Giant crops

Five crops

Cauliflower, melon, pumpkin, powdermelon, and Qi Fruit can become giant crops in Stardew Valley 1.6.x. Plant a 3 by 3 of the same crop. At the start of each day, every possible 3 by 3, including ones that overlap, has a 1% chance to convert if the top-left crop is fully grown and watered and every tile in the block matches.

It does not have to happen on the morning the crop ripens. Any later morning that still meets the rule can roll. Harvest the giant crop with an axe. It takes three hits and drops 15 to 21 items of normal quality.

Season change and Qi Fruit

Ordinary crops die when the season changes. A giant crop does not. The soil under it can untile, and fertilizer on that soil can disappear. Giant Qi Fruit also stays after the Qi's Crop special order ends.

Qi Fruit grows from a Qi Bean in 4 days, in any season, and only during that order. The base sell price is 1g. It has no quality star. It is still one of the five giant crops.

Leave the 3 by 3 untilled of anything else, and keep the top-left plant watered after it is mature. A scarecrow still matters outdoors in the valley if you have more than 15 crops and the block is inside crow range. The greenhouse and Ginger Island are safe from crows, and they also cannot grow a giant crop at all.

• Cauliflower
• Melon
• Pumpkin
• Powdermelon
• Greenhouse limits