Talk:Crop Mastery/@comment-75.84.144.94-20101119184031/@comment-70.245.154.110-20110110073128

I have no clue what the previous poster means or is doing.

If you go to the Crop Mastery page (this page), you can click on the link that sorts the columns ... sorting the Harvest Time (total hours, one plot.) This gives you the total plot-hours it takes to master the given crop.

Simple example: 10 hours per cycle x 2,000 crops  =  20,000  crop-hours total. If you have 500 plots, you can plant 4 fields, 10 hours each, for 40 total hours. If you divide 20,000 crop-hours by 500 crops, you get the same, 40 hours total.

Remember, if you're planting large numbers of crops and harvesting for bushels, refresh your farm AFTER you reach a mastery level to get the updated number of bushels for your current level.

If the number of your mastery stars for a particular crop is some number, n, then the number of bushels given per "find" is (n+1) bushels.

No mastery ( zero stars ) yields 1 bushel per find. 1 Star Mastery yields 2 bushels per find. 2 Star Mastery yields 3 bushels per find. 3 Star Mastery yields 4 bushels per find.

Also, considering that you double your bushels after achieving your 1 Star Mastery, and that this mastery is generally (but not necessarily) the easiest, its beneficial to get your 1 Star Mastery as soon as possible and double your output.

Asking for a bushel first, before harvesting your unmastered crop, gives you DOUBLE mastery points from the first crop.

Planting crops for mastery, then using these bushels to make crafting goods later, is geneally a more efficient and straight forward way to work. Reduce your bushels inventory. Ask for a mastery bushel. Plant half the crops needed for the next mastery level and harvest. Then make and sell off goods as these bushels accumulate. You can practice this method with Triple Berry Pie in the Bakery, then perfect your skills and work on other crops.