Stop being so stingy with the almond seeds!

[Tussin]

Make it so

[QueenSophie]

I manage 9 gardens with all profits going to my FC. I am end game crafter and gatherer. So my circumstances are not average.

I will gather elemental seeds if ever needed and the 3.0 seeds. But I devote enough time to the FC with garden maintenance and crop planing to bother with the one at a time 2.0 seeds.

Others have different economics and priorities.

Exactly...better. Intersectting any seed that can be gathered is a complete waste of time and gil. Interseccting to get an almond seed is exponentially more time than going to gather a few, timewise, and soilwise. 2.o seeds are just as lucrative as any, both prickly pineapple can dzamzael tomato can be used to cross very expensive seeds. Tomatoes can be crossed with dalamud popoto to get chive seeds which I have been selling for months at 100-250k a pop, and also using with glazenuts seeds to cross to blood pepper seeds, which can be sold as seed or the peper itself for anywhere from 100-250k over last few months. How to get glazenut, another 2.0 seed I mentioned crosses with old world fig which you can get pretty much an unlimited amount of gathering multiples per node. My dad and I make a 3-5 million a week gardeing with 7 beds. heck, even buying the almond seeds would be money ahead of interseccting to get to them. But mathematically, according to last 6 months, the only things worth selling and growing are blood pepper seeds, chive, and glazenut, maybe some than onions too, if you're growing anything else, you're leaving gil on the table.

[XiXiQ]

I am glad that technique is making it easier for you guys.

and thank YOU for sharing it with us

[Gemina]

I actively garden, so highly used seeds for crosses like almond seeds I always keep stock in multiples of five. I have access to three gardens, so I always keep x15 on hand and use me BTN retainer to replenish when I use them up until I have x15 again. The reason I keep in multiples of five is because it is usually the seed I sacrifice to get a full set of cross chances going.

Almond seeds are definitely worth using up an inventory slot. I've seen the damn things go up to 35k a packet on my server.

Oh, and if you think those are bad. Give mandrakes a try

[Elamys]

Oh, and if you think those are bad. Give mandrakes a try

I think I spent an hour once trying to gather mandrake seeds and got 2 seeds. It was awful.

[Rinuko]

I got 3 seeds in 6 nodes when getting the lumber to unlock submarines yesterday. Lucky RNG or it was changed?

[MeridaQ]

and thank YOU for sharing it with us

You are welcome!!

[Gemina]

I think I spent an hour once trying to gather mandrake seeds and got 2 seeds. It was awful.

Problem with mandrake seeds is they share the node's hidden slot with Midland Basil seeds, so there is another layer of RNG to get past to get them. Very, VERY frustrating!

[SimonRose]

If you are a high enough gather 63+ you can get the seeds pretty easily. Use leaf turnIII and then after your third HQ gather use luck of the pioneer. It will reveal the hidden item, maps/seeds/etc. So every time you get 300 Gp you can get a seed.

This^! I had thought it was a useless action.

I have 20-some gardens going, 8 of which I tend and the rest I pay people (after a thorough cross-breeding lesson) to plant and tend. I do mostly Thav. Onions, so I have a high need for almonds and mandrake, since I supply all my growers with soil and seed. Those used to be a pain to get, usually just buying them, sometimes at ridiculous prices, till I read this. After smacking myself on the head, I went and collected a ton of both. A little time consuming, but a 100% chance at getting them, less the stupid midland basil. Thanks so much!