Tips on agriculture?

[defiler86 0]

New to TFC and currently mid-summer in my SP game. Been only surviving on steaks, water, and recently found some maize. So looking for tips on a few things:1. How does someone get seeds and fruit tree saplings?

2. How do you pick fruit of a tree? (Got a few olive trees near by.)3. And with the hoe equip, there is an image (usually a till soil graphic) that shows up near the hotbar, what is that about?

[buzzy613 8]

1) run around and find wild plants, break fruit tree branches

2) right click the leaves when ripe

3) metal hoes have different modes; these don't function on stone ones.  once you get a metal hoe, i would direct you to the wiki.

[defiler86 0]

1) run around and find wild plants, break fruit tree branches

Ahh... break branchs for samplings. That's makes sense. And guess I'll need to venture farther for more plants. Only came across 3 maize, 1 rice, and a collection of reeds in the 1 day of travel radius around my hut.

2) right click the leaves when ripe

I'll have to check the leave stages then, and get familiar with them.

3) metal hoes have different modes; these don't function on stone ones.  once you get a metal hoe, i would direct you to the wiki.

I'll look a little deeper in the wiki.Thanks for the tips.

[Tsuarok 47]

er, I don't know if this has changed, but you used to have to break the fruit tree branches specifically with an axe.

[Kittychanley 1,002]

er, I don't know if this has changed, but you used to have to break the fruit tree branches specifically with an axe.

 

Correct, the branches have to be broken with an axe or a saw in order to drop saplings.

[defiler86 0]

Correct, the branches have to be broken with an axe or a saw in order to drop saplings.

 

Had an ax last night on a fruit tree, and got no sapling. Is it still a precentile chance for a drop or should it be automatic?

[mrmorse 3]

Had an ax last night on a fruit tree, and got no sapling. Is it still a precentile chance for a drop or should it be automatic?

Yup, just a chance

[Kereminde 5]

I'd recommend waiting to chop the branches until they're done flowering/blooming for the year. Unless, of course, you're just scavenging for your home area. 

 

Question: Did pumpkins/melons ever get changed over to have a use or was that still in the pipe for future changes? 

[Kittychanley 1,002]

Pumpkins, mushrooms and melons are still useless.. but are planned to be edible eventually.

[Kereminde 5]

Pumpkins, mushrooms and melons are still useless.. but are planned to be edible eventually.

 

Well not entirely useless. I kind of use pumpkins as highly visible markers That orange shows up real nice when I'm trying to find things. 

 

. . . now I miss pumpkin pie.

[defiler86 0]

Another question on agriculture: how do you get seeds from a harvested crop? Looking to expand my fields and not sure how to get more seeds from my current crop.

[Kittychanley 1,002]

Another question on agriculture: how do you get seeds from a harvested crop? Looking to expand my fields and not sure how to get more seeds from my current crop.

 

Every time you break/harvest a plant, your agriculture skill increases. The higher your agriculture skill, the more likely you are to get 2 seeds from breaking/harvesting the plant instead of just 1.

[defiler86 0]

Every time you break/harvest a plant, your agriculture skill increases. The higher your agriculture skill, the more likely you are to get 2 seeds from breaking/harvesting the plant instead of just 1.

Thanks!I'll take a look how skills work and get a better feel on it all.