Cultivating with seeder problem!!!

[muhidin-777]

I instal mod for seasons and I always use seeder that offers possibility to seed directly no previous cultivating or plowing....but when i install mod for seasons my seeder dont seed directly i must use cultvator then i can seed? Why that?

[SeaDog]

Because the crop that was in the field before needed to be cultivated before seeding. Seasons doesn’t reset the fields at the beginning of the game. It sets all fields to what they should be based on what their state would have been if you had started a generic game. If the crop was corn, sunflowers, beets, potatoes, cotton or sugar cane then you have to plow first.

[muhidin-777]

But my seeder are seed directly without cultivating

[SeaDog]

It only works on grains.

[Usedfireball]

Originally posted by SeaDog:

Because the crop that was in the field before needed to be cultivated before seeding. Seasons doesn’t reset the fields at the beginning of the game. It sets all fields to what they should be based on what their state would have been if you had started a generic game. If the crop was corn, sunflowers, beets, potatoes, cotton or sugar cane then you have to plow first.

Does it only do that the first time around or always require cultivating after those crops?

Because if it always requires cultivating after those crops, whoever did seasons really does not know what IRL no-till seeding is... (And Giants missed to some extent as well.)

[SeaDog]

Seasons did not change that mechanic. FS19 has always required plowing after certain crops. If you plant wheat, oat, canola or barley on your field then you will be able to plant right through it with your combo planter the next season. If you plant corn then you will need to plow before planting anything again.

[Usedfireball]

Must be running with plowing required, I've just turned it off on mine... Able to straight seed after said crops with any of the "no-till" seeders. (Actually, I don't recall it requiring it with plowing on, just took a yield penalty if you did...)

[SeaDog]

Periodic plowing is sill an every 3 harvest requirement.

[Usedfireball]

Originally posted by SeaDog:

Periodic plowing is sill an every 3 harvest requirement.

From what I have seen that was an FS 17 requirement, now changed so that the grain crops never require plowing after, even if you plant them 3+ times in a row. I read that in some guide, and did actually test it out, but still later turned off the plowing requirement. At least then you only have to plow once if the field state required it at the start of the game. Easier to do it the same time the field gets expanded out like I always try to do.

[Sigmund]

I don't know about Seasons but in Vanilla FS19 only Corn,Potatoes,Sugarbeet,Sugarcane require plowing after harvest.
(only these crops are mentioned as it can be clearly seen in in the Help section (press ESC), under Improving Yield)

Sunflowers and Cotton do not require plowing. only cultivating.


The grains (Wheat,Barley,Oat,Canola,Soybeans), none require plowing. only cultivating.

(Although the fields could be in an initial state requiring plowing)

[SeaDog]

Originally posted by Sigmund:

I don't know about Seasons but in Vanilla FS19 only Corn,Potatoes,Sugarbeet,Sugarcane require plowing after harvest.
(only these crops are mentioned as it can be clearly seen in in the Help section (press ESC), under Improving Yield)

Sunflowers and Cotton do not require plowing. only cultivating.


The grains (Wheat,Barley,Oat,Canola,Soybeans), none require plowing. only cultivating.

Thanks for clearing this up. Do root crops and corn require plowing if you turn off periodic plowing? Read some other posts on google and many are saying that closest to rl in USA is to turn off periodic plowing as we rarely ever use a plow in this country anymore.

[Sigmund]

I haven't tested, but i suspect if you turn off periodic plowing, the "needs plowing" state probably never appears. Much like if you were to turn off lime.

Yeah plowing is a bit of a problem cause it requires massive power and the implements aren't that big. With plowing enabled, this makes Corn a tough crop to do, since it doesn't pay a lot more than Wheat/Barley and requires considerably more work. It's still the most pretty crop to look at on the trailers though :) That yellow!

Corn silage is worth it, but the Biogas plant process speed is so slow now... harvested 40 acres of Corn silage (2.1 million chaff), and takes more than 2 days to sell.