yield potential isnt working

[bigfry666]

hey since the update from 9.0.3 the yield potential on the mini map isn't showing where the best areas are to plant crops lucky i have level 7 in gathering were i can still use the farming plots. I'm getting 2-1 out of the crops unlike some of the other players on my server that only getting 1-1 from the crops i don't know if this is a new thing from the update or if its bug i was just hoping someone else is having this problem if not i think my server massive screwed

[Rekentio]

I believe it is tied directly to soil nutrition and fertilizers. If I look at the yield potential on my map, where the farmers have their crops with nutrients, it's lit up like a holiday party. If you have level 7 gathering, you get a 100% increase, thus your 1 crop is turning into 2. At least for now it seems, we either need to have fertilizers or larger fields to compensate for the yields.

[SLG-Dennis]

You can use these 3 admin commands to reset the nutrient layers immediately:
"/sim setlayer Potassium, 0.6, 0.9"
"/sim setlayer Nitrogen, 0.6, 0.9"
"/sim setlayer Phosphorus, 0.6, 0.9"

[bigfry666]

yer i placed about 100 compost on my beet fields and then harvest them when they were ready instead of 2 i was getting 7 sometime 4 but mainly 7 of them so i'm guessing they changed it to that now so you have to use the fertilizer but that still quite bad if you're starting a new game or new to the game and you don't know where some crops grow or why there not growing.
and thank you for the commands that will help us out

[Sp3cial1st]

Putting your farm in the most glowy part of the "Yield potential" layer of that crop, does not give you any more yield than you would when not putting it there.

The yield potential layer ONLY shows you where the plant's best possible match is located. As in, that's where it'll like growing.

Not putting it in these glowy zones, will hinder the growing potential of the plant. By looking at a plant with the soil sampler, you'll discover different percentages of matches for that plant.
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If the plant has a RED sentence below saying it's in a inhospitable environment. it won't grow at all. If its in a YELLOW sentence, saying it's in a suboptimal location, it means it'll only grow at HALF speed.

You want it to be in the GREEN. Which means it'll grow at normal speed which is indicated by looking at the plants wiki page. Usually a 19 hours for most plants.

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YIELD:

For yield itself, you need nutrients. Plants will draw nutrients from the ground when growing. It's best to keep the nutrients above 100% so you will always get max yield.

By using ONLY compost fertilizer, you are only giving it Potassium and maybe a little nitrogen. If the Phosporous or Nitrogen is below about 60%, that is the reason you are getting less than you should.

IMPORTANT: Fertilizer has a value, while the soil sampler has a percentage. 2 = 10%, This is the base formula.

[fractalgem]

The minimap layers DO seem to be off by a few chunks.

You mentioned an update-I've read reports of that update screwing up nutrient layers.

You can also pour fertilizer into your fields to bump em back up-supposedly this won't help yields for already mature palnts, just newly matured plants.