In the game "Grow A Garden," pets serve various helpful functions that enhance your garden's productivity and efficiency beyond just being cute companions. Each pet species provides unique benefits, such as:
- Rabbits eat carrots and increase their sale value.
- Cats nap in vegetable patches, boosting crop growth within their radius.
- Dogs dig up seeds around the garden.
- Pandas eat bamboo and pay you similarly to rabbits.
- Cows increase plant growth rates within a certain radius.
- Some pets can cause fruits to gain mutations, increase fruit size, or even spray water on nearby plants.
- Pets can also trigger rare events, extend the duration of boosters like sprinklers, and help generate money and seeds passively.
Pets hatch from eggs bought in the game and require daily feeding to grow and maintain their effects. They wander around your garden and apply their unique bonuses, making your farming more productive and enjoyable
. In real-life gardening, certain pets or animals can also contribute beneficially:
- Chickens scratch the soil, aerating it while controlling pests like insects and slugs, and their droppings enrich the soil as fertilizer.
- Ducks eat pests and weed seeds without damaging plants and also provide nutrient-rich droppings.
- Goats act as natural mowers and weed controllers by grazing on unwanted vegetation and enriching the soil with their manure.
- Smaller pets like rabbits and guinea pigs can provide nutrient-rich waste useful for composting and fertilizing garden plants.
- Dogs can be trained to dig in designated spots, helping with soil aeration and pest control
Thus, whether in the game or real life, pets can play active roles in improving garden health, pest control, soil fertility, and plant growth.
