Gardening

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The protagonist of Persona 4 Golden gardening with Nanako Dojima

Gardening is a recurring mechanic in the Persona series.

Overview

Gardening was first introduced as a mechanic in Persona 4 Golden. Planting and harvesting vegetables gives the protagonist new consumable items to use, in and out of battle.

Mechanics by Game

Persona 3 Reload

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The rooftop garden is a dorm activity. Seeds can be purchased at Rafflesia. If a seed is planted, the protagonist can tend to the garden with Junpei, Fuuka, Aigis, or Shinjiro on nights when they have an icon over their head. Doing this three times with each of them will either unlock or upgrade their Characteristics. The garden yields extra produce based on which party member the protagonist tended to the garden with.

Persona 4 Golden

In Persona 4 Golden, the protagonist can begin growing a garden in the yard outside of the Dojima house. This activity is initiated from the gardening bucket in the living room. Gardening is introduced at the Dojima Residence on May 22nd and it is available until December 23rd. The protagonist will be able to purchase seedlings from the housewife gardening NPC outside who appears outside of the Dojima house and at Junes. Planting seeds or harvesting grown vegetables doesn't consume time and can be done in all types of weather.

Tending to the garden can be done in the afternoon or evening, during all types of weather. It does consume time, but the vegetables will grow 1 day faster as a result and the protagonist gains +3 Diligence. If tended to on the day right before harvesting, then the yield will increase +1, or +2 if tended to during both afternoon and evening time slots. If Nanako Dojima is home during the afternoon or evening, she will help out. Ryotaro Dojima will also join during the evening if he is home. Both can gain +5 Social Link points from this. Furthermore, Nanako also has special dialogue that can only be read by working in the garden on certain calendar days.

Seedling	Price	Sale Start Date	Grow Time	Produce	Yield
Tomato Seedling	¥500	May 22nd	5 days	Tiny Soul Tomato	3
Daikon Seedling	¥500	May 22nd	5 days	Return Daikon	2
Wheat Seedling	¥1000	June 5th	6 days	Crack Wheat	2
Cabbage Seedling	¥1800	June 5th	6 days	Hiranya Cabbage	2
Wall Paprika	¥2300	June 24th	7 days	Red Paprika White Paprika Blue Paprika Green Paprika	1 of each
Barrier Corn	¥2500	June 24th	8 days	Tetracorn Makaracorn	1 of each
Eggplant Seedling	¥3000	July 24th	9 days	Scapegoat Eggplant	1
Melon Seedling	¥5000	August 14th	10 days	Bead Melon	1

Once vegetables are ready to be harvested, there will be a blue icon on the bucket in the living room. If vegetables are not harvested within 10 days after they finish growing, they will wither, the icon will turn red, and the bad vegetables will need to be cleared from the garden before it can be used again.

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Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	家庭菜園Persona 4 Golden Katei saien	Household garden
	野菜栽培Persona 5 Yasai saibai	Vegetable cultivation
	屋上菜園Persona 3 Reload Okujyō saien	Rooftop garden
Simplified Chinese	种植Persona 5: The Phantom X zhòngzhí
Traditional Chinese	種植Persona 5: The Phantom X zhòngzhí

Gallery

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  Mitsuru showing S.E.E.S. the garden
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  Nanako and the protagonist at the garden
• File:P5R Garden Screenshot.png

Gardening in Persona 4 Golden

References

General

• "Chapter 1: Systems: Kitchen Garden", Persona 4 The Golden: The Complete Guide, Dengeki Playstation Editorial Staff. Published by Kadokawa (2012). Japanese. p. 47. ISBN-13: 978-4048866637.

Specific