Do you know all there is to know about trees in Farmville? Can they earn you a lot of money? What is the best strategy for planting them and harvesting the fruit from them? In this Farmville trees guide you can find a few handy tips to help you along the way.
How Trees Work In The Game
Farmville trees cost a fair amount and yield a regular harvest of fruit. Unfortunately, the return is nothing like that for crops.
For example, an orange tree will cost you 425 coins and after four days it will give you a harvest of 40 coins. Plus if you sell the tree you will only get 21 coins for it. This is fairly typical of most trees, except for the Acai.
The big advantage that trees have over crops is that you won't lose a ton of coins that you were expecting due to wilting. Trees and their fruit simply don't wilt (at least not in this game).
Decorations
Because trees don't yield much, many people simply use them as decorations. In fact, some people never harvest the fruit because they prefer the look of fruity trees!
The Best Tree
Ignoring the resale value, the best tree that you can buy for coins is the lime tree. It will give you 75 coins for each harvest which is a 10% profit. The lime tree gives the most profit in terms of coins and also in terms of return on investment.
But the investment takes a whole five days to mature. In fact, most other trees also yield close to 10% but many mature in as little as two or three days such as the cherry, apple, plum and lemon trees. If you don't mind tending to your trees every couple of days then you are better off choosing these instead.
Gifts
Many players never buy any trees at all but instead just accept them as gifts. If you receive a tree, unless you need money badly then you should never sell it. Just let it sit in an unused part of your farm, generating free money for you.
Acai
The Acai is a unique tree because it can only be bought with Farmville cash. It gives by far the highest profit (158 coins) and matures in just two days.
Although it is by far the best tree, personally I think there are far better ways to spend your Farmville cash.