farm fields not fertilizing (but some are)

[DHTrainz]

Hey there! curious if anyone else is having the issue where a farm that is fully stocked with liquid and solid fertilizer does not ever fertilize certain fields, but it does fertilize others. I did some reading through other forum posts about farms and their issues and have a few qualifiers to add...

1) I am using the beta with all settings on except complex traffic.
2) the farm has enough vehicles, and the issue isn't too many fields (I assigned the troublesome fields to another farm that didnt have any fields and it didn't fertilize them after sowing)
3) that new farm was also fully stocked of all fertilizers.
4) Minimum fertility setting is not the issue as the fields were successfully sown already.
5) I never ran out of the solid or liquid fertilizers to cause the tractors to not come back for the season.

I really just think it is a small bug, so I was curious if anyone had seen it and managed to find a workaround. Its not crushing my playthrough, but it is odd.

Thanks

[jrock1z]

Same problem with solid fertilizer post harvest. I wonder if tractors won't apply solid fertilizer if there are too many crops left on the field (post harvest)? In my case adding a second farm helped but hard to say if that's what caused it. Farm buildings could benefit from a warning message when something is wrong w/ respect to the fertilizer system.

[Ichangedmynamelol]

From my observation, fertilizer from biological waste will only be applied after harvest and will not being applied after Sep 23 ~ Oct 1st. Haven't test liquid one. Some posts says liquid fertilizer only applied before sowing.

Developers should make clear statement about these hidden mechanics in game tutorial or something so we won't need to waste time searching for it here.

[Beast of War]

Originally posted by Vorsichtig:

From my observation, fertilizer from biological waste will only be applied after harvest and will not being applied after Sep 23 ~ Oct 1st. Haven't test liquid one. Some posts says liquid fertilizer only applied before sowing.

This makes sense....you don't contaminate seeds and plants meant for consumption with biological waste source materials.

Bare ground however will digest and transform it and absorb the useful nutrients, any harmful biological stuff is gone by the time seeds and plants grow on it.

[Onbird]

Liquid fertilizer is definitely being applied during the growing season, and not outside it. Which means that you need to stock up a whole year worth of it in advance.

[Beast of War]

Originally posted by Konrad von Richtmark:

Liquid fertilizer is definitely being applied during the growing season, and not outside it. Which means that you need to stock up a whole year worth of it in advance.

Yes, as it is not made of poo and rotting stuff that can contaminate seeds and plants ...like bio fertilizer is.

[DHTrainz]

Originally posted by Vorsichtig:

From my observation, fertilizer from biological waste will only be applied after harvest and will not being applied after Sep 23 ~ Oct 1st. Haven't test liquid one. Some posts says liquid fertilizer only applied before sowing.

Developers should make clear statement about these hidden mechanics in game tutorial or something so we won't need to waste time searching for it here.

I found that liquid fertilizer is only applied after sowing and solid only after harvest in game. I would like some diagnostic info but I do genuinely believe I have everything covered this time and that it’s actually a bug. I will test your observations about the dates of sold fertilizer application though.

[DHTrainz]

Originally posted by Konrad von Richtmark:

Liquid fertilizer is definitely being applied during the growing season, and not outside it. Which means that you need to stock up a whole year worth of it in advance.

You are most certainly correct for the in game mechanic. As such I connected a pipeline with a tank of liquid fertilizer to all my farms so that I don’t run out mid season. Yet still I have a few fields not fertilizing while others do.

[DHTrainz]

I appreciate the discussion from everyone. To try and test throughput of the farm I did make it so that every field has its own tractor so that they could all start fertilizing at the same time. This makes the rate of solid fertilizer consumption especially high so I used dumps and trucks with over 700 tons stocked up for the timing of application of solid fertilizer. Still, with the farm in possession of large stocks of fertilizer and constant resupply, I get no application to the fields in question. Still a small issue that isn’t breaking my game, but puzzling to me at the same time!

[Silent_Shadow]

What are the fertility ratings of the fields?
Is fertilizer not being applied to fields that do not need it?

[DHTrainz]

Originally posted by Silent_Shadow:

What are the fertility ratings of the fields?
Is fertilizer not being applied to fields that do not need it?

10-40% is the fertility rating. A functioning field stops applying solid fertilizer at 150% I noticed. So far the only way I’ve been able to fix the issue is by deleting the fields and replacing them.

[Silent_Shadow]

Originally posted by Vorsichtig:

From my observation, fertilizer from biological waste will only be applied after harvest and will not being applied after Sep 23 ~ Oct 1st. Haven't test liquid one. Some posts says liquid fertilizer only applied before sowing.

Developers should make clear statement about these hidden mechanics in game tutorial or something so we won't need to waste time searching for it here.

They did:
https://www.sovietrepublic.net/post/report-for-the-community-73#:~:text=Liquid%20Fertilizer,Soviet%20Republic%27s%20advancements.

Originally posted by Comrade Stalin:

10-40% is the fertility rating. A functioning field stops applying solid fertilizer at 150% I noticed. So far the only way I’ve been able to fix the issue is by deleting the fields and replacing them.

Does building anything (roads, power lines, etc.) under or near the field cause it?
Supposedly being on disturbed ground causes the low fertility when placing a field, maybe this effect can be caused after placement?