Gardening

## Overview

What is a home without a garden to tend to? How will vegetarians survive in a harsh environment without telling anyone they have their own garden and how you don't need meat in your life? Well have no fear veggie friends! Farming is here!

## Basics

To start off you will need to build a Garden Plot. Once you placed the blueprint first time you can adjust the size with your mouse movement. Do keep in mind, the bigger the plot the more care you need to put into it. #how do you increase the size once it's placed?#

## Planting

Once you placed down your Garden Plot, depending on the size, you will have a certain number of plots where you can plant your seeds. Each seed type has its own ideal growing conditions, so make sure you pick one that is right for where you're planting it. You can find out information about how much sunlight a plot is getting by holding right click while looking at a plot.

Not sure if the seed you have is right for you? Check out our Crop pages to make sure you know everything you need!

* Garden Plot ready for seeding
* Information shown when holding right click on a plot

## Watering

**Plants need water**

When inspecting a farm plot (hold right click on the plot) it will show you the current amount of water that plot has (Shown next to the water symbol with a unit of ml). Currently plants cannot be over-watered, so always make sure your plots have plenty within them.

You can water your crops in three different ways

1. Urinate on the plot
2. Empty a container of water onto the plot by putting the container into your hand, and then holding F on the plot to select the correct option
	1. The best container to use for this purpose is the Watering Can
3. Wait for rainfall to water your crops for you

Each type of crop has a different rate at which it consumes water. Check out our Crop pages to make sure you know how often to feed yours!

* Watering Can
* Information shown when holding right click on a plot

## Fertilization

Enriching the soil with Fertilizer is not required to complete a crops growth, but it does give a large benefit to growth speed and quality when performed.

There are currently 2 types of fertilizer that can be found on the island.

* **Organic Fertilizer** increases crop growth speed by 25%, and increases the chance of a successful harvest by 5%
* **Industrial Fertilizer** increases crop growth speed by 50%, and increases the chance of a successful harvest by 10%

* Fertilizer types

## Weeds

Weeds will grow naturally over time and will have a large effect on your crops if they are not dealt with. There is currently no way to prevent the growth of weeds, you can only remove them once they appear.

Weeds can be removed in the following ways:

* Spraying your plot with Herbicide
* Interacting with your plot while holding a Hoe
* Interacting with your plot while holding nothing (takes longer to remove than when using a hoe)

* Hoe types
* Chemical Types

## Pests

Pests such as insects or worms can infect certain types of crops while they are growing. Currently there is only one solution to this infestation, and it is the same solution no matter what type of pest you have. If you see pests on your plants, you will need to spray them with Pesticide.

* Chemical Types

## Fungi

Fungi can also infect crops while they are growing. Currently there is only one solution to this infection, and it is the same solution no matter what type of fungi you have. If you see fungus growing on your plants, you will need to spray them with Fungicide.

* Chemical Types

## Harvesting

Harvesting chance depends on your Farming Skill level, the fertilizer you used, as well as how well you cared for your crops over their growth period. The better your level and the better you cared for your crops, the more likely you will get one or more harvests out of them.