Crops, Planting, Sowing, Seasons, when, time, etc

[Shane]

can you all fill in some blanks i have and maybe confirm the following

planting etc of crops

a) two seasons in the game, one ends in sept, the other starts in april (true/false?)

- meaning if you plant (aka winter crops) which are wheat, canola, and barley in sept they will be alive and ready for harvest in april

- but other crops die

b) it is best to plough & cultivate every field during sept,
- and then fertilize and seed in april (true/false)

greenhouse

anything in greenhouse takes 31 in game days to grow

- Q. can greenhouse seeds grow all year round .. ?

https://steamcommunity.com/app/678900/discussions/0/1633040337754571721/

winter cycle

(true/false) the game currently skips winter and at midnight sept 30th, the game skips to april 1st is this still the case, or are those threads now out of date and winter cycle is in the current build in full playable state ?

summary

basically despite researching things im still a little unclear on timing of doing things, how long things take to grow and such things, any help welcome to better understand what i can/should be doing...

for example im mid august in game now, and it seems i should not be planting anything until sept, and even then it seems i should only plant wheat, barley or canola

really confused here

[V2200]

Ripening time in full days:
Melon and Zucchini - 19
Cucumber and Pumpkin - 20
Paprika and Tomato - 21
Chili - 22
Apple - 40
All field crops, including grass - 60
The sowing day and the ripening day are not considered. The formula looks like this: sowing day + ripening time + next day when the crop is ready for harvest.

The season begins on April 1 and ends on September 30. The number of seasons is not limited.

From personal experience, I sowed winter crops - wheat, barley, canola and peas. They all survived by April.

[Substancer]

I'd like to add that when you go sleep at sep.30, you wake up next time apr.1. Anything that is growing at greenhouses and fields at sep.30 will be ripe at arp.1 and your manure tank is filled up. Also winter crops give much better yield, so you'd want to have something growing at autumn.

As games season have 6 months and crops take 2 months to grow, you have time to seed and harvest twice during summer, but never 3. You have plenty of time to work on fields, tho.
If you seed between early august and sep.30 end result remains same, it will be ripe apr.1.

[Shane]

so on sept 1st i can sow all fields, and as long as i start then (busy busy busy) i get two full harvest times then stop until the next sept arrives..

but, (correct if wrong) i can 100% confirmed plant "wheat, barley, canola and peas" in my current game which is at mid august and when the game skips to april they will be okay and ready to harvest ...

is that second bit correct ?

[Substancer]

Second bit is correct, but not sure if you fully understood idea.

You'll indeed have crops to harvest at apr.1, and after you've harvested its time to plow, cultivate, fertilize and sow again. After you've sewn its time to wait 2 months for crops to mature. You have enough time to do this twice during season.

As growing 2 harvests takes bit over 4 months total from your 6 month season, your 3rd seeding will always be at august earliest, there's not days left for crops to mature during same season, so it will always be winter crop and be ready at apr.1.

Since you won't gain anything from seeding early august vs. late september, your fields can have growing nothing almost 2 months of year and you still make just as much money. You have more than enough time to seed new crops after harvest.

Also you might want to store crops in silos, because prices fluctuate going up and down about 10 days cycles. Everything except agro store follow this cycle, so you'd make best to sell crops at highest point and buy tractors and fields when prices are lowest.

Crops aren't created equal in how much profit they make, but i don't want to put spoilers here, there's threads discussing best crops elsewhere.

[Shane]

thk u