Why Pricklefruit is the Best Seed Grow a Garden Guide

The new Pricklefruit seed is currently dominating Grow a Garden, and players are calling it broken—possibly even better than the Bone Blossom, which was the top seed before. This guide will explain why Pricklefruit is so powerful, how to get it, and the best methods to grow it big and make huge profits before any nerfs hit. Also check out our Grow a Garden Codes and Grow a Garden Tier List Best Animals in the game.

How to Get Pricklefruit?

To get the Pricklefruit seed, you need to complete the brand-new rat quest. The drop rate is about 5%, which may sound low, but with a good method, it’s actually pretty easy to farm.

The easiest way is to plant lots of common crops like strawberries or tomatoes that you have in large quantities. For example, planting hundreds of strawberry seeds and waiting for them to mutate. Collect only mutated fruits, because only mutated crops count toward the quest.

Once you collect enough mutated fruits, cook them (e.g., turn strawberries into smoothies or tomatoes into salads) and feed the resulting food to the rat. There’s a chance the rat will give you a Pricklefruit seed. This method is fast because common crops grow quickly and mutate often.

Why Pricklefruit Is So Good Right Now?

Pricklefruit grows huge—really huge. Using sprinklers like the grandmaster, master, advanced, godly, and basic, you can speed up growth significantly. Pets like the Triceratops can instantly grow plants too, making it even faster.

The size of the Pricklefruit is massive compared to other fruits. It’s so large that it can cover almost half of your garden! Plus, the Mooncat pet boosts plant size by 1.56 times, making your Pricklefruit even bigger if you have multiple Mooncats.

Even better, the Blood Hedgehog pet gives a strong growth multiplier (about 2x size boost) and increases chances for rare variants of Pricklefruit. Players who use Blood Hedgehogs can get enormous fruits that weigh nearly double the size of those grown without them.

Profits and Value

A large Pricklefruit weighing around 62 kg sells for about 5 million shekels. But with Blood Hedgehogs and proper mutations, it can grow up to 95 kg or more, with a base sell price over 11 million shekels.

When you add mutations—like golden, frozen, oil, meteorotic, disco, galactic, and more—the value skyrockets. A fully mutated 62 kg Pricklefruit can be worth 15 billion shekels or more. Bigger fruits with more mutations can push that value over 100 billion shekels.

Compared to Bone Blossom, Pricklefruit is an excellent alternative because it doesn’t seem to have a size cap yet and keeps growing bigger with the right setup.

How to Maximize Your Pricklefruit Growth

1. Use the Sprinkler Combo: Place one each of grandmaster, master, godly, advanced, and basic sprinklers around your Pricklefruit.
2. Get Mooncats: These pets boost plant size significantly when they’re near your plants.
3. Add Blood Hedgehogs: They give a strong size multiplier and increase chances for rare variants.
4. Use Triceratops: If you have one, it instantly grows your plants to speed up the process.
5. Plant in the middle of your garden: Pets tend to gather there, so it helps with growth buffs.
6. Wait patiently: Let the fruit fully grow and collect mutations to maximize its value.

Pricklefruit is currently one of the best seeds in Grow a Garden, combining huge size with high base value and the potential for massive profits through mutations. If you missed out on Bone Blossom, this is your chance to grow something just as valuable—or even more.

With the right pets, sprinklers, and patience, you can turn Pricklefruit into a gold mine. But act fast—this method is very likely to be nerfed in upcoming updates. Try it out now, and get ready to rake in billions of shekels!