Crops

Crops

Crops work in tandem with businesses to provide the center of your city's infrastructure in CityVille. At the beginning of a new city, you have a barn to store Goods in, and a set of four plots to plant seeds on.

The best crop to begin with is Strawberries, as they cost just 20 Coins and take only 5 minutes to grow. The next quickest is 1 hour, so you can see why the Strawberries are so good for getting started. The longer a crop takes to mature, generally the more money you will get from harvesting it.

Harvesting a crop of strawberries

Once the crop is ready to be harvested, all you need to do is click on it. This will sap 1 Energy but will reward you with Coins, Goods, Energy, XP and collectible items (on occasion).

After a crop has been harvested, you can replant the plot by clicking it and selecting the crop you would like to grow this time around. Again, it costs no energy to plant seeds, just to harvest them.

You can see how long until your crop is ready for harvest by mousing over the plot. This allows you to plan for the influx of XP and Goods, as well as making sure you pick the crop and re-seed it as quickly as possible. Doing so obviously increases the efficieny of your farming practice.

Bear in mind that while Coins are the main reason for planting crops, you get Goods for harvesting them, so they can really be used to keep the infrastructure of your city in gear.

Growing some carrots

When a crop is not harvested quickly enough, it will spoil. You then have to remove the dead crops (which is free) Make sure you plan for when your crops come into harvest, otherwise you may be caught with no energy left and have your hard work wasted with the crops spoiling, unless a Neighbor saves the day.

Saving Spoiled Crops

There is one way to save spoiled crops, and that is to get a Neighbor to visit your city. They have the ability to revive the crops for you. You still have to harvest the crop, however, or it will just wilt again. Reviving crops counts as one of the 5 tasks that a visitor to a city can perform.