When to start Farming?

[Another Mother's Son]

I walked out this morning and saw my lawn starting to turn green. I almost cried. I think it's early April as i write this. I have a large garden plot cleared just outside my base in the Riverside gated community. I made a dozen large water collectors and kept it clear of grass and brush all winter. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2931660843 I built a couple crates for all the seeds and implements I looted from the local storage units, warehouses and the Rural Supply store in the little town south-west of there. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2931660974 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2931660933 The temperature is pushing into the low 50s on sunny days and I feel like it's time to start planting. Are some seeds hardier than others? Do they grown at different rates? (been playing way too much Stardew Valley)

[Larus]

As of right now start whenever you feel like it. All crops will grow throughout the year, growth merely slows down in winter. Things are suppost to change in build 42 though.

[Animalman]

That’s a big watering job should anything go wrong. Too big a watering job if there is a drought. You gotta hit it on regular rain season. Springs and Autumns. If you want to leave it unattended otherwise you should just grow a small farm that you can keep a watering can or bucket of water for. For a huge job like you’ve created here if you wanted the entire thing, filled up in one huge farm make sure you can walk around and sit in your car with two layers of clothing on. T-shirt and jacket without any temperature problems. My guess is that would be best time to do it.

[Animalman]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2931700105

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2931700147

here my farm :)

[Armagenesis]

Each type of crops do grow at different pace. Cabbages are the fastest to grow. The almighty crops.

As for their resilience to disease, if that's what you mean by "hardier", I think all type of crops have the same chance of contracting a disease. What matters is where you plant your crops, I think? Because for some reason my crops tend to get disease more often if I plant them on top of a dug out dirt compared to natural patch of dirt.

[Jethro]

I start as soon as I have seeds. And I’ve learned to not plant too much at once. I’ll usually just do like 5-6 cabbage and 5-6 potato. Otherwise you’ll end up with so much going to waste, unless you are running 10 freezers.

[ProtecTron]

I'll start farming after the entire map has been scavenged for canned food, pasta, and other food items xD

[Animalman]

In some game i just have a farm to make a worm farm with so that i can make a bird farm. So growing huge crop like go straght into worm production

[bulbatrs]

how many people are you planning to grow for? 50? you will not be able to eat that much and will need lots of freezers where all the food is still going to rot in a year or so.

[Jethro]

Originally posted by bulbatrs:

how many people are you planning to grow for? 50? you will not be able to eat that much and will need lots of freezers where all the food is still going to rot in a year or so.

Yes. This I learned the hard way haha. Even right now in my current run, with the smallest farm I’ve ever grown, I have more cabbages than I know what to do with. My ICE chest is about full of mostly cabbage, potato and bird meat. My fridge and normal freezer are packed. I end up throwing way too much into the composter.

[J's]

To answer OP : anytime, for now it grow all year 'round.

For other comments on relating issues, while playing solo on sandbox settings with max nature abundance, I don't need anything more then a plot of each (if that). I figure that on regular settings, 2-3 of each would be more then sufficient (if that) and logic state that you'd plant/harvest each within their fraction of growth time (1/2 or 1/3 of duration) to space out yield and lessen the need for refrigeration/generator/gas. Could even be sustainable at 1 per crop, I'll let learned people usind default settings fill in on that.

That is not to say that I'm not making extra plots of land dedicated to farming in excess of what I need, for decorative purpose and/or for NPC/Multiplayer possible future.

[Animalman]

Well a huge farm can also = huge farming exp so there are reasons. I notice he has actually handled his water situation with those rain barrels

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[J's]

Originally posted by Animalman:

Well a huge farm can also = huge farming exp so there are reasons. I notice he has actually handled his water situation with those rain barrels

I would agree with that statement.

[Greb]

Well my friend started farming in the dead of Winter and manages to bring in plenty of carrots and lettuce, so I guess just farm whenever and wherever the mood takes you, really.

Can also pour dirt on the ground inside a building and grow stuff like that if you want, if you're worried about the weather. I don't think it's going to matter until the farming overhaul comes in, though.

The only thing that's worth taking note of (other than when to harvest for seeds) is that I think planting stuff one tile apart reduces the risk of disease ravaging your crop, or something like that. Other than that, just plant away.