance of each quality, no fertilizer
Farming levelRegularSilverGoldIridium
097.02%1.98%1%0%
569.42%19.58%11%0%
1045.82%33.18%21%0%

Iridium quality only becomes possible with Deluxe Fertilizer, which is why the chance is 0% here.

Profit per tile

This is profit for one tile planted on day 1 of the season and replanted after each harvest, sold raw, after paying for seeds. It counts every harvest that fits before the season ends.

Profit per tile by planting season and farming level
Planted inHarvestsLevel 0Level 6Level 10Rank at level 6
Spring 9 318g 351g 371g 4 of 15

Planted on day 1 of Spring, Carrot is harvested on day 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 and 1 more times. Going from farming level 0 to 10 raises its profit by about 17%, mostly through better quality. It has to be replanted after every harvest, so the seed cost repeats: 0g over the season. For a different day, farming level, profession or fertilizer, use the Crop Profit Calculator.

Does fertilizer help?

Profit per tile at farming level 6, planted on day 1 of Spring
NothingBasic FertilizerQuality FertilizerSpeed-GroDeluxe Speed-Gro
351g 283g 258g 407g 427g

For Carrot, Deluxe Speed-Gro is the only one that pays: it lifts profit from 351g to 427g a tile. The others cost more than they bring in. Speed fertilizer works by fitting an extra harvest into the season; see Speed-Gro vs Deluxe Fertilizer for when that happens.

Sell it raw or process it?

What Carrot becomes in a machine (Artisan prices)
MachineMakesPriceDays in machineExtra gold per machine per day
KegJuice109g3.7520g
Preserves JarPickles168g2.553g

The last column is what one machine adds per day over selling the crop raw, if it is never idle. For Carrot the better machine is the Preserves Jar (Pickles, 53g a machine-day). Preserves Jars earn more here, so keep your Kegs for crops with a higher gain. The Keg vs Preserves Jar tool splits a harvest across the machines you actually own.

In the greenhouse

Grown in the greenhouse all year (112 days), Carrot makes about 1,444g a tile once established, from 37 harvests. Compare crops for a full greenhouse in Best Greenhouse Setup for Money.

How it compares

The top Spring crops at farming level 6 are:

Carrot makes 351g, number 4 of 15. The gap to the leader is 4,583g a tile, so Carrot is worth planting for the reasons above, not for the profit table alone. See every crop for the season on Best Spring Crops, or ask What to Plant Today for a pick that fits your day and budget.

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Where these numbers come from

Game data comes from the Stardew Valley Wiki, cross-checked between at least two of its pages (last checked 2026-10-09). Profit figures are calculated by the same engine as our calculators. See the methodology, and tell us if something looks wrong in your game. All entries: All Crops.