Whats the secret for growing mushrooms?

[valhalla attendee]

I tried to grow mushrooms in roofed+walled room. Mouse-over shows all green status: "Strong", "Minimal light", and fully watered. The next day all shrooms are always "Weak" and die in a matter of 1-2 days.

What am I doing wrong?

[originalstudios]

Sorry to hear about the issues you're seeing! Do you see them getting weak in the first phase or second phase of growth? First phase is when the cap is planted, then after a day or two it goes into the second phase where one or more new mushrooms will grow from a tiny size.

Also have you been growing other herbs and bushes as well, or just mushrooms?

[valhalla attendee]

This happens in the first phase.

Plants and bushes grow with no problem, except one thing I just encountered: when I left my home base for 1 full day+night (I slept really far away), I left all my garden fully watered and "Strong". When I got back ALL plants and bushes were dead.
There was a Blight storm during that day, but still I don't think that's intentional mechanics to kill off everything when not at home.
So maybe that's the same problem with mushrooms? When I go away for hunt/gather they die off?

Also there is a bug where mushrooms "visually disappear" depending on camera angle (but they are still clickable etc.).

[originalstudios]

Ok thanks for the further detail, I'll dig into this more and hopefully fix up soon. From my testing earlier most plants should last at least 24 ingame hours from fully watered (bushes may die a bit faster since they are so useful), I may increase this further. And you're correct blight storms do not kill off plants, just raise their infection level. In the full game there will be fungicides to make that will reduce this effect

[valhalla attendee]

It looks like there is something wrong with growing time (if that's not programmed on purpose): for couple of days some plants show something like "~1 day left". Or sometimes the time shows longer, but the plant grows surprisingly earlier. So the time display is somehow off.

[originalstudios]

Just pushed out v0.8.7 that should hopefully fix all the issues around mushrooms. Leaving camp and coming back after a considerable amount of time, enough for the mushrooms to grow into their second phase while unloaded, would be a cause. Thanks for reporting!

Also reworked the plant UI to reflect the actual growing/condition status more properly so there should be less confusion. Sometimes it would say "minimal sunlight" when in fact there was a tiny bit too much

[spike_mf]

Will placing plants mushrooms close to water or rain watering them? If so is there a way to do some sort of irrigation system, digging a small canal?

[originalstudios]

Originally posted by spike_mf:

Will placing plants mushrooms close to water or rain watering them? If so is there a way to do some sort of irrigation system, digging a small canal?

The plants/mushrooms don't look at proximity to water for moisture, but rain does water them as long as they aren't covered by a roof.

Currently you can dig canals near bodies of water with the shovel, I think it would be cool if this could keep plants watered. Will write this down to implement later. Thanks!

[michaelross1987]

Originally posted by originalstudios:

Ok thanks for the further detail, I'll dig into this more and hopefully fix up soon. From my testing earlier most plants should last at least 24 ingame hours from fully watered (bushes may die a bit faster since they are so useful), I may increase this further. And you're correct blight storms do not kill off plants, just raise their infection level. In the full game there will be fungicides to make that will reduce this effect

Hello there, regarding fungicide, is there any in-game indication as to how to make protection against fungicide?

[Tubemastaflash]

I planted red spotted zoomers in a completely walled off (except for a doorway) and covered area of my base and they grow no probs. The rain water keeps them moist and they only take a day to grow without any fertiliser (you plant 1 mush and they multiply, getting a yield of 2-3). If you keep them around - and it doesn't rain - you will need to water them every couple days.

[fesher]

i had issue with shrooms, planted on first stage they were all strong happy, second stage too damp and not growing and adding dirt did not reduce dumpness, and then they keep dying, how to?