How do ı choose which seeds my farmer plants?

[CheersMate]

do ı need to remove the seeds ı dont want planted from inside the farm shed chest?

[orb]

You set on the farm management screen which plants you want them to seed where.

[House Gnome]

Are you talking seed type or seed amount? They will plant which ever crop the field is designated for and use the number of seeds needed for the field. If you want to reserve seeds (say flax or wheat) you should move them out of farm or resource storage, I believe they use what is in the building first, then pull from resource storage.

[Spotter]

Originally posted by House Gnome:

Are you talking seed type or seed amount? They will plant which ever crop the field is designated for and use the number of seeds needed for the field. If you want to reserve seeds (say flax or wheat) you should move them out of farm or resource storage, I believe they use what is in the building first, then pull from resource storage.

You are correct.

[Jon]

I've been doing all my own farming, but ...

I thought the farmers rotated crops, so if you designate your fields, won't that confuse the system?

[orb]

Originally posted by Jon:

I thought the farmers rotated crops

Farmers don't rotate crops. They plant/seed what's been previously planted there the next time there is appropriate season for planting the same crop there.

If you want to rotate crops with use of NPCs, the best is to change assignment right after they've harvested the previous crop from there.

[Jon]

Ok ... I read somewhere they rotate crops in a set pattern ... hmmm.

Thanks.

[Morri]

Originally posted by CheersMate:

do ı need to remove the seeds ı dont want planted from inside the farm shed chest?

Your farmers have only access to the chest of their farm shed, and the resource storage chest. So if you put the seeds you don't want them to use anywhere else, they'll be safe from their grubby greedy little hands.

Originally posted by Jon:

I thought the farmers rotated crops, so if you designate your fields, won't that confuse the system?

Not sure what you mean. They'll follow the schedule you assign in:
https://imgur.com/a/pqKlZ8z (if you plant seeds yourself, it'll automatically also change the schedule to that type of seed)

So that means if you put a different crop there than what currently is growing on the field, and your current crop isn't ready for harvest yet, they'll destroy your current crop to prepare the fields for the new one. Even when it's not the right season yet for the new crops, so beware!

[Jon]

Thanks ... For now, I'll stick to doing my own farming.

However, from what I read above - and it makes sense - if I want my farmers only to do Flax & Wheat, have only those seeds available. All other seeds I should keep in my own chest.

[AfLIcTeD]

Originally posted by Jon:

Thanks ... For now, I'll stick to doing my own farming.

However, from what I read above - and it makes sense - if I want my farmers only to do Flax & Wheat, have only those seeds available. All other seeds I should keep in my own chest.

They will only plant what you set in the management screen. If you only set flax then they won't touch the other seeds. The only reason you need to separate seeds is so your barn/windmill workers don't use them all and kitchen for poppies.

I find it's best to have one field per crop at whatever size you like. Then you can name them how you like so you don't get confused.

You can rotate them in the management but you have to do it yourself manually each season.

[Jon]

Thanks, all this information helps a lot ...