Radish in FarmCapi: the one-minute crop

The radish is FarmCapi's first and fastest crop: the seed costs 2 coins, it's ready in 1 minute and each plot yields 2 to 3 radishes that sell for 2 coins apiece. It needs water at each of its 3 stages and never gets pests. In the current version (November 2026), the radish is the crop for when you're actively playing, not the one you plant before heading out.

Radish at a glance

Every new farm starts with 12 radish seeds in the Barn, so your first harvests cost nothing.

How to grow radishes, step by step

1. Grab the Hoe and tap an empty plot to till it.
2. Pick Seeds, choose Radish and tap the tilled plot.
3. Switch to Water and water it. Each watering uses 1 drop from the well.
4. When a stage ends, the soil dries and the plot shows "Thirsty · water it". Water again. That's 3 waterings in total.
5. When the radishes are ready, harvest with the Hand. They go straight to the Barn.
6. A harvested plot is left with dry stalks, so till it again before replanting.

What a radish really earns

On paper, the FarmCapi radish has the best coins per plot-hour in the game (180). That number only holds if you're at the screen replanting every minute. Two limits matter more than the price:

• Water. The well refills 1 drop every 20 seconds, or 3 drops a minute, and every radish uses 3 drops. Once your stored water runs out, the whole farm can sustain roughly one radish per minute. That works out to about 180 coins an hour across all your plots, not per plot.
• Profit per planting. Each plot earns 2 to 4 coins (2 or 3 radishes × 2, minus the 2-coin seed). Planting 9 plots of radish and walking away for 3 hours earns the same as staying for 1 minute, because a dry plant just stops growing.

So the radish has three jobs: burning through the water that piled up while you were away, earning fast XP in the early levels, and stocking ingredients for animal feed. At 1 XP per harvest, one plot in an active session can reach 60 XP an hour. The long crops sit between 10 and 11.5 XP per plot-hour.

Why radishes never get pests: the game only rolls for weeds and pests on stages of 45 seconds or longer. All three radish stages are shorter, so radishes always reach harvest clean.

When to plant radishes

• Plant them when the well is full and you have a few minutes, or when you're short on radishes for feed or an order.
• Skip them right before you log off. That's what the one-watering crops are for: tomato, corn, strawberry and pumpkin need a single watering and keep growing while the game is closed.

Where radishes are used

• Feed at the Windmill: 2 radishes + 1 carrot make 6 feed in 2 minutes.
• Granny Coti's orders: her first order asks for 4 radishes and 2 eggs; later ones ask for 6 to 10 radishes or a mix with eggs. See orders.
• Quests: "First radishes" (plant 3) and "Basket of radishes" (harvest 6) kick off the quest chain.

Next crop

Next up is the carrot, available at level 2. Why radishes look unbeatable per hour but lose to carrots once water runs short is explained in the best crops for coins. For the full picture, head back to the game guide, or play free and plant your first radish now.