As if there weren’t already enough activities for you to do in a Persona game,Persona 4 Goldenintroduced a new mechanic into the Persona series as well: gardening. Yu and Nanako (and occasionally Dojima) will be spending some time together out in the yard, planting, tending to, and harvesting vegetables together.

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Once you’ve got a luscious crop, you can even use your harvest to replenish HP and SP to your teammates during battles or in dungeons. For a little help in finding seeds, planting your garden, and harvesting your crops in Persona 4 Golden, read on ahead.

How To Use The Garden

You’re able to use the gardening box outside the Dojima Residence beginning on5/22.On this day, Nanako will speak to you about wanting to plant veggies.

After this, you can plant a total ofeight different cropsthroughout your year in Inaba. You can buyseedlingsfor your garden from eitherJunes, or from thewoman outside the Dojima Residence.

Nanako telling Yu about growing vegetables at school in Persona 4 Golden

You’re also able to spend timemaintaining your garden.Doing so offers three benefits:

When a crop isready to harvest, you’ll see ablue symbolabove the bucket of gardening tools.Interact with the tools to harvest the crops that are ready.

Yu and Nanako in front of their tomato plants in the garden in Persona 4 Golden

However, if a crop iswithered, you’ll instead see ared symbol. This means your crops are withered and will need to be cleared before you can plant new ones.

It’s worth noting that youcannot garden in winter. Instead, you’ll use the garden to catch some rare bugs.

All Crops And Their Effects

Below, you’ll find all the information you’ll need about what crops you can grow in P4G.

5

Restores 20 SP to one ally

5/22

¥500

Allows your group to leave the dungeon

6

Acts as a key for treasure chests in dungeons

6/5

¥1,000

Cures any ailment except Down or Unconscious to one ally

¥1,800

7

Resists an elemental skill, corresponding to the color

6/25

¥2,300

8

9

Allows one ally to survive one insta-kill attack

7/24

¥3,000

10

Fully restores all HP/SP to one ally

8/14

¥5,000

Keep your eye on the health of your garden, and you’ll be stocked up on veggies in no time.