As a professional gamer and content creator, I‘ve sunk over 400 hours into Fire Emblem: Three Houses. And in my journey to 100% completion, one feature gave me continual trouble: gardening.
With confusing mechanics, obscure combos, and frustrating RNG, the monastery greenhouse nearly made me pull my hair out! But once I cracked the code on high-yield harvesting, I reaped serious rewards.
Now, I‘m sharing my master gardener knowledge so you can avoid the headaches I endured. Whether you‘re struggling to crossbreed a rare plant or can‘t decipher cultivation, use this professional FE3H gardening guide to flourish.
Getting Started: How I Unlocked Gardening
When I began my FE3H adventure, the greenhouse remained locked despite its tempting promise of valuable plants. I hadn‘t realized gardening was sealed behind a side quest gate!
After scouring online forums, I learned the "Green Thumb Beginnings" quest became available in Chapter 5. I diligently checked each month until it triggered, immediately setting out to complete.
Finishing the quest unlocked the greenhouse, plus my first cultivation method and 3 free seed types. Finally, I could start boosting my units! Well, in theory…
Without understanding best practices, my first crops yielded only disappointment 😅. But failure taught me the ins and outs of successful harvesting.
Choosing Seeds Strategically, Not Impulsively
Eager to plant my new seeds, I rushed into choosing vegetables without considering harder-to-grow options. And I clearly lacked the expertise to fertilize effectively.
My impatience resulted in mundane harvests offering just a few HP and Strength points. They provided only marginal combat boosts on a couple characters, wasting a full season of growth.
Through online discussions and testing theories, I learned two key principles about seeds:
- Flowers often yield reliably: While slower to enhance stats, vibrant flowers offered my best shot at multiplying seeds. And with enough harvests, they produced rare crosses!
- Patience pays off for potent fruit: Though demanding pristine conditions, fruit provided jackpot payouts – as long as I invested the time.
Commit those concepts to memory. Prioritizing flowers while slowly cultivating fruit will provide a pipeline of seeds and coveted boosters for your entire army.
Now I always devote multiple greenhouse beds to red, blue, and purple flowers before selecting veggies or fruits. This yields a steady seed supply for routine planting while buyng time for tougher crops.
Which Seeds Should You Start With?
Since certain seeds remain locked behind progression milestones, focus on what‘s available in early game:
- Flowers: Red, Blue, Purple (White & Yellow unlock later)
- Veggies: Root, Northern Fódlan
- Fruit: Albinean Berries, Boa Fruit
Use flowers to establish seed stockpiles so you can harvest statuesque boosters later. Prioritizing vegetables risks merely mediocre payouts.
Strategic Upgrade Paths for Budding Rewards
Just as carefully chosen seeds bring fruitful returns, smart cultivation upgrades unlock gardening‘s full potential. But determining the ideal investment order stumped me.
Should I spend limited funds on more seeds slots? Or focus on yield multipliers first? My haphazard purchases provided underwhelming growth and discouraged further planting.
After studying the mechanic intricacies, I found upgrading yield chance made the biggest impact early on. More seeds mattered little without results to fill them!
Reviewing the below path, upgrade methods first before expanding slots. This optimization will maximize your yield rates.
1. Airmid Water: First upgrade after unlocking greenhouse
2. Pruning: Good mid-game boost to rare seed odds
3. Scatter Bonemeal: Further bolsters multiple seed yields
4. Additional seed beds: Now higher yields warrant more plantings!
Don‘t worry about the "Perfectionist" methods until finishing the main story. Their exorbitant costs rarely balance out at early levels.
Stick to this cycle and you‘ll be swimming in valuable seeds and coveted stat boosters in no time. It may cost some gold, but consider it an investment towards powerhouse units!
Crossbreeding 101: My Hard-Won Tips for Success
Perhaps most confusing for aspiring gardeners is FE3H‘s crossbreeding mechanic. Simply put, planting certain seeds together can yield exclusive harvests unavailable otherwise.
