Talk:Bushel/@comment-74.99.95.219-20101113144129/@comment-70.248.117.146-20110116100908

Bushels are "found" when you harvest plots. There is a chance that you'll find a bushel each time you harvest a plot planted with a particular seed. While I have seen no outside data for this, it appears that there is about a 1 in 64 chance of finding a bushels per crop. Usually, you will get one "find" for around 64 harvests. The number of bushels you find each time depends on the level of mastery. You get one more bushel that the level you are at for mastery on that crop. So, if you have a two star mastery of strawberries, when you find bushels, you will receive three bushels. two star, 2 + 1 = 3. (If you have not mastered a crop yet, bushels are found individually. One Star >> 2 bushels, Two Star >> 3 bushels, Three Star >> 4 bushels)  In general, N Star Mastery >> N + 1 bushels. Then, approximately, planting P number of plots with a crop of N mastery, you will receive "approximately" (N+1) x P/64 bushels. Example, planting 320 One Star Mastery crops should yield "about" 10 bushels.

Remember that the drop rates for crops will vary, depending on the crop. Raspberries seem to have a greater drop rate than Rice. Black Berries more than Blueberries. When in doubt or in dire need, I plant 70 plots for every "set" of bushels I hope to find.

Also, since this is statistical, theres a chance that you'll find bushels in every crop. Theres also a chance that you'll find no bushels in any crop.