Farming makes even less sense now. [NEW OP]

[halfmaster1 77]

Edit: Okay, this is a LOT bigger than I thought. The plants that I plant directly after I till grow literally 10x faster than the ones that have lower nutrients.

Incase you didn't read the old OP, then after I till, the nutrients of the square start at a very higher number, but if I don't plant something right away they drop to what they are supposed to be. If you do plant right away, the plants grow in literally about 10 ingame days.

Is this happening to anyone else?

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

... Are you, by any chance, using a stone hoe instead of a metal one? Otherwise, it's most likely a bug. Nutrient levels will increase whenever that nutrient isn't being used, with a top level of nutrients it can have.

[Kandid Kandace 16]

There are metal hoes?

[halfmaster1 77]

I'm using a metal one. Like I said, if I plant right away, I get about 3x the nutrient than if I let the tilled dirt sit for a minute.

[Buczkowski 36]

Probably a bug then. Can anyone else replicate this?

[halfmaster1 77]

I have tested this in another world. It seems that right when you hoe the land, the nutrients are very high, but then regardless of whether you plant something or not on it, it drops to about a half of it's original value in about a minute. It doesn't do so gradually, it will just change.

[Sebster 8]

(69)

Tilling a dirt block will now cause the resulting farmland to have next to no nutrients in order to prevent an exploit. Tilling grass blocks still work as before.

[Kimbblesrath 503]

Update to Build 72.

[halfmaster1 77]

I am in build 72, and I am tilling grass blocks. That is why it starts off with a lot. When it goes dow, it only halves, it doesn't go to 0.

Also, the dirt block thing is rather annoying, seeing as I flattened my farm, so most of it is dirt. It is taking forever.

Also, seeing as some of you may not read the OP again, do crops grow in unloaded chunks?

[Kimbblesrath 503]

Ahh...This is a weird problem indeed. It seemed that you were in Build 69, and not 72 because of the "(69)" at the beginning of your post.

[halfmaster1 77]

There was a 69 at the beginning of my post?

[Kimbblesrath 503]

DERP. ._. I was talking to Sebster and I thought you had the same problem as him...fail.

[Sebster 8]

I was just adding the info I found about tilling....it just happens to be from b69 changelog.

[halfmaster1 77]

Anyways, that doesn't really mater, I just need to be more carful about running out of nutrients.

What I need to ono is if crops grow while they are in unloaded chunks, because my farm is a fair ways away from my house.

[aeroc 51]

Anyways, that doesn't really mater, I just need to be more carful about running out of nutrients.

What I need to ono is if crops grow while they are in unloaded chunks, because my farm is a fair ways away from my house.

Technically crops don't grow in an unloaded chunk, but once you visit them any time that has passed since the chunk was last loaded will be processed all at once. If that amount of time is significant, then your crops will grow at that time. This happens in SMP, if you plant a crop and don't log into the server for a day or two, you'll find all the plants will grow (or pop out of the ground) instantly as you log in.

[halfmaster1 77]

Yes! Thank you, that is awesome.

[Holy_Shield 17]

I can verify this nutrient bug on Build 72, i started another thread about it.