The carrot is a fall crop in Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. Carrots grow fast and sell for a good amount of money. It’s not a renewable crop so you need to buy seeds every time you want to have carrots on your farm.
Crop Information
Season: Fall
Where to buy Seeds: At the Supermarket
Days to Grow: 7 days
Renewable Crop: No
Important Note: Each bag of seeds has 9 seeds that will fill a 3×3 square of tilled soil when planted. If you plant any seed on untilled soil, it will not grow and you will lose it forever.
Profit Using 3×3 and Fat-C Method
For non-renewable crops, we will calculate the profit per bag per day with the formula (Total Profit per Bag / Days to Grow).
| 3×3 Square | Fat-C Method | |
| Seed Bag Cost | 300G | 300G |
| Price per Crop | 120G | 120G |
| Total Revenue per Bag | 1080G | 960G |
| Total Profit per Bag | 780G | 660G |
| Profit per Bag per Day | 111G | 94G |
| Maximum Harvests per Season | 4 times | 4 times |
| Maximum Profit per Season | 3120G | 2640G |
The Fat-C Method
This planting method involves tilling a 3×3 square of soil and leaving one square on the edge untilled, planting just 8 crops instead of 9. This is the most efficient method of planting crops during the early stages of the game since the center crop is inaccessible without an upgraded watering can.
Carrot Recipes
You can use carrots as a main ingredient in vegetable-based recipes and as an optional ingredient in a lot of other recipes.
As Main Ingredient: Miso Soup, Mixed Juice, Mixed Latte, Salad, Vegetable Juice, Veggie Latte
As Optional Ingredient: Curry Noodles, Fried Rice, Noodles, Omelet, Pizza, Rice Omelet, Sandwich, Stir Fry, Tempura, Tempura Noodles, Veggie Pancake
Gifting Carrots
Most people in the game will react positively when receiving carrots. Instead of giving the crop directly as a present, it is better to first create a recipe using it.
| Girls | Reaction |
| Ann | Neutral |
| Elli | Neutral |
| Karen | Neutral |
| Mary | Neutral |
| Popuri | Neutral |
Characters Who Love Carrots
These character’s affection levels will significantly increase if you give them carrots.
Love: None
Characters Who Hate Carrots
These character’s affection levels will significantly decrease if you give them carrots.
Dislike: Stu
Additional Tips
- Shipping 100 carrots, 100 eggplants, 100 sweet potatoes, and 100 green peppers will unlock the special seeds for the spinach at the Supermarket.
- You can use carrots as an offering to the Harvest Goddess by tossing it into the waterfall.
