Monster O'Clock

OK, this post will hopefully be short and sweet, and not another multi-parapgraph discourse of the relative merits, or lack therein, of Plumpkins etc. Lets now take a look at amount of time is required to grow each of the Small Farm Food types as they relate to the amount harvested. In other words, what Food types give you the most amount of Food in the least amount of time.

Food (Small Farm)	Time	Harvest	Ratio H:T
Cloudberries	0.50	5	10.00
Bluff Broccoli	5	20	4.00
Baby Banana	45	40	0.89
Nimbus Grapes	180	90	0.50
Mount Melons	240	195	0.81
Plumpkins	1,080	275	0.25

In this case, the largest number in the "Ratio H:T" column will show the best Food to plant, at least with regard to time spent. You'll notice both Cloudberries and Bluff Broccoli are highlighted, despite the fact Cloudberries have  a Ratio number 2 and ½ times greater than Broccoli. Theoretically, if you were to grow Cloudeberries every 30 seconds for the 5 same minutes  it takes to grow Broccoli, you'd get a Harvest of 50, not the 20 Harvest Bluff Broccoli provides. In practice, it takes much longer to select each Food type to grow at a Farm, and it would probably get to quite tedious very quickly for the player. So while Cloudberries is the best choice on paper, Bluff Broccoli is the best choice from a realistic point of view.

So there you have it - once again, broccoli is the best choice, even in games. Moms everywhere would be proud.

Disclaimer: I was never a numbers wiz growing up, so if anyone notices errors with my math, or my nomenclature, please drop me a line and I'll correct it. Danke.