But without understanding seed compatibility, attempts at unique crosses will drive you crazy! After botching myriad combinations, I noted what political territories and plant types mesh for fruitful crosses.
Here are my hard-won tips for crossbreeding victory:
Match Regions First
Most seeds specify a kingdom or territory. When starting out, only blend seeds from the same regions, like north, south, coastal, etc.
This hugely boosts cross-compatibility for unique harvests. Seeds may still grow separately, but you want them cross-pollinating!
then Merge Categories
Once seeds sprout from matching regions, start blending categories. Combine flowers, veggies, fruits, and herbs to further increase rare crossbreeding.
My best mixes aligned location first, then crossed categories like:
- North + North Flowers + Veggies
- Albinean Fruit + Coastal Flowers
With practice, you‘ll learn unusual fused that yield wondrous results!
Boost Yields Before Attempting Crosses
As noted earlier, upgrading cultivation methods substantially increases the likelihood of rare crosses. Don‘t drive yourself crazy trying combinations until your yields hit at least 50%.
Once you‘ve invested in better fertilization and pruning, crossbreeding becomes much more feasible. Stick to straight seed types before then.
Master those three guidelines and unlocking exclusive plants becomes commonplace. Keep trying new fused; soon that +5 Speed Carrot is all yours!
S-Tier Plants for Stat Boosts
While any harvests help strengthen units, you really want the rarest crosses for tremendous stat spikes. After evaluating every possible plant, I‘ve recorded the best boosters below:
Fruit of Life
- Seeds: Western Fódlan
- Growth Time: 33 Days
- Payoff: +2 HP/Str/Mag/Dex/Spd/Lck/Def/Res
This superfood increases all core stats! Once grown, multiclass units gain substantial power.
Ambrosia
- Seeds: Root Vegetable
- Growth Time: 29 Days
- Payoff: +2 Str/Mag/Dex/Spd
Ambrosia fuels spellcasters and skill-focused brawlers incredibly well. Its quad stat gain levels up the entire army.
Angelica
- Seeds: Angelica
- Growth Time: 22 Days
- Payoff: +5 Defense
For armor-clad battalions, Angelica bolsters durability massively in just over 3 weeks. Faster than other defensives.
Speed Carrot
- Seeds: Blue Flower + Pale Blue Flower Crossed
- Growth Time: 12 Days
- Payoff: +5 Speed
Getting doubled too often? Speed Carrots patch that weakness fast by boosting avoidance and double potential.
Morfis Plum
- Seeds: Crossed from Albinean Berries + Carrot
- Growth Time: 22 Days
- Payoff: +5 Speed
While tricky to land, this plum mirrors Speed Carrot with a hefty injection of Spd. Both produce formidable results.
Learn those S-tiers, nail the crosses, and accelerate unit growth tremendously. You‘ll secure game advantages through gardening that no amount of combat provides!
For detailed lists of additional seeds and crosses, consult the pinned comments. I‘ve recorded all worthy plant combos there for reference.
Wrapping Up: From Failures to Full Harvests
As I‘ve demonstrated, gardening may seem intimidating at first. But commit my guidance to memory and you will master the mechanic with ease.
Choose wisely when planting. Follow strategic facility upgrades for multiplying yields. Most importantly, exercise patience and diligence – gardening rewards visionaries who see the long-term gains.
Internalize those core principles, learn optimal crosses, and start small by sowing flowers. In time you will unlock feats of agricultural power in FE3H, dominating through shrewd harvesting strategies.
Now get out there, tap into your inner green thumb, and grow a phenomenally mighty army! Let the fruits of your efforts speak for themselves.
I hope these professional insights help convert gardening from frustration to fulfillment. Please drop any questions below, and be sure to like/share if this guide gives your greenhouse a much-needed boost! Now if you‘ll excuse me, I have Angelica seeds demanding my attention…
