Is this a glitch?

[platanusoccidentalis 35]

Hey everyone,

I am sure there is some simple mistake I am making, but here it is. I have a farm near my house. It is the middle of May, rain is at 1000, EVT is at 0.5, I have had my fields fallow since February. Every crop I plant dies after a few days. What am I doing wrong?

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

If the temperature gets below 0, they simply die. Be careful with that :

[platanusoccidentalis 35]

The temperature gets down to 10C at night.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Well... unless they aren't anywhere near water, yep, that's a bug.

[platanusoccidentalis 35]

Wait, I though rain restored water better than being close to water?

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

That doesn't means they don't need to be close to water, specially if it doesn't rains commonly where you are living ._.

[platanusoccidentalis 35]

Hmm, that may be my problem, thank you!

How close to water?

[Treyflix 277]

Do firepits affect the tempriture of nearby blocks? or anything for that matter?

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

The temperature is not affected by anything you place for now, not even freakin lava... it just depends on your location.

And i think you have to have them just besides the water : not sure though

[Treyflix 277]

The temperature is not affected by anything you place for now, not even freakin lava... it just depends on your location.

Oh, that sucks... *whispers* We need greenhouses!

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

*whispers* shameless self promotion in a almost completely non related thread. That's an A+

(?)

[Treyflix 277]

It's not self promotion, I want to see it in the game for the good of the mod as a whole.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Yeah, i know, i want it to be there too. But you made the thread in the suggestions section, so... yeah :B kind of suspicious

[Treyflix 277]

Haha I know, I shouldn't have. It was hard to resist though.

[platanusoccidentalis 35]

Watering cans would be nice as well.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Errrrr... I think Dunk said he didn't wanted it to be "gardening", but "farming". High scale farming, high enough that you can not rely on yourself using watering can :

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

Errrrr... I think Dunk said he didn't wanted it to be "gardening", but "farming". High scale farming, high enough that you can not rely on yourself using watering can :

I didn't say that, but if the issue had come up I would have, so oh well lol.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

... i'm sure you said something like that a while ago ._. i just can't remember where... and i'm too lazy to look for it. So yeah, let's say i just made up that :

[gatts205 39]

Since the subject of watering plants has come up I have a question whose answer is probably obvious. However, I can't seem to find a difinitive answer. What is the point of the wooden buckets? I realize they can transport small amounts of water. Can you use that small amount for watering crops or some other purpose? It's not mean't as a complaint just a matter of me being ignorant of how the finite water system works as it currently stands.

[LordOfWolves 514]

Since the subject of watering plants has come up I have a question whose answer is probably obvious. However, I can't seem to find a difinitive answer. What is the point of the wooden buckets? I realize they can transport small amounts of water. Can you use that small amount for watering crops or some other purpose? It's not mean't as a complaint just a matter of me being ignorant of how the finite water system works as it currently stands.

You can move water from the sea to your garden, making irrigation holes and filling them with water, like in vanilla.

Edit: They're also the new bucket type. Metal one no longer exists, so you can't take the lava.

[gatts205 39]

You can move water from the sea to your garden, making irrigation holes and filling them with water, like in vanilla.

Edit: They're also the new bucket type. Metal one no longer exists, so you can't take the lava.

Thanks! I think I understand a little more about how wooden buckets work. This leads me to even more questions though. How long does the hydration of the crops next to the irrigation hole last if it is filled with water? Does it stop the minute the water drains away or does it last for a short time afterword?

[transcengopher 349]

I haven't seen water draining from these holes at all.

But as far as I can tell, soil need time to restore after crops being gathered. I was fiddling with it the other day and found out that if you harvested something and then trying to plant crops in the same block of soil, crop will almost immediately disappear. As for why it is like that I have no idea. Maybe it's something about nutrients or irrigation.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

You can move water from the sea to your garden, making irrigation holes and filling them with water, like in vanilla.

Edit: They're also the new bucket type. Metal one no longer exists, so you can't take the lava.

Actually, right now two metal buckets exist: Red steel bucket, and Blue steel bucket. The red steel one transports water blocks (infinite water) but not lava, Blue steel bucket transports lava blocks but not water.

[gatts205 39]

I haven't seen water draining from these holes at all.

But as far as I can tell, soil need time to restore after crops being gathered. I was fiddling with it the other day and found out that if you harvested something and then trying to plant crops in the same block of soil, crop will almost immediately disappear. As for why it is like that I have no idea. Maybe it's something about nutrients or irrigation.

I guess I just misunderstood how the finite water worked. I just assumed (always a mistake) that eventually the water would dissappear eventually because that would be what makes it finite. The idea that every once in a while you would have to replenish the water supply of an irrigation ditch/hole, Unless as Just_another_Guy you use a red steel bucket (something that, as of yet, I haven't developed the resources necessary to make). I think I understand how it is suposed to work now. Thanks for all the help.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Unless as Just_another_Guy you use a red steel bucket

... ;-;... *goes to a corner to cry for his lost red steel world*