Never figured out how to put a value on your time spent doing this though. Just knew I did not want to be bothered by it that often. Great graphs.

I also find it helpful to have a list of a crops grouped by grow time. Based on the time of day, I pick the best crop for the situation. If I’m going to be gone for the weekend, I might grow a 2 or 3 day crop. If I know I’ll return home after work, I may grow an 8 hour crop.

I assume you mean Farmville Cash (FV), not coins, since coins you earn through harvesting crops, trees, animals. There are only two ways to get Farmville Cash: Either buy it with real money, or earn it one bill at a time through the high end ribbons (Blue ribbons).

Hope this helps.
Adam

Zynga is having heavy load issues this past week/weekend. Not surprising given the huge exponential growth of Farmville.
Adam

I also have a column for XP so this can be considered.

This makes it really easy to see at a glance: which crop is the best fit for the current circumstance, ie when will I next be free to harvest & replow.

I recently added a ‘Level’ column for at which level you are able to access seedlings – to aid discussions with farmville friends across a range of levels.

I really enjoyed your articles. Nice work Adam.

Suze

Useful figures and a good service for all players out there.

There are, however, several alternative ways of looking at the data and some additional considerations to include in the calculations.

Insofar as time is concerned, we spend a great deal of time without much consideration of it’s potential monetary value. Watching T.V, taking walks and other activities that preclude most forms of multitasking are not directly rewarded financially. Farmville is another form of entertainment and, as such, the time invested in it can be considered non lucrative.

One way to save on the time it takes to plough, seed and harvest is click the tasks in quickly- something that improves with a good mouse and practice, and just shift to doing something else while the little farmer goes about it. Watching him do it is like watching paint dry..we don’t have to do it One can time how much it takes per an alloted space and come back when the little farmer is done.

You are, of course, right when you assume that staying up all day to plant every 2 hours, even fast, would be unusually…ahhem..dedicated..so a balance should be found like with all forms of entertainment.

XP is certainly a consideration if one wants to be entertained by the wider options available to a higher level player.
I’m only level 26 and at my level a combination of Blueberries (2 xp for every 4 hour cycle excluding first planting) plus Tomatoes ( 2xp per 8 hour cycle excluding..) give most XP.
Maybe a complete XP calculation table can help those who are after the quick leveling.

Thanks for your effort.