A pressurized sprinkler network automates crop watering and reduces the need to tend each planted area manually.
PC / Global, current version 3.x
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Where to farm
Crop beds beside a water network on your farm plot.
Connect sprinklers to a working water supply, arrange beds within their reach, and test the far edge of the plot before relying on the system. The practical farm loop is straightforward: plant, confirm water coverage, wait for growth, harvest, and replant. Treat sprinkler coverage as something to verify in your own layout rather than assuming every bed receives water from a nearby pipe.
Choose a crop area that has room for the beds and a reachable pipe route.
Connect a sprinkler to the water network and confirm the supply is active.
Place a small test group of crops within the sprinkler’s coverage.
Inspect the farthest pipe segment and check that the sprinkler is receiving pressure.
Observe the test beds to confirm watering reaches them before planting the full area.
Plant the remaining seeds within verified coverage and allow crops to mature.
Harvest the produce, retain any order ingredients, and replant the beds.
Farming tips
Test the bed farthest from the supply because a working intake does not prove the end of the line has pressure.
Add sprinklers or simplify the pipe route if some beds sit outside effective coverage.
Repeat, collect and use
This is an ongoing crop loop: plant within verified coverage, let crops grow, harvest, sort produce, and replant. The sprinkler remains infrastructure; check it again after changing the network.
Common mistakes
Planting beyond sprinkler reach: test coverage with a small bed group first.
Checking pressure only near the intake: inspect the farthest branch and sprinkler.
Expanding beds before confirming water: validate the test plot before planting more seeds.
When to stop or switch
Stop adding beds when all planted crops are within verified sprinkler coverage and your harvest meets current needs; fix any dry section before expanding.
