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Noob here - does flowing water irrigate soil for farmland purposes?


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1 hour ago, Skala said:

Or does it have to be "still" or "source" blocks of water?

Hey Skala,

flowing water will do just fine, up to three blocks from the furthest block from the water block it'll irrigate tilled soil.

This is how water irrigation works (of course you are not forced or limited to use this layout):

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ i i i i i i i _
_ i u u u u u i _
_ i u o o o u i _
_ i u o W o u i _
_ i u o o o u i _
_ i u u u u u i _
_ i i i i i i i _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ =  0 % moisture
i = 25 % moisture
u = 50 % moisture
o = 75 % moisture
W = water block (any)

Be mindful around salt water, thought. It's a crop killer.

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1 hour ago, Maelstrom said:

Moisture level has an impact on growth speed.  For maximum yield of crops best to stick with the "W" and "o" configuration from the previous post.

Just to clarify:

ooo

owo

ooo

 

My setup has been a 4x4 of that, and dig a 2 block trench around it. Then do a row (4 fields) each of N,P and K crops and a row of fallow fields and then rotate them each planting. As an added bonus, plant cattails in the water (because I have had rabbits spawn from the grass underwater it seems). 

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It sounds like your plan will work if you tile your garden like this.

w wwww w
w ooooo w
w ooooo w
w oowoo w
w ooooo w
w ooooo w
w wwww w

Each crop (o) will have maximum moisture.  I've found this tile makes for an easy gardening of full, half and quarter stacks of crop

ooo
owo
ooo

It takes up less space and minimizes the amount of water.  I then grow my reeds in a nearby pond.  Additionally I throw a pathway block in the water to prevent a one block "vacuum" for drops to fall in or rabbit spawnage.

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That's less efficient for the space, I do:

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ooooooooooooo

owoowoowoowo

ooooooooooooo

ooooooooooooo

owoowoowoowo

ooooooooooooo

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owoowoowoowo

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Initially it was because I wanted something small enough to plow and trench day 1/2 but then I found it was plenty large enough for 1 person anyway. I had no problem growing enough flax for a full set of sails once I got enough seeds. It is important to plow it all even if it will lie fallow, so that rabbits can't spawn.

Yes, 16 cattails are nowhere near enough, and I only maintain 8 skeps. I tend to plant another 2 stacks (128) of them nearby, they can go on dry land btw.

Then of course we've got the flower field and the berry field to round it all out. I had tried using the bushes as flowers, but no go. Pollination should be a thing. Bees really need love.

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I modeled the exact same one as my second one which was just one tile.  You show what multiple tiles of my "graphic" depicts.

Yes, reeds can grow on dry land, but they grow faster in a pond.  I think there's like 2 extra harvests per year.

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6 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

I modeled the exact same one as my second one which was just one tile.  You show what multiple tiles of my "graphic" depicts.

Yes, reeds can grow on dry land, but they grow faster in a pond.  I think there's like 2 extra harvests per year.

The timer for regrowth right after planting or cutting shows 168 hours either way so I doubt it has any effect.

Another thing I am curious to see is if they prevent the water from freezing, as I am going through my first winter and of course I had some crops that hadn't finished growing. I hadn't gotten around to putting them in the field on this save.  Unfortunately, it doesn't.

Another tip for noobs, if you settle in a rainy area, you don't have to wateri your crops at all, and they will be at 100%. I think I have found Seattle on my map because it rains pretty much non-stop spring through fall.

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1 hour ago, Maelstrom said:

I tested by planting reeds on dry ground and in water.  The ones in water matured a couple/few days before the ones on dry ground.

 

I'll have to wait for spring to try; I didn't realize November was only fall, or just how far north the default start is, December is brutally cold and only like 9 hours of sunlight at the 47th parallel. 

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