🌴 I Wasted 2 Weeks Farming Wrong Plants – Learn From My Mistake

🌱 My Biggest Farming Mistake

The day before the Beanstalk event started, I felt ready. I had planted 60 Strawberries thinking their bright red color would count as tropical. When Jack asked for submissions, I clicked on my first Strawberry with confidence. Nothing happened in what are tropical plants in grow a garden roblox​ .

Panic set in as I watched other players rack up hundreds of points while my entire garden sat useless. That’s when I realized Grow a Garden doesn’t care about appearance—it only accepts 13 specific plant types marked with the “Tropical” category tag.

I spent the next 48 hours scrambling to buy seeds and replant everything. I finished with barely 180 points while top players earned over 2,000. That painful experience forced me to learn the system, and now I consistently hit 1,000+ points every event.

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🌴 What the Game Actually Considers Tropical

The tropical category isn’t about appearance. It’s a technical classification built into each plant’s code. When you hover over any seed in your inventory, you’ll see a tag that says “Type: Tropical” or “Type: Woody.”

Only 13 plants carry the Tropical tag: 5 give you 4 event points each, and 8 give you 5 points each. During the August 2025 Beanstalk event, players who focused on the 5-point Mythical plants climbed 30-40% faster on leaderboards.

I tested every fruit in the game during my recovery week. Strawberries, Apples, Grapes—none counted no matter how exotic they looked. Only the official 13 plants triggered Jack’s acceptance.​

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📋 The Complete List I Memorized

After my disaster, I printed this list and taped it to my monitor:

4-Point Plants (Legendary Tier)

Banana, Starfruit, Watermelon, Papaya, and Durian. I initially ignored these because 4 points seemed low. Wrong move. During high-submission periods when Jack asks for 10+ plants quickly, fast-growing Legendary varieties saved me multiple times.

5-Point Plants (Mythical Tier)

Coconut, Pineapple, Dragon Fruit, Mango, Parasol Flower, Passionfruit, Ackee, and Cocovine. These became my bread and butter. Just 20 submissions of Mythical plants equals 100 points—the same as 25 Legendary submissions.

Note: Cocovine rarely appears in current seed sources and may be event-exclusive.​

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🛒 Where I Actually Found These Seeds

The Seed Shop

Dragon Fruit costs 50,000 Sheckles but appears consistently. I grinded for 3 days to afford 15 seeds. Best investment I made. Coconut (6,000 Sheckles), Pineapple (7,500 Sheckles), and Watermelon (2,500 Sheckles) also rotate through regularly.

Check the shop every single day at reset time.

Seed Packs

Exotic Seed Packs gave me Banana, Papaya, and Passionfruit. I bought 20 packs and got maybe 7 tropical plants total. Summer Seed Packs have Parasol Flower, but only appear during summer events. Night Seed Packs contain Starfruit.

Traveling Merchants

Every 4 hours, a special merchant spawns with unique seeds. During the August 2025 event, I bought 10 Pineapple seeds from one merchant for 8,000 Sheckles each. Two hours later, they were sold out everywhere and trading for 25,000 each.

I now set timers for every merchant spawn. Missing one can cost you the entire event.

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🏆 The Plants That Won Me Events

After three full event cycles, these four plants carried me from bottom-tier to top 20%:

Mango became my MVP. Multi-harvest means one seed gives 3-4 full harvests. I planted 20 Mango plants two weeks before the October 2025 event. Those 20 plants generated 300+ event points across 10 days.​

Dragon Fruit cost me 750,000 Sheckles for 15 seeds, but multi-harvest paid off. During my best event run, Dragon Fruit contributed 380 points from just those 15 plants.

Coconut was my beginner safety net. Affordable, reliable, multi-harvest. When I ran out of expensive seeds mid-event, my 15 backup Coconut plants kept generating submissions.​

Ackee became my secret weapon. Most players ignored it because Gardener Seed Packs are expensive. I stockpiled 8 Ackee plants, and the lack of competition meant consistent submissions.​

Multi-harvest plants keep producing after collection. During the 10-day August event, this gave me 40% more submissions than friends using single-harvest strategies.

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💰 The Strategy That Finally Worked

My third event was completely different. Two weeks before start date, I planted 20 Mango, 15 Dragon Fruit, 10 Coconut, and 5 Ackee. Total investment: 1.2 million Sheckles, earned back through rewards.​

Preparation: Let everything mature completely before the event started.

Day One: Submitted all Mythical plants first (5 points each). Saved Legendary plants for bulk requests when Jack asked for 15+ plants at once.

Daily Routine: Checked Seed Shop at reset. Visited every Traveling Merchant. Replanted immediately after harvesting.

Week Two: My garden produced 80-100 points daily while early competitors ran out of seeds.

I also optimized my game settings to prevent lag with 50+ plants. Pairing tropical plants with pets like Flame Bee or Giant Scorpion boosted efficiency.

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🚀 Key Lessons From Three Events

Organize plants by harvest type. I wasted hours searching mixed gardens. Now I keep single-harvest and multi-harvest plants separated.

Stock seeds before event announcements. Prices spike 200-300% once events are confirmed. I learned this after paying 40,000 Sheckles for Mango seeds that normally cost 12,000.

Tropical Sprinkler gear increases growth speed roughly 25%. The Toucan pet specifically boosts tropical plants—position it centrally.​

Leaderboards update hourly. Check them daily and adjust pace. During my third event, I doubled my harvesting frequency for the final 3 days and squeezed into 18th percentile.

For tracking profits and layouts, the Grow a Garden Calculator helps compare plant combinations.

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❓ Common Questions

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🏁 What I’d Tell My Past Self

If I could go back to that day before my first Beanstalk event, I’d tell myself: plant 20 Mango and 15 Dragon Fruit two weeks early, check the Seed Shop daily, and memorize which 13 plants actually count as tropical.​

My farming completely changed once I understood the system. From 180 points to consistent 1,000+ point runs just by learning the list, prioritizing multi-harvest Mythical plants, and preparing weeks in advance.

Start building your tropical section today even if no event is announced. When the next Beanstalk or seasonal event drops, you’ll be ready while everyone else panics in trade chat.

For official plant information and event updates, check the Grow a Garden Wiki maintained by the community.

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👤 Author Bio:
Zaid Ansari learned the hard way which plants count as tropical after failing his first major event. He now shares tested strategies that help players avoid his mistakes and rank consistently in top event leaderboards.