Why don't villagers put seed on the field ?

[jafri]

I have seen villagers dig field and put fertilizer on them. But at least sometimes they don't put seed on the field even if there are seed and tools. Why ?

[Capuzzi09]

1. wrong season?
2. you didn't assign a fruit to the field?

[invivo4u]

It might not be the season for planting a particular seed. Oats, flax, onions, beetroot, and poppy, can only be planted in spring. Wheat and carrot in both spring and autumn; cabbage in spring and summer; and rye only in autumn.

[subwaybananas]

*carrots in spring and winter

[jafri]

Originally posted by Capuzzi09:

1. wrong season?
2. you didn't assign a fruit to the field?

I am positive that the season at least in some cases were right. Regarding 2 I know I can in management set which seed to be used. But then again it depends on season. Must I change these settings to fit the season ?

[Goldi:AI]

They just won't put seeds on them if the season isn't right. The fields will stay prepared with fertiliser until the right season arrives. Then they will put down the seeds.

[Spotter]

Originally posted by GoldiRie:

They just won't put seeds on them if the season isn't right. The fields will stay prepared with fertiliser until the right season arrives. Then they will put down the seeds.

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[Gab]

Originally posted by jan.friberg:

I have seen villagers dig field and put fertilizer on them. But at least sometimes they don't put seed on the field even if there are seed and tools. Why ?

seeds have season when to be planted, if it's not season for it then the villager will just clean the field but won't plant seed. You can always check your seeds bag to see if they are available to be planted if not you could set up your field with the seeds that could be planted at current season. What I do for my field is as soon as the season changed I check what I could plant then change the set up for fields. Rye and Oat use for animals feed so need lot of them -.- The animals really eat a lot of feeds

[Werric]

Alternatively you can set up a field (or more) for each individual crop. This way the workers will always plant the seeds when it's the correct season. The one thing that would stop them is if there is too much to do in that season for the number of workers you have.

Is that the problem here? Not enough workers for the work required.

[Morgayne]

Also if they never plant, make sure it is assigned in the field menu. You should see a grid and seed selection.

And covering all the basis, make sure your workers have needed tools for the job and seeds in storage.

[ishe5555]

In order for them to plant seeds, they need:
1. The field to be assigned (within field management) to a crop that is in season and isn't already fully sewn.
2. Sufficient bags, hoes, fertiliser, seeds (and scythes, if flax/grains need to be harvested field plots assigned to whatever you are trying to get planted).
3. Workers assigned to the barn as farmers.
4. Fields close enough to the assigned barn.

[jafri]

Originally posted by Werric:

Alternatively you can set up a field (or more) for each individual crop. This way the workers will always plant the seeds when it's the correct season. The one thing that would stop them is if there is too much to do in that season for the number of workers you have.

Is that the problem here? Not enough workers for the work required.

No I have five persons and see them idle in the barn

[jafri]

I just made a new field and the workers did not put fertilizer on it. Why ? They had everything needed.

[Goldi:AI]

Just to recap: tools, fertiliser, seeds, all where your NPCs can get them. Farmer assigned to the barn. Fields planned in the menu. Fields not orchards. Right season. But the workers don't work?

[Capuzzi09]

Originally posted by jan.friberg:

I just made a new field and the workers did not put fertilizer on it. Why ? They had everything needed.

They do not put fertilizer on a field if you have not assigned a crop type to the field.
If you leave the setting of a field empty in the field part of the management menu, your farmers will only do the clearing work, i.e. convert the landscape into arable land.
Fertilizing and plowing will happen only after you have assigned a crop type, and this will happen regardless of the season.
Once a crop variety is assigned, the field is prepared for sowing, i.e. it is fertilized and plowed.
Then the field workers wait for the right season for the particular fruit variety and sow the seed on the field.