Zynga adds FarmVille Instant Grow per plot option, not exactly worth it

Think of it as ... reverse DDT. Yeah, that might help you forget about the chemicals in your digital food! Zynga has added an option to FarmVIlle (sans digital chemicals ... whatever that means) that allows players to apply Instant Grow to individual plots of farmland. FarmVille Freak found that, when you mouse over freshly planted plots, text appears reading, "Click to Apply Instant Grow." Doing so, if you have the item, will apply the effect to a single plot for a smaller amount of Farm Cash.

Here are the prices for applying Instant Grow to a single crop or tree, but keep in mind that they vary depending upon how ready the crops or plants in question are:

    Instant Grow Crop – 3 Farm Cash
    Instant Grow Tree – 7 Farm Cash


Now, this is the cost for a freshly planted or harvested crop or tree. However, the option to apply the effect to all crops and trees still exists for just 15 Farm Cash for each category. (Note: However, this is could easily be a bug in which the true switch has yet to take place for all players.) Just applying Instant Grow to five individual crops would cost the same as applying it to them all. In other words, this isn't really a good deal. If you're going to apply Instant Grow to a single crop, you may as well do it for the whole bunch.

Have you seen this feature appear in your game yet? Are you a fan of the Instant Grow, or would you rather play old-fashioned (i.e. not spend money)?

Earn 2 free FarmVille Farm Cash in Intuit Business promotion

It's been a few weeks since we've seen a rush of free FarmVille farm cash promotions being launched by Zynga, but it has finally come through for us this morning with an activity with Intuit. This Intuit Business promotion can be found under the bottom right of your gameplay area, but it may just be labeled as "complete this brand activity," rather than anything specific to Intuit. Trust me, this sponsored link window works the same as all of the others, it just comes labeled differently.

Once you start the promotion, you'll be asked to share your love for a small, local business in your community. This requires some thought on your part, as I found it to be incredibly difficult to enter something that the fields could actually recognize. That is, you're asked for the name of the business, along with your city and state location, and it will then search for any addresses matching that business description. Once you find one (perhaps you'll just be luckier than me and score a hit on your first try), you'll have to fill in a form asking for your name, email address and why you like this business the most. If I were you, or are just in this for the free Farm Cash, feel free to give them an out-of-use email address as, let's face it, that's an instant sign-up for Intuit's newsletter right there.

Either way, once you jump through these hoops, you'll finally be given your two free Farm Cash. Remember, these Farm Cash should automatically update into your account, but if they don't, refresh the page and see if that sets things right. As always, we'll make sure to bring you more news about free Farm Cash offers in the future, just as soon as they pop into the game. Keep checking back for more!

What will you do with your two free Farm Cash? Do you participate in activities such as this, that require some real information about yourself, rather than just answering surveys? Sound off in the comments.