Processing and progression
Fertilizer and Mulch
Set farm mound soil to match a crop goal, then grow the crop result that fits your current planting or delivery need.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Fertilizer and Mulch
Prepared farm mounds at the homestead.
Before you go
- Seeds for the crop you intend to grow.
- A prepared mound and water for the crop.
- The fertilizer that sets the desired soil condition, if available.
Farming steps
- Pick the crop and outcome before applying anything: for example, ordinary Wheat, high-yield Wheat, or mutated Wheat.
- Check the crop’s soil pairing. Wheat is Nitrogenic for standard growth, Phosphoric for high yield, and Potassic for mutation.
- Apply the fertilizer associated with the soil condition you want, then verify the mound state before sowing.
- Plant the selected crop in that mound and water it with available farming tools.
- Allow the crop to mature and inspect the result at harvest.
- Collect both crop output and returned seeds, then store each according to whether it is for replanting or use.
- Change the mound condition again only when the next crop or outcome calls for it.
- Run a small test mound when trying a different crop and soil pairing before laying out a large field.
- Do not infer one crop’s fertilizer pairing from another; Polyberry and Caroot have different listed conditions from Wheat.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeat the soil-setting and planting cycle whenever you have seeds and the needed fertilizer. This is a recurring production method, not a guaranteed supply of fertilizer.
Common mistakes
- Applying fertilizer after planting and assuming the crop’s outcome will change: set the soil before sowing.
- Using Wheat’s pairing for every crop: check the target crop’s own condition.
- Treating the announced 1.0 mulch changes as current Early Access instructions: use the build’s live farm controls.
When to stop or switch
Stop changing soil once the desired mound condition is confirmed; switch to a different pairing when your next crop or harvest goal changes.
Sources & fact checks
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