Farming

[tijndejong9]

How do i water my plants? The coconuts and clay bottles don't work ( there is water in them).

[Smightor]

Water skin and clay bottle should work to water garden. Hold full container in hand. aim at garden. hold 'e' when over it. One drop from container should fill garden meter. Coconuts do not work to water last i tried.

[tijndejong9]

The drops were all empty, but my tree is not dead. Can thuis be the reason that it didn't work with the clay bottle.

[frillen]

Originally posted by tijndejong9:

The drops were all empty, but my tree is not dead. Can thuis be the reason that it didn't work with the clay bottle.

No, 5 empty drops on a farming plot equals 1 serving from a clay bottle or waterskin, it should fill when having a water bottle in hand and holding E on the farming plot.

[tijndejong9]

Well i tried it again, but my tree died because it was out of water. I play the newest stable version.

[frillen]

Originally posted by tijndejong9:

Well i tried it again, but my tree died because it was out of water. I play the newest stable version.

Hmm, that's a bit weird, the only problems I experience about farming is that I don't get a fruit to replant if my plant dies or I use the hoe on the plant and that leaving spoiled fruits on the ground disappears after some time, but I am playing the experimental 0.31.01, so perhaps someone playing the stable version can tell if it works or not :)

[tijndejong9]

Thanks for the help :)

[Magnus Westin]

I'm playing on stable and I can't water my plants either, nothing seems to work.

[Bo#1]

Remember to HOLD the E button down when watering with a full clay bottle. Just like when saving on a bed or shelter. Other than that, I don't know what could be wrong. I have no problem with it.

[Paldanari]

Are the trees making more than one fruit now? It didn't make sense before to plant one fruit and only get one or two from the trees. Can't remember how many it was...just didnt' make a lot of sense to plant. And can you plant potatoes now?

[Paldanari]

Why does the rain not refill the water in the farm plots??

[Gladi8er65]

rain will add water to gardens and stills, but it only adds 1 bar per game hour of rain, so don't rely on rain to keep stills and gardens filled.

Should only consider rain to be a little added bonus, but you have to continue to produce your own water via water stills (feeding leaves into it).


When you want to grow something in a garden plot, DON'T water the plot completely full BEFORE you plant... for some reason if you plant something in a plot that is completely full on water, the water level drops to almost nothing as soon as the seed is planted... It is better to plant the seed and THEN add water (fill it up)

Once you plant something, water the garden all the way up, and that will be plenty of water to take it all the way through harvest,. I noticed that during the plants growth -life, the plot will only lose somewhere around 1/2 the water (half the full circle)you added at the beginning

Once you harvest and the plant resets , add more water, as needed, to fill it back up to full, and it will again be plenty to carry it through harvest again.

Always check your gardens prior to leaving the island for resource runs, add more water if you think you will be gone for more than a day... if the plot runs dry, the plant will die.

I usually craft and maintain 3 water stills JUST for drinking water... If I start gardening, I add 1 more water still for each plot i set, dedicated just for watering the plot.... this is how I do it, and it works out great.... you may prefer a different set up.... Good Luck

[skyflyerjen]

Originally posted by Paldanari:

Why does the rain not refill the water in the farm plots??

I agree, it should fill everything when it rains.