Can't plant seeds.

[Grimaldus]

I have a garden 16x16 but when i try to plant seeds, certain plot-blocks
doesn't seem to be accepting the seeds, giving me a red indicator.
Does anyone know why this is, and how to solve it ?.

[RasaNova]

Check the space above the plot, there needs to be clearance for plants to grow.

This isn't always obvious, you might have your plots against a wall with a small or thin voxel that looks like mostly open space but the game counts it as a full block.

I used to run in to that problem when planting along the inside of the fence ar Shade Tree Auto. It has letters on the outside of the fence which prevented planting. Drove me crazy trying to figure that out.

[Grimaldus]

Originally posted by RasaNova:

Check the space above the plot, there needs to be clearance for plants to grow.

There is a 4 block space above the plot, which is strange, still won't accept seeds.

[RasaNova]

But what's next to your plots? Here's an example of what I mean block,
P is a farm plot
# is a wall block.
V is electric wiring, flat against the wall.

####W####
# PPPXPPP

It would look like there is nothing above the plot, but the game would see it as a full block and wouldn't let you plant there.

The only other thing I can think of is plants need sunlight, so anything above might block it no matter how high it is.

[Grimaldus]

I solved it.

Since i am farming underground, i had a small shaft dug, 1x1 block,
and this small shaft could only supply a small area with sunlight,
and once i dug 4 more shafts around the center shaft, all plots were active.