Red Wheat

  • Also growing crops in the swamp is best so that also may help you out. I originally started growing my stuff in the desert which was border to a swamp now all my stuff is located on swamp side and is doing quite well.

    "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes." - Life the universe and everything.

  • Also growing crops in the swamp is best so that also may help you out. I originally started growing my stuff in the desert which was border to a swamp now all my stuff is located on swamp side and is doing quite well.


    well as i heard biomes dont have any effect on crops but may that info isnt right.

  • well as i heard biomes dont have any effect on crops but may that info isnt right.


    Biomes themselves don't, but hydration does, how much dirt is below the block, etc, and I'm pretty sure the chunk hydration affects crop hydration. Makes my desert castle a horrible spot for growing crops, which is why I have a big wood platform over the ocean to grow stuff :P

  • One question does it need something special like Ferru and Aurelia or what because I have a wheat looking plant in my Ferru that refuses to grow.

    It needs 5-10 light level, so if you have lots of light there it wont grow, try removing lights near it so you can move it to its own farm.

  • Redwheat needs low light to grow at all, not just last stage. I'm not sure how long it takes to grow because mine was outside, so only grew at night, but get rid of torches within like 5 blocks of it and keep it fertilized/watered, and it should grow. (but if its outside it might take a while even without torches)


  • well as i heard biomes dont have any effect on crops but may that info isnt right.


    The official Q & A disagrees with you good sir I highly suggest you give it a read its very useful information ;3

    "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes." - Life the universe and everything.

  • One question does it need something special like Ferru and Aurelia or what because I have a wheat looking plant in my Ferru that refuses to grow.


    I got my first redwheat in the image on the first page between 2 Aurelia but a good remedy for plants that refuse to grow is to give them a little kick in the arse with a fertilizer and hydration this usually solves the issue if you've given it plenty of time to do its thing and it hasn't. This maneuver is risky in some cases because if you overdo nutrients the plant will just vanish in my experience so do this sparingly in most cases just waiting is good enough. Also Light levels between 5 - 10 are important and I tend to use between 8 - 9 as a nice zone to grow the plant in its not important to grow it in this specific level of light that I know of I just like it because it doesn't murder my other plants with lack of light so much. To find the light level you can use Risu's sign tags or some other light sensor kind of thing which I wish there was a meter like the EU meter for IC² but I digress.

    "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes." - Life the universe and everything.

  • Congrats, glad to hear you got the stat gain issue sorted. I won't get to play with the new crops until the 1.2.5 version comes out though sadly. I'm looking forward to those.

    "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes." - Life the universe and everything.

  • You should probably consider moving to a swamp biome since they grow best there.

    "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes." - Life the universe and everything.

  • I dont know whats wrong ive done everything that they suggest i do to get good values on the plants giving the plants 1 fertilizer and one click iof hydration cell every