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Re: Farming analysis
« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2011, 12:59:11 pm »

I heard it was x2+1 for fertilized fields...

Maybe I'm doing it wrong... what is the difference between (f)ertilize and (s)easonal fertilize?

Seasonal is fertilizing every season, fertilize is just for this season, IIRC ( at least that was my experience ). It don't affect the outcome variance, as far as I can tell, unless your plant's growth time's long enough to go into the next season. I haven't experiment with it much outside of checking that 4x claim  :D
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« Reply #16 on: June 27, 2011, 01:02:32 pm »

2x+1 suggests that stack sizes larger than 10 are possible but has anyone actually seen this in play? I haven't...
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« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2011, 01:04:18 pm »

11 was always the number I heard for max plump helmet stack, which would seem to be the 2x+1.  I've never actually tried it out though, someone go science real quick :)
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Re: Farming analysis
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2011, 03:03:02 am »

I'm going to shamelessly bump this, as I've been thinking about very similar calculations and this seems to be the most informative topic on food growing :)

Legendary plus planters will get crop of [5] almost always.
Has anyone else been !!testing!! this? Because my results are a bit different :(

Based on my observations, my suspicion is that Farming works similarly to crafting professions, in that the stack size is treated like quality of an item. A tile of a farming plot produces a stack of 5 pretty much as often as other crafters produce masterful crafts.

Stacks of 5 are actually very rare, unless you produce so much food that they seem like a lot. I find that on average, every farm tile produces a stack of 3 plants.

That's with a Legendary+5 Grower, with no fertilizing. Any thoughts?
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Re: Farming analysis
« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2011, 04:25:57 am »

Hmm. And I thought farming in the latest versions was easy...
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Re: Farming analysis
« Reply #20 on: November 04, 2011, 05:00:13 am »

'Tis a great day for dwarven agricultural science!




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But what about the above-ground crops?

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« Reply #21 on: November 14, 2011, 01:47:11 pm »

After extensive testing, I am convinced that legendary grower AND potash fertilizer are both necessary if you want average stack size of 5+
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« Reply #22 on: November 18, 2011, 09:06:23 pm »

I've read that rock nuts are eaten raw by your dwarves.  Is there any way to stop them from doing this?  My quarry bush farms keep running out shortly after buying rock nuts from merchants due to my dwarves eating them all before they're planted.  If I forbid the rock nuts, then I'm afraid that they won't plant them, thus defeating the purpose.
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Re: Farming analysis
« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2011, 09:04:26 am »

I can't wait till I see the reaction of Root finding the cavern crops.

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« Reply #24 on: November 19, 2011, 07:37:40 pm »

I've read that rock nuts are eaten raw by your dwarves.  Is there any way to stop them from doing this?  My quarry bush farms keep running out shortly after buying rock nuts from merchants due to my dwarves eating them all before they're planted.  If I forbid the rock nuts, then I'm afraid that they won't plant them, thus defeating the purpose.
Try making meals out of your other food items (turn off cooking the rock nuts, of course). Value, I think, plays a role in what food the dwarf chooses to eat. Even if his favorite food is rock nuts, he might just choose the ☼Dragon Meat Roast☼ instead.

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« Reply #25 on: November 20, 2011, 01:34:07 pm »

I've read that rock nuts are eaten raw by your dwarves.  Is there any way to stop them from doing this?  My quarry bush farms keep running out shortly after buying rock nuts from merchants due to my dwarves eating them all before they're planted.  If I forbid the rock nuts, then I'm afraid that they won't plant them, thus defeating the purpose.

Dwarves will only eat the rock nuts if they are starving and there is no other food... Make sure 1) you have food and all your dwarves can get to it (burrows, locked doors, etc); 2) do you maybe have a bunch of unprocessed quarry bushes in your stockpile?
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Re: Farming analysis
« Reply #26 on: December 06, 2011, 08:18:30 am »

After testing stack sizes, I got the following statistics:


Legendary+5 Farmer
no fertilizing


Stack Size     Chance
-     -
-     -
-     -
6:     0.8%
5:     5%
4:     21.6%
3:     41.2%
2:     22%
1:     5%

Average stack size: 3.1 plants
          Legendary+5 Farmer
seasonal fertilizing


Stack Size     Chance
9:     0.9%
8:     3.3%
7:     8%
6:     21.8%
5:     28.9%
4:     20.8%
3:     12.3%
2:     3.7%
-     -

Average stack size: 4.94 plants



I guess I'll throw in some numbers for lower skill levels as well.

Dabbling (0) Farmer
no fertilizing


Stack Size     Chance
-     -
-     -
-     -
-     -
-     -
-     -
-     -
2:     0.5%
1:     99%

Average stack size: 1 plants
          Accomplished (10) Farmer
no fertilizing


Stack Size     Chance
-     -
-     -
-     -
-     -
5:     3%
4:     13%
3:     30%
2:     38%
1:     16%

Average stack size: 2.5 plants

I also wanted to know how many farmers do we really need. It turns out that a Legendary+5 farmer is enough for about 30 plot tiles, for fast-growing plants (about 60 tiles for slow-growing plants). An Accomplished(10) farmer is enough for about 25 fast-growing plot tiles. A Dabbling farmer is enough for about 14 fast-growing plot tiles. That's the amount of tiles they can plant before the already planted crops mature and get harvested.

I also did some attribute testing, but I don't see any impact on stack sizes. Dwarves with higher attributes plant stuff faster, but there seems to be no benefit beyond that.
« Last Edit: December 06, 2011, 08:26:06 am by Blue_Dwarf »
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Re: Farming analysis
« Reply #27 on: December 11, 2011, 06:19:11 pm »

How many dimple cups can be grown in one season?

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« Reply #28 on: December 12, 2011, 12:43:04 pm »

How many dimple cups can be grown in one season?

Now that's an interesting existential question  :D

Assuming we have lots and lots of Legendary farmers, and we are limited by 200 seeds...

A season is 100800 steps, and each farmer will need about 110 steps to plant a seed (we'll ignore hauling time).

200*110=22000 steps to plant all seeds. Assuming we have 200 Farmers all rushing to plant Dimple Cups as if there were unclaimed pigtail socks scattered all over the farm plots, we get 22000 + 50000 = 72000 steps for the whole batch of seeds.

That doesn't leave us time to plant a second batch, since the season will change. So we have 200 stacks, giving about 577-600 Dimple Cups with no fertilizing. Around 1000 with fertilizing.
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« Reply #29 on: December 12, 2011, 02:24:47 pm »

I just wanted to say I grew my first-ever quarry bush [9] (0.9% probability) thanks to this guide. Quarry bush leaves [45] became the main ingredient in a masterwork roast worth over 40,000. Thank you thank you thank you! I will never "welcome room" a potash maker ever again. ;)
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