Fertilizing 1 or 3 times

[Morka]

You have the option to chose between fertilizing between one to three times. Does it have any advantages to having to fertilize three times, instead of having the option on fertilizing one time?

[Ferrus]

Help section > Look > Learn

[Paradoxagi]

If you set it to 1 you can save some time as you just have to fertilze a single time instead of three times for having the full effect. This new feature adds something to realism when you have it enabled.

[Morka]

So you still get full effect after one fertilization, if you set it to 1. Setting it to 3 doesnt add any bonuses, its just an increase in difficulty (and time consumement)?

[Paradoxagi]

Yes, it should work this way. I have to say I did not test with a setting lower than three, but this option would not make any sense if it does not work like I said. You can easily check how it works on the map menu. If a field gets dark blue after the first fertilization, it has the maximum effect.

[Zourin]

It's really easy to cut back on fertilizing effort with it set to 3.

1st fertilization : Spray or solid fertilizer immediately after a crop harvest. You can do this before or after plowing/sowing. I usually prefer a solid spreader so it can work cross-hatch with the plower/cultivator without collision. I'm sure there are combination cultivator/fertilizers you could upgrade to here (slurry?)

2nd fertilization: Your starting Sower is a combo sower/fertilizer, and will lay down layer 2.

3rd Fertilization: I suggest a sprayer, but a solid fertilizer spreader will work fine here. You can do this as soon as you see sprouts.

and done.

The whole radish thing seems like a waste of seeds and growth cycles imo when you can just spray right after a harvest.

[Morka]

Great tip about checking what color it turns into after changing it to 1, and fertilizing. It went straight to the darkest blue, so that means you dont have to do it three times to get max yield :)

[Willow Rivers]

Originally posted by Morka:

Great tip about checking what color it turns into after changing it to 1, and fertilizing. It went straight to the darkest blue, so that means you dont have to do it three times to get max yield :)

Yup set it on 1 time you get max yeild with 1 fertilization like it was in FS15. Set it to 3 times you have to fertilize 3 times at different stages for max yeild, more realistic.

Same with plowing if you have the plowing option on you have to plow the feilds every 3 harvests or yeld drops. Turn it off and you don't have to plow like FS15 was.

These are just realism settings some have asked for and they gave them to us. Play the way you want.

[Fred]

This has fooled me for days. I thought 3 stage would give 90% more than 1 stage. Now ure saying they give the same??

[Knottypine]

Originally posted by Leofred:

This has fooled me for days. I thought 3 stage would give 90% more than 1 stage. Now ure saying they give the same??

Yes. I do believe it's colour coded. I have mine set to once. If the field is a very dark blue colour on your map (esc menu), it's at the final stage.

[Fred]

Omg, Ive wasted thousands in fertilizing, hiring and vehicle costs

[Tigerprawn]

For the fertilizer radish crop, it would pay to do that when your field turns red and it is time to plough it..... Plant the fertilizer radish crop, don't bother fertilizing it, then plough it in when it is ready. Just adds a bit of realism.

[FishyFrags]

I was going to start a new thread unless someone mentioned it.

I was curious about the two settings between 1 and 3. Since they're both the same I'll leave it on '1'. I've only fertilised once so far. Better than wasting money on having the setting on '3'.

[Paradoxagi]

These settings are not the same. If you just want to make money the fast way, it is more effective using value 1 but, if someone like me likes the new balanced and harder economics and likes are more realistic experience, 3 times fertilizing is a better choice. I think this depends on the play style you prefer.