{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
  "releaseId": "gag2-crop-decay-source-audit-2026-07-30-r1",
  "datasetVersion": "2026-07-30.1",
  "game": "Grow a Garden 2",
  "gamePlaceId": "97598239454123",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z",
  "verificationMethod": "ten-page-decay-timing-scope-value-loss-watering-and-recovery-comparison",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "roblox",
      "publisher": "Roblox",
      "url": "https://www.roblox.com/games/97598239454123/Grow-a-Garden-2",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-30",
      "role": "official experience identity; no public decay timer or penalty table"
    },
    {
      "id": "gamezebo-decay",
      "publisher": "Gamezebo",
      "url": "https://www.gamezebo.com/walkthroughs/how-long-does-it-take-for-crop-decay-in-grow-a-garden-2/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-06-16",
      "role": "player-tested RNG timing, 80% loss and watering-or-rain recovery claims"
    },
    {
      "id": "gamezebo-pastel",
      "publisher": "Gamezebo",
      "url": "https://www.gamezebo.com/walkthroughs/how-to-get-pastel-crops-in-grow-a-garden-2/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-06-17",
      "role": "pastel appearance, 80% loss and same-day-to-days observations"
    },
    {
      "id": "fandom-can",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden 2 Fandom Wiki",
      "url": "https://growagarden2.fandom.com/wiki/Common_Watering_Can",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-30",
      "role": "Common Watering Can price, restock chance and decay-removal claim"
    },
    {
      "id": "questmora",
      "publisher": "Questmora",
      "url": "https://growagarden2.questmora.com/mechanics/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-30",
      "role": "world-placed fruit scope, inventory exclusion and 80% loss"
    },
    {
      "id": "calculator-super",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden Calculator",
      "url": "https://www.growagardencalculator.com/grow-a-garden-2/wiki/gear/superwateringcan/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-30",
      "role": "Super Watering Can decay cleanup and thin recovery-detail claims"
    },
    {
      "id": "watering-guide",
      "publisher": "GrowAGarden2.app",
      "url": "https://growagarden2.app/guides/watering-cans-guide/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-10",
      "role": "dated Common-vs-Super cost, duration and one-use comparison"
    },
    {
      "id": "allthings-super",
      "publisher": "AllThings.How",
      "url": "https://allthings.how/super-watering-can-in-grow-a-garden-2-what-it-does-and-how-to-get-it/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-06-16",
      "role": "full-plot Super Watering Can scope and 250,000-Sheckle claim"
    },
    {
      "id": "gear-directory",
      "publisher": "GrowAGarden2.net",
      "url": "https://growagarden2.net/features/gears",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07",
      "role": "watering-tool decay removal plus conflicting Super price and duration"
    },
    {
      "id": "fruit-calculator",
      "publisher": "GrowAGarden2Values.net",
      "url": "https://growagarden2values.net/fruit-value-calculator/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07",
      "role": "third-party fruit calculator exposing decay as a value input"
    }
  ],
  "scopeModels": [
    {
      "id": "on-vine-rng",
      "label": "On-vine RNG model",
      "status": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay",
        "gamezebo-pastel"
      ],
      "summary": "A player-tested guide says full-grown crops can decay by RNG, from the same day to several real-world days."
    },
    {
      "id": "world-placed-only",
      "label": "World-placed fruit model",
      "status": "conflict",
      "sourceIds": [
        "questmora"
      ],
      "summary": "A mechanics page says decay applies after harvest to fruit left in the world, while inventory fruit is protected."
    },
    {
      "id": "live-observation",
      "label": "Live-state model",
      "status": "authoritative-input",
      "sourceIds": [
        "roblox"
      ],
      "summary": "Because no official timer was found, visible desaturation and the current sell quote should override either community description."
    }
  ],
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "fixed-timer",
      "topic": "Timing",
      "claim": "Every crop decays after one fixed, predictable timer.",
      "evidence": "conflict",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay"
      ],
      "note": "The only dedicated timing test found describes RNG rather than a universal countdown."
    },
    {
      "id": "same-day-to-days",
      "topic": "Timing",
      "claim": "Observed decay can occur the same day or after several real-world days.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay",
        "gamezebo-pastel"
      ],
      "note": "Both pages share one publisher and author, so this is one testing lineage."
    },
    {
      "id": "starts-full-grown",
      "topic": "Timing",
      "claim": "The decay chance begins once a plant is fully grown.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay"
      ],
      "note": "One player-tested page proposes this model and labels it research or speculation."
    },
    {
      "id": "on-vine",
      "topic": "Scope",
      "claim": "Fruit can decay while still on the vine.",
      "evidence": "conflict",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay",
        "questmora"
      ],
      "note": "Gamezebo says on-vine; Questmora restricts decay to harvested world fruit."
