Potatoes failing to grow in greenhouse?

[Kytae]

Is there some reason ive had 4 failed crops of potatoes to ever leave stage 1 of growth even though in the other half of my greenhouse ive gathered 4 successful corn crops from the same building?

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

You need to be consider this:

• Enough light
• Type of Soil (e.g.: from what biome is that?)
• Soil state (untilled/tilled/fertilized)

This should cover it all.

[Dagre]

yeah, make sure there's enough light, doors used to let light through, not sure if that still works. so if only stuff near doorway is growing it could be that. only thing i can think of. oh and its like 4 blocks from the light source block above, 4 or 5. haven't build indoor farms since a9/a10 so i forget and things may have changed. and i assume torches aren't enough light still(they stopped that long ago), need legit greenhouse with glass blocks. some glass blocks didn't let light through but you used to have to 'mod' those recipes. again, been too long since i played around with that to give you accurate, up-to-date info. I'd test it with just holes instead of glass blocks first if i was going to attempt to figure out how it works now.

and if everything but potatoes is growing, i have no idea. corn you can still plant on untilled soil i think, so make sure you use that hoe and till your soil in nice noticeable rows.

[Kytae]

Ya the ground is tilled and fertilized, i used business glass blocks for the roof because the description excplicitly stated it lets light in, the sides of it are made of window pains which are really transparent so im at a bit of a loss.

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

Originally posted by Roman Torchwick:

Ya the ground is tilled and fertilized, i used business glass blocks for the roof because the description excplicitly stated it lets light in, the sides of it are made of window pains which are really transparent so im at a bit of a loss.

"Lets light in" doesn't necessarily mean it lets "sunlight" in, it may be just light.
If I was you I'd just make a hole in the roof to see if that solves the problem.

Also you didn't tell us what kind of soil you used for your potatos... :-]

[Kytae]

my base is setup in a forest biome, so i just tilled the regular ground then fertilized it.

[DonVino]

business glass blocks dont work for sunlight. I had tried them,too.

[Kytae]

well then i guess that solves it :/ what do you use for a completely enclosed functioning greenhouse?

[jynx]

Iron bar roofs work, anything you can shoot through. You mentioned you're in a forest biome, double check for anything making shadows. They would only have to block sunlight for a few hours to give you problems. Also check your east west orientation.

[Grabthar's Whammer]

Sounds pretty cool looking, screen shot?

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

Originally posted by Roman Torchwick:

my base is setup in a forest biome, so i just tilled the regular ground then fertilized it.

So you didn't check what type of ground you were tilling before planting?

Are you sure some of those dirt spots are not clay patches maybe?
If it's not the glass that could explain why the food is growing differently over there.

[CptnHarlock]

I made a plantation next to a building, the shadow of the building affected the plants close to it. Planted some trees closeby too and it seemd they also affected the plants. Can't be sure since I died shortly after and restarted the game.