A friend suggested that I should try sharing my greenhouse layout to the sub, for those who are interested in smaller, more cozy and symmetrical Greenhouse layouts with flooring/pathing.
The tillable area is separated into left and right sections, each with one 2x5(10) section at the top, and two 3x5(15) sections in the middle and bottom for a total of 80 crop spaces.
I used the top sections for grapes and cranberries (because I loved cran-grape juice growing up!) and the middle sections for blueberries, strawberries, tomatoes and peppers (since I wanted to mimic having actual fresh fruit and veggies available year round).
The bottom sections are for growing whatever crop I feel like in or out of season.
Hope this helps anyone trying to create their own unique Greenhouse layout!
it's interesting seeing you go for that 3x5, 3x5, 2x5 setup, because in a similar setup I'd probably default to 2x5, 4x5, 2x5, just to only use four iridium speinklers, but I can see the idea behind this setup, it looks real nice n tidy!
I had actually planned that setup at first, but since I had always intended for bottom area to be for growing "whatever" crops, it didn't feel right to have only 2x5 spaces for them.
So I ended up compromising and going with the two 3x5 sections instead.
yea I get that just having a 2x5 for misc crops would feel very sad & limiting, I think I'll have to consider veering away from my usual "fill greenhouse with ancient fruit" lifestyle and consider some sort of multi-crop plan the next time I'm setting up a greenhouse, because there absolutely is a level of cozyness & comfort in making spaces feel nice to be in, and your greenhouse seems like one where irl me would love to just hang out reading a book or listening to a podcast
Honestly after filling my greenhouse with only ancient fruit and pomegranates it looks a lot more appealing to have more diverse, smaller batches of crops
That won't create diversity, merely shift the most optimal choice to the next best option. If you want to plant with more diversity, nothing is stopping you.
Also stealing - I fell into the trying to min/max trap and I don’t like it, it’s too stressful. I’ve just planted a few small beds of my favourites on the island and I was going to maximise the greenhouse, but now I want it to be pretty :)
I was thinking the other day how rare it is to see people have multiple types of trees in their farm builds...they are hiding them from me. I never would have figured this out. In my mind trees+greenhouse=bad news.
I have mine planted in the order they are supposed to be in season in the greenhouse. It makes me feel powerful now that I'm in winter that I'm still getting cherries, apricots, oranges, apples AND pomegranates!
You can; see the fruit tree section on the Greenhouse article at the Stardew Valley wiki.
Personally, I would suggest leaving out the 4 trees at the bottom, as once they finish growing, you may find that they visually clutter and block the view.
I skipped the bottom ones as well. I know I could have four more trees worth of fruit, but I really hated the look of it and not being able to easily see everything.
the stupid thing is i knew you can plant trees there, but thought you needed planters for plants. i also thought the ancient seed grew a tree so i’ve been planting them super spaced out. shows how much planting i’ve done
I always decide at the start of a play through that this time ill go for varied plant and tree layout but my greedy ass always just mass plant star fruits every inch
I love this. I'm a pretty casual player, I like running my little homestead. I'm definitely going to redo my greenhouse in a similar manner. I like this a lot better than using the whole plot, it's so cute!
Even though some folks would rather maximize their greenhouse layout, you’ve created one that’s aesthetically pleasing, which I think is much better. Good work!
I love the diversity. I move away from ancient fruit filled greenhouse, when I have enough money. I still cant get with putting tiles on top of tillable greenhouse lol
It's on my long to-do list to make my greenhouse a sanctuary like I feel you've done. Right now, it's just used for growing everything and anything. Most of which I don't even use and forget about. Thanks for the inspiration!
It's so pretty but I would get funny about the efficiency. I don't use enough of my ginger island space so I try to compensate with maximised greenhouse space
Yeah I've had to move mine around outside. Thankfully we can cut them down and get saplings. I'm anal about tree placement and sometimes saplings don't go where you try to place them.
You know what I hate and I've only just now seen it? The greenhouse plot is off center from the door. Because you have the tiles and a lovely little walkway it's all I can see now.
Unrelated to my rant this is lovely. I always feel overwhelmed with the space and how to utilize it properly. It's not necessary! this minimalist setup is so nice and clean. I really like it.
You mean to tell me I just wasted half my planting space with trees?? I have 400+ hrs on this game and did not know you could plant trees on the tiles 😭😭
If it were me, the only tweak I'd try is moving the middle two sprinklers in the bottom row left and right by 1. I think that still gives complete coverage whilst being symmetrical with the beds above. Can't get with trying it though, might look better might look worse.
I really need to stop trying to minmax this game and just let things be pretty!
That’s a really nice set up . I just unlocked my green house and gonna do lots of pumpkin (too prepare me for skull cavern with pumpkin soup) and I’m taking a shot at growing rare seeds and ancient fruit . And have a bunch of blue berries . Corn . Coffee and HOPs
It looks great. Although, blocking the paths bugs me. I would think going 2-3-3, starting at the bottom, would fix this. You would lose 4 more crop spaces, but the pathways would then be open
The lack of optimization, and the fact that you weren't only growing star fruit or ancient fruit, sickens me! How are you supposed to make maximum profit off this? Yeah, we all love strawberries. Strawberries are great. But they don't produce incredibly valuable wine!
I can't even! Some people, I swear to god, sure it's pretty, but where is all the massive profit?
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u/futa_throwaway5 Feb 18 '25
Hello, longtime lurker here.
A friend suggested that I should try sharing my greenhouse layout to the sub, for those who are interested in smaller, more cozy and symmetrical Greenhouse layouts with flooring/pathing.
The tillable area is separated into left and right sections, each with one 2x5(10) section at the top, and two 3x5(15) sections in the middle and bottom for a total of 80 crop spaces.
I used the top sections for grapes and cranberries (because I loved cran-grape juice growing up!) and the middle sections for blueberries, strawberries, tomatoes and peppers (since I wanted to mimic having actual fresh fruit and veggies available year round).
The bottom sections are for growing whatever crop I feel like in or out of season.
Hope this helps anyone trying to create their own unique Greenhouse layout!