Stardew Valley Tea Sapling Calculator
Tea Sapling: craft now or plant Wild Seeds first?
Version: Stardew Valley 1.6.15.24356. A Tea Sapling sells for 250g and uses 2 seasonal Wild Seeds + 5 Fiber + 5 Wood. Spring Seeds use four forage items and Summer Seeds use three; both recipes output 10 seeds.
Editable assumptions
Comparison from one owned Wild Seed
| Result | Spring | Summer |
|---|---|---|
| Complete planting cycles | ||
| Craft-now Tea Saplings | ||
| Plant-first Tea Saplings | ||
| Craft-now net value | ||
| Plant-first net value | ||
| Plant-first advantage per elapsed day | ||
| Recommendation | — | — |
Exact calculation basis
Craft now converts one seed into 1 ÷ 2 = 0.5 Tea Saplings. One complete Spring planting cycle converts expected balanced forage into 1 ÷ 4 × 10 ÷ 2 = 1.25 Tea Saplings. Summer uses three recipe ingredients so the equivalent is 1 ÷ 3 × 10 ÷ 2 = 1.67.
For multiple complete cycles the model replants the expected seed output each cycle. Net value deducts the starting seed value plus every Wood and Fiber input. The plant-first path also deducts the sale value of every forage item consumed to make replacement seeds. A cycle is counted only when days left ≥ growth time; the old percentage-based planting deadline is not used.
Planning limit: fractional results are expectations. Actual crafting needs the complete seasonal ingredient set and whole item stacks. Quality bonuses, Gatherer double harvests, watering labor and unbalanced forage types are not inferred.