Podzol

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Podzol is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It is a seasonal plant, tied to Podzol's Sleepy Season in . They convert plants planted on top of their into Plant Food - the sun that the plant would have costed is added towards the goal (600 sun) for the next Plant Food production. If you have a lot of spare sun it might be worth considering throwing Podzol in for the lads. Get some of that juicy Plant Food production to supplement your setup.
In addition, when Podzol is ready to produce a Plant Food, they will glow green and only drop the actual Plant Food when tapped. However, additional overflow sun will be added towards the next Plant Food produced. Since there are no plants that cost, like, 600 sun at a time, this never really means anything. However, when leveled up high enough, this becomes an important factor. After producing Plant Food, Podzol takes a nap and goes on a 10-second cooldown during which they can't receive any compost.
When Podzol is fed a plant, they emit slowing gas in a 3x3 area which stuns zombies (except for Gargantuars) for 3-10 seconds depending on the amount of sun the composted plant costed. To achieve the maximum 10-second stun, you would need to feed their a 100-sun plant. That's pretty good! Plants that cost 0 sun cannot be composted anyway, so you can't abuse the stun with that if you wanted to.
Podzol does not give any of the composted sun back when shoveled or eaten or anything. It's all eaten by Podzol. Every last drop. The Plant Food is just a beneficial side effect.
==Origins==
	Podzol is based on podzols, which are the typical soils of coniferous or boreal forests and also the typical soils of eucalypt forests and heathlands in southern Australia. In Western Europe, podzols develop on heathland, which is often a construct of human interference through grazing and burning. In some British moorlands with podzolic soils, cambisols are preserved under Bronze Age barrows. Podzol's design being a lump of dirt is based on this.
	Podzol's ability to convert plant matter into consumables is based on the Composter in the hit indie game Minecraft.
== Almanac Entry ==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food Effect===
When fed Plant Food, Podzol is briefly powered up, which cuts their Filling Compost requirement down by 30% and removes the cooldown between Plant Food productions for 10 seconds.
===Enchant-mint Effect===
When boosted with , Podzol is briefly powered up, which halves their Filling Compost requirement and removes the cooldown between Plant Food productions for 10 seconds.
==Upgrade Levels==
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Filling Compost	Min Stun Duration	Max Stun Duration	Plant Food Power(Discount)	 	 	
1 	0 	0 	100 	5 sec 	300 	600 	3 sec 	10 sec 	30% 	 	 	
2 	10 	1,000 	100 	5 sec 	350 	675 	3.25 sec 	10.5 sec 	35% 	 	 	
3 	100 	5,000 	100 	5 sec 	400 	650 	3.5 sec 	11 sec 	40% 	 	 	
4 	200 	10,000	100 	5 sec 	450 	625 	3.75 sec 	11.5 sec 	45% 	 	 	
5 	400 	20,000	100 	5 sec 	550 	600 	4 sec 	12 sec 	50% 	 	 	
6 	750 	30,000	100 	5 sec 	600 	550 	4.25 sec 	12.5 sec 	55% 	 	 	
7 	1,000 	40,000	100 	5 sec 	650 	500 	4.5 sec 	13 sec 	60% 	 	 	
8 	1,250 	50,000	100 	5 sec 	700 	450 	4.75 sec 	13.5 sec 	65% 	 	 	
9 	1,500 	60,000	100 	5 sec 	800 	400 	5 sec 	14 sec 	70% 	 	 	
10 	2,000 	75,000	100 	5 sec 	900 	300 	5.5 sec 	15 sec 	75% 	 	 	
===Mastery upgrades===
* Chance to Boost 
*Toughness Bonus
==History==
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==Strategies==
Podzol is great for getting some extra Plant Food, especially in levels where it may be scarce. When compared to the other plant who produces Plant Food, , they have a few advantages. For starters, she's a permanent source of Plant Food. Power Lily can only produce a single Plant Food, whereas Podzol can produce a theoretically unlimited supply. Podzol does require some upkeep and a lot more sun, but if you can build up a stable sun production (think lots of and ), Podzol becomes a far better producer. You can also just bring both Power Lily and Podzol into a level and have more Plant Food than you'd ever know what to do with. A good plant to bring with Podzol is , as it can multiply the effects of the Plant Food produced, and because you already need a lot of sun to use Podzol so you'll probably have enough to get a few Power Tiles going.
Podzol's stun effect isn't really ever the star of the show, as it costs a lot to keep zombies occupied, and at a certain point it's cheaper and easier to bring other stallers like , , or even (am I allowed to say that?) for that. But it's a useful side effect, and if you have a bunch of zombies getting through your defenses and reaching your Podzol you could feed Podzol a few to slow them down. It's better than nothing! Keep in mind that you can't compost free plants, so there's no funny exploits going on. Sorry guys, best pack your bags!
==Demonstration==
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== Gallery ==
PodzolHD.png|Podzol HD
PodzolGas.png|Podzol releasing gas
PodzolPF.png|Podzol under Plant Food effects
PodzolCostume.png|Podzol's costume (star sticker)
PodzolCostumeGreen.png|Podzol's costume releasing gas
PodzolCostumeYellow.png|Podzol's costume under Plant Food effects
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