Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28129975-20160427221413

It seems like many different threads within DS wikia wind up discussing food production at some point. So I did a little math and will offer my opinion of the best course of Apple Action.

I've searched through the first several pages of this forum & cannot find an existing thread, so I am just starting this new.

NOTE:  I am NOT talking into account cost or experience. ... If you are still struggling for coins or fighting to level up, the below may not apply. But for strictly Apple Production vs. Time vs. Quality of Life, these are my thoughts.

First of all, NEVER plant Impruberies or Buffbeats: When you consider the time it takes to clear & replant the crops (I've allotted 30 seconds in the below table), the 10-minute Upgrapes are much better than the other short options. Personally, I cannot sit for very long without getting distracted and having some gaps, so I will not attempt the 10 minutes anymore. But if you are willing to, in just a few hours, you can amass a nice little crate of apples.

Other than Upgrapes (if you are willing to invest the time), there are only two other options worth ever looking at: Diamondates or Rushrooms.

Normally I use Diamondates almost exclusively. I plant 4 times every day [@wakeup, 5 hours later, 5 hours later & just before bed] which produces me 22,400 apples [800 X 4 plantings X 7 farms] daily or just under 700K a month. I like this because it only requires several minutes of my time 4 times a day AND does not interrupt my sleep.

Sometimes, mostly during Arena Tournaments, I will plant Rushrooms all day long, if I can afford the few minutes every hour. When I decide to do this, I fight my battle, harvest, plant & set an egg time for 1 hour, to remind me to "go to work".

Mathematically, if you plant Rushrooms 8 times through the day & then plant Diamondates at bedtime, the math works out exactly the same as Diamondates 4 times a day. If you lose track of things and plant less than 8 Rushrooms, you lose. If you stay diligent & plant 9 or more Rushrooms, you gain more. Either way, always plant the Diamondates just before turning in for the night.

Food Type       /     Time      / #Apples /     Daily (each farm)



Impruberries  /     30 Sec.  /     6         /     5,760

Buffbeets        /     3 Min.   /     20       /     4,800

Upgrapes        /     10 Min. /     100     /     9,100

Rushrooms     /     1 Hr.      /     300     /     5,100

Firapples        /     1 Hr.       /     50       /     850

Diamondates /     5 Hr.      /     800     /     2,800

<p class="MsoNormal">Pumpwings    /     5 Hr.      /     225     /     900

<p class="MsoNormal">Eliteleeks        /     8 Hr.      /     325     /     975

<p class="MsoNormal">Scalypears      /     20 Hr.    /     700     /     700

<p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, I know the math here stinks, so I’ll tell ya how I did it… I including some basic logic (sorry)! ... I took each category, figured what I think is a realistic number of plantings (including time to harvest & replant), and figured that over a 16 hour day (yes, we all have to sleep).

<p class="MsoNormal">For me, I wake up roughly 6AM & harvest/plant at approx..: 6AM, 11AM, 4PM, 9PM… with a little give in there, I usually do my last crop rotation around 9:15-9:45 & go to bed about 10PM and dream about my little crate of apples. Rinse, Repeat.

<p class="MsoNormal"> <ac_metadata title="Food Production Strategy"> </ac_metadata>