Winter crops

What still grows outside

Powdermelon is the outdoor winter crop in Stardew Valley 1.6.x. It is a fruit, it takes 7 days, and the base sell price is 60g. It is one of the five crops that can become giant. Pierre's Feast of the Winter Star booth sometimes sells one powdermelon for 2,500g. That is the fruit, not a seed packet.

Powdermelon Seeds are not sold for gold. The Raccoon wife's shop trades 2 Pine Cones for a packet at any time. A Seed Maker also works at any time. Seed spots, raccoon requests, the Prize Machine, mystery boxes, golden fishing chests (7%), mine crates (2%), and Iridium Golems (50%) only drop the seeds from Fall 21 through Winter 20.

Where the money crops go

The greenhouse and the Ginger Island farm ignore the calendar. Ancient Fruit, Starfruit, coffee, and the repeat berries keep producing there through Winter. Outdoor soil in the valley does not.

Winter Seeds are crafted at Foraging level 7. One recipe takes 1 Crocus, 1 Crystal Fruit, 1 Snow Yam, and 1 Winter Root, and it makes 10 packets. Each packet grows in 7 days and returns one of those four forages, with an equal chance of each. The Winter Forage bundle pays 30 packets. The Desert Trader swaps 2 Spring Seeds for Winter Seeds on Saturdays. A Winter Root in a Seed Maker returns 1 to 3 Winter Seeds.

Fiber Seeds come from the Community Cleanup special order. The craft is 1 Mixed Seeds, 5 Sap, and 1 Clay, and it makes 4 packets. They grow in 7 days in any season, including Winter. Each harvest is Fiber, sold for 1g.

• Greenhouse
• Ginger Island farm
• Ancient Fruit
• Giant powdermelon