Carrot in FarmCapi: the five-minute crop

The carrot is FarmCapi's second crop: it becomes available at level 2, the seed costs 5 coins, it grows in 5 minutes and each plot yields 2 to 3 carrots that sell for 4 coins each. Like the radish, it needs water at each of its 3 stages. In the current version (November 2026), it's the best crop for squeezing more coins out of every drop in your well while you play.

Carrot at a glance

How to grow carrots, step by step

1. Buy carrot seeds in the Shop under Seeds (5 coins each).
2. Till a plot with the Hoe and plant with Seeds.
3. Water it with Water (1 drop).
4. Come back after 1 minute and again after another 1 min 30 s to water the next stages.
5. Pull weeds with the Hand and treat pests with Bug spray.
6. Harvest with the Hand after 5 minutes of growth, then till again.

Carrots and water: the math that matters

FarmCapi carrots use the same 3 drops as radishes but give more back per drop. On average profit, a radish earns 1 coin per drop and a carrot about 1.7. Since the well refills 3 drops a minute, the whole farm can sustain roughly 60 short-crop harvests an hour. With carrots in at least 5 plots, that's around 300 coins an hour; with radishes, around 180.

The trade-off is attention. In a 5-minute cycle you come back twice to water. If you close the game, a carrot moves forward one stage at most and then waits, dry.

Weeds and pests on carrots

From level 2 on, when a crop moves into stage 2 or stage 3, the game rolls a 15% chance of weeds and a 10% chance of pests, as long as the stage that just ended lasted 45 seconds or more. Carrot stages are long enough, so carrots can get both. Every weed or pest left on the plot costs you 1 carrot at harvest, and 2 pests stop growth entirely. Pulling a weed with the Hand or spraying a pest with Bug spray (6 coins in the Shop) gives 1 XP each.

Quick carrot checklist:

• at least 3 drops in the well for every plot you plant;
• Bug spray in the Barn (new farms start with 3);
• 5 free minutes, or at least two quick check-ins.

When to plant carrots

• Plant them during 5- to 15-minute sessions, when the well is full, and whenever the Windmill needs feed.
• Skip them before bed or before work. For that, use the tomato (30 minutes, one watering) or a longer crop.

Where carrots are used

• Feed at the Windmill: 2 radishes + 1 carrot make 6 feed in 2 minutes. Feed keeps your chickens and cows producing.
• Orders: from level 2, Granny Coti asks for 4 to 8 carrots, or carrots with eggs; from level 3, a salad of tomatoes, carrots and radishes.
• Quests: "Orange underground" (plant 6) and "Carrot soup" (harvest 12, rewards 2 Fertilizer).

Previous and next crop

Before it comes the radish; after it, the tomato at level 3. The full water-and-coins math is in how to earn coins fast while you play. Want to test the water math yourself? Play free in your browser.