    },
    {
      "id": "world-placed",
      "topic": "Scope",
      "claim": "Harvested fruit left in the world can decay.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "questmora"
      ],
      "note": "One mechanics page explicitly includes dropped or uncollected world fruit."
    },
    {
      "id": "inventory-safe",
      "topic": "Scope",
      "claim": "Fruit kept in inventory does not decay.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "questmora"
      ],
      "note": "Useful if current gameplay matches it, but only one reviewed page states this boundary."
    },
    {
      "id": "all-crops",
      "topic": "Scope",
      "claim": "Every crop type can show the decayed state.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-pastel"
      ],
      "note": "One guide says all crops can become pastel or wilted."
    },
    {
      "id": "pastel-is-decay",
      "topic": "Scope",
      "claim": "Pastel-looking crops are a decayed state rather than a value mutation.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-pastel"
      ],
      "note": "The identification appears in one dedicated appearance guide."
    },
    {
      "id": "loss-80",
      "topic": "Value",
      "claim": "Decay removes 80% of fresh sell value.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay",
        "gamezebo-pastel",
        "questmora"
      ],
      "note": "The 80% loss repeats across two publishers and three reviewed pages."
    },
    {
      "id": "retains-20",
      "topic": "Value",
      "claim": "A decayed fruit retains 20% of fresh sell value.",
      "evidence": "derived",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay",
        "gamezebo-pastel",
        "questmora"
      ],
      "note": "Equivalent arithmetic to the repeated 80% loss claim."
    },
    {
      "id": "below-seed-cost",
      "topic": "Value",
      "claim": "Decay can make a one-time crop worth less than its seed cost.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay"
      ],
      "note": "Whether this occurs depends on current seed price, weight and other sell modifiers."
    },
    {
      "id": "common-removes",
      "topic": "Recovery",
      "claim": "A Common Watering Can can remove crop decay.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay",
        "gamezebo-pastel",
        "fandom-can",
        "gear-directory"
      ],
      "note": "This is the strongest-aligned recovery mechanic in the reviewed set."
    },
    {
      "id": "rain-removes",
      "topic": "Recovery",
      "claim": "Rain automatically restores decayed crops.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay"
      ],
      "note": "Only one player-tested guide states this; the weather audit should control live event interpretation."
    },
    {
      "id": "full-value-restored",
      "topic": "Recovery",
      "claim": "Successful watering always restores the complete original value.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay",
        "calculator-super"
      ],
      "note": "The calculator keeps recovery percentage editable because no official formula was found."
    },
    {
      "id": "one-to-three-cans",
      "topic": "Recovery",
      "claim": "A decayed crop normally needs one to three Watering Cans.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": [
        "calculator-super"
      ],
      "note": "This count appears on one community item page and is not a universal preset."
    },
    {
      "id": "common-price",
      "topic": "Watering Can",
      "claim": "A Common Watering Can costs 2,000 Sheckles.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay",
        "gamezebo-pastel",
        "fandom-can",
        "watering-guide",
        "gear-directory"
      ],
      "note": "The strongest-aligned cost in this audit; still confirm the current shop."
    },
    {
      "id": "super-price",
      "topic": "Watering Can",
      "claim": "A Super Watering Can has one stable Sheckle price.",
      "evidence": "conflict",
      "sourceIds": [
        "calculator-super",
        "watering-guide",
        "allthings-super",
        "gear-directory"
      ],
      "note": "Reviewed pages publish 250,000 and 1,000,000 Sheckles."
    },
    {
      "id": "rescue-always-profitable",
      "topic": "Value",
      "claim": "Buying a Watering Can to rescue decay is always profitable.",
      "evidence": "derived",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gamezebo-decay",
        "fandom-can"
      ],
      "note": "False when restored value gained is smaller than the can cost; use the break-even calculator."
    }
  ],
  "checklist": [
    "Identify decay from the current crop appearance or sell quote, not a browser timer.",
    "Enter the fresh value from the same crop, weight and mutation scenario.",
    "Use 20% retained value only if the current game still matches the reviewed penalty.",
    "Enter the live Watering Can price and the actual number of uses required.",
    "Keep inventory and world-placed fruit separate until the scope conflict is reproduced.",
    "Sell or restore high-value fruit before taking unrelated shop or travel actions."
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "No decay event was timed or reproduced in game by this publisher.",
    "Roblox's public experience page publishes no decay timer, scope or penalty table.",
    "The dedicated timing observations come from one author and are explicitly speculative.",
    "Sources conflict between on-vine decay and harvested world-placed fruit only.",
    "The 80% loss repeats, but no official formula or current sell-screen capture was available.",
    "Watering counts, rain recovery and full-value restoration have limited source support.",
    "The current crop appearance, shop price and Sell Stand quote override this July 30 snapshot."
  ]
}