Pneumaticstar 900 Needs seeds?

[Fizbanic]

I bought the weeder, and it says I need seeds for it. This does not make sense as the description doesn't say anything about it being a seeder. It is found under the weeders section.

[Mama Cel]

you don't NEED seeds for it... I don't know what happens if you put seeds in it, but it works without putting seeds in it just fine =) But yes, I thought that was odd too... then again, I don't really know anything about these tools IRL, so it probably isn't that weird, really. ;)

[Nightwolf]

maybe it was supposed to be for herbicide?

[Mama Cel]

Originally posted by Nightwolf:

maybe it was supposed to be for herbicide?

no, that seems like it would be needlessly redundant, and it's pretty clearly referring to seeds... I dunno, I guess its like if you had a field full of weeds, you'd probably be planting something if you are going to the trouble of pulling the weeds up, so this just does it in one go instead of having to use a separate machine. How that applies in the game, I dunno; it doesn't seem terribly useful to me...maybe if yer planting lots of grass? But since they're modelling all these tools on real machines, I guess it is what it is =)

[TheDodge]

Bought the weeder. Said it needed seeds, but it only takes 3 types of seed, none of which I wanted. So ran it without seeds, weeds did not come out. So I filled the seed hopper, weeds came out fine, it it didn’t plant the seeds.

Think it’s bugged.

[Shootalott]

I also was kinda dumbfunded about this implement at the start. I mean, whats the point with it? Then I saw someone on youtoube use it so I knew it worked .

So I did some testing and this is what I found. It can absolutely seed, you just need to have a plowed/cultivated field to do it. The thing is, it's not a bad seeder, its really wide but it has a small seed tank as to not make it to OP for its cost.

There are other implements with the same kind of limited seeding capabilities, like the cultivatordisc from Kuhn which can take over 800 seed, cultivate and seed at the same time. If you choose oilseed and do this and then, when it reaches stage 1, you drive over it with a real culti/seeder/fertilizer like the Hosch Pronto 9m, you get a seeded field with a 2 stage fertilizer that 5% better then a normal 2 stage, since oilseed gives +30% instead of 25% for normal fertilizer. Seems to work.

[Simeta]

The icons on what you can plant with it suggests it plants grass... so if you just want it for weeding then keep it empty.

[Mama Cel]

Originally posted by TheDodge:

Bought the weeder. Said it needed seeds, but it only takes 3 types of seed, none of which I wanted. So ran it without seeds, weeds did not come out. So I filled the seed hopper, weeds came out fine, it it didn’t plant the seeds.

Think it’s bugged.

Yeah, that's weird, because I have used it plenty of times without seeds to remove weeds. Are you sure the weeds were not fully grown? Because, weeders can only remove weeds in the first stage, as they are when they first appear. If you let the weeds grow to the second stage, the weeder will just pass over them without removing them and you have to use herbicide then.

I mean, I know you said you did it with and without seeds.... But I've never put any seeds in mine and it removes weeds just fine, so unless it is just a bug in your particular case, the growth stage of the weeds is the only other thing I can imagine it would be.

[!aïthusa]

That weeder can plant some seeds but they are acually only plant oilseed radish (which can be used for improving yield, you can check your help menu), grass and canola. That's because they are same type seeds and they planting same way. You don't need any seed for get rid of weed, but only first stage weed. Just try that machine in your field, if you can get rid of weed, then you had first stage weed, but if you can't, then your weed grown second or higher stage then you must use herbicide. BTW you don't need get rid of weed with weeder or herbicide after you harvested. Just use cultivator or plow, weeds will disappear eventually. Sorry to my bad English BTW, I am not native English.

[Eep²]

Mowers can get rid of weeds too.

[Mama Cel]

Originally posted by Eep²:

Mowers can get rid of weeds too.

I can't tell if you are serious or not... I mean, I've never tried it and never would have thought to do so really. What about your crops, can you just mow the weeds without destroying the crop? I guess I could see how that would work in the game engine..but it also seems like a bit of an oversight too, if it does in fact work that way.

[Pr1m3]

For the record, you can weed without turning on the seeding portion (just lower the weeder). You can also seed the crops mentioned in the store. It works great to weed and sow Oilseed Radish at the same time. However, the AI doesn't seem to want to operate the weeder unless the field has weeds. Also, you can use the AI to weed even if it has seeds, it won't try to plant anything, it will just weed.

[Eep²]

Originally posted by VoidBeast:

Originally posted by Eep²:

Mowers can get rid of weeds too.

I can't tell if you are serious or not... I mean, I've never tried it and never would have thought to do so really. What about your crops, can you just mow the weeds without destroying the crop? I guess I could see how that would work in the game engine..but it also seems like a bit of an oversight too, if it does in fact work that way.

I've done it several times, first was when I was mowing around oilseed radish and noticed the crop wasn't getting mowed. Then I had weeds in the crop and tried the mower and, sure enough, it took out the weeds but not the crop. I recently mowed the weeds on a freshly cultivated field and no way was I going to run the weeder over it to have to recultivate it (didn't have a sprayer and didn't want any of the 3 crops the weeder sows). So, at least with oilseed raddish, the mower doesn't seem to cut it. I haven't tried mowing other crops with weeds yet.