- within 1 month (very fast return)
- oregano & thyme : fresh herbs, rapid harvest cycles
- mentha: mint fresh leaves harvested continuously
- nasturtium: edible greens and flowers, harvestable within weeks
- azolla: rapid biomass doubling every 1–2 weeks, livestock/fertilizer
- kangkung: continuous edible greens
- gotu kola: leaf harvestable within weeks, salads/herbal products
- black soldier fly: larvae insect protein/fertilizer
- within 3 months
- lemongrass & citronella: first leaves and essential oils within 3 months
- vetiver, initial roots harvestable around 3 months
- rosemary & lavandula: early herb and flower yields
- clitoria: butterfly pea, edible flowers within 2–3 months
- oyster mushrooms: initial fruiting in 6–12 weeks
- shiitake mushrooms: initial fruiting 10–12 weeks
- within 6 months
- ginger, curcuma, galangal, temu rapet, kantan: young rhizomes harvestable fast
- patchouli: initial leaves harvested at 4–6 months, essential oils
- selenicereus: dragon fruit initial small-scale flowering around 6–9 months in good conditions
- morus: mulberry initial berry yields at 6 months from cuttings
- rubus: rosiberry, strawberry, blackberry, raspberry: initial small yields in ~6 months from advanced starts
- within 9 months
- anthurium, heliconia: initial marketable flowers around 6–9 months, steady flowering afterward
- orchidaceae: fast hybrids initial blooms at 9–12 months
- ganoderma & lions mane mushrooms fruiting bodies on logs or substrates
- water chestnut: harvestable edible tubers within 8–9 months
- within 1 year
- vanilla: initial flowering typically 12 months+; first pods 18–24 months
- moringa: productive leaf harvesting from around 8–12 months, seed pods within ~12–18 months
- pandan: good leaf yields within 12 months, increasingly productive afterward
- citrus: leaf yields at ~12 months, fruits typically 1–2 years depending on variety