Estimate gardening or farming game profitability by comparing input cost and harvest revenue.
Overview
The Grow a Garden Calculator estimates whether a crop plan is profitable by combining planting cost, growth time, and selling price.
Use it to compare crop choices, optimize rotations, and prioritize the highest return per cycle or per hour.
Compare crop cycles by profit per minute to prioritize high-return plants when grow timers and seed costs differ widely.
Steps
Add total cost for planting one cycle.
Input number of units harvested per cycle.
Provide sale value per harvested unit.
Include cycle time to evaluate profit per hour.
Review revenue, net profit, ROI, and time-adjusted return.
Math
Profit = (yield x sell price) - planting cost; ROI% = profit / planting cost x 100
Revenue is calculated from yield and unit price. Net profit subtracts upfront cost, and ROI expresses return relative to investment.
Worked cases
(40 x 8) - 180
$140 profit
140 / 180 x 100
77.78% ROI
140 / 2.5
$56.00 per hour
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