Winter Seeds are a type of Crafted seed. The crafting recipe is labeled "Wild Seeds (Wi)", but when crafted, the result is "Winter Seeds." Mature plants yield, at random, a Crocus, Crystal Fruit, Snow Yam, or Winter Root.
Winter Seeds are one of the season-specific crafted wild seeds, along with Spring Seeds, Summer Seeds, and Fall Seeds that produce crops normally found as forage. While Farming Skill normally increases the chance to grow a quality crop, Foraging Skill increases the chance to grow a quality crop from Winter Seeds. Choosing the Botanist profession will ensure iridium-quality crops grown from Winter Seeds.
Crows do not attack crops grown from Winter Seeds, so the use of Scarecrows is unnecessary.
There is a 50% chance to obtain 10 Winter Seeds as a silver tier reward on the 12th for the SquidFest festival and a 50% chance to obtain 15 Winter Seeds as a silver tier reward on the 13th for the SquidFest festival.
Selling Winter Seeds is never profitable. A craft of Winter seeds yields 10 Winter Seeds worth data-sort-value="300">300g total, but the ingredients to craft it sell for data-sort-value="380">380g at normal quality.
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Wild Seeds from any season may appear similar to dead crops during Stage 2 of growth.
Bugs
On Ginger Island, mature Winter Seeds may destroy the tilled soil (and fertilizer), leaving untilled soil in their place after harvest.