Cauliflower in Stardew Valley: Profit and Best Use

Short answer: Cauliflower is a Spring vegetable that takes 12 days to grow. It sells for 175g. Planted on day 1 of Spring at farming level 6 it makes about 232g per tile after seeds, middle-of-the-pack (number 7 of 15 Spring crops).

Quick facts

Cauliflower at a glance
SeasonsSpring
Days to first harvest12
After the first harvestReplant after each harvest
Sell price175g
Seeds 80g at Pierre's; 100g at JoJaMart
Items per harvest1 at farming level 0, 1 at level 10
Last day to plantDay 16 of Spring for one harvest

What Cauliflower 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
175g 218g 262g 350g 192g
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 2 193g 232g 255g 7 of 15

Planted on day 1 of Spring, Cauliflower is harvested on day 13, 25. Going from farming level 0 to 10 raises its profit by about 32%, mostly through better quality. It has to be replanted after every harvest, so the seed cost repeats: 160g 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
232g 169g 148g 132g 268g

For Cauliflower, Deluxe Speed-Gro is the only one that pays: it lifts profit from 232g to 268g 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 Cauliflower becomes in a machine (Artisan prices)
MachineMakesPriceDays in machineExtra gold per machine per day
KegJuice550g3.75100g
Preserves JarPickles560g2.5154g

The last column is what one machine adds per day over selling the crop raw, if it is never idle. For Cauliflower the better machine is the Preserves Jar (Pickles, 154g 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), Cauliflower makes about 1,044g a tile once established, from 9 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:

Cauliflower makes 232g, number 7 of 15. The gap to the leader is 4,702g a tile, so Cauliflower 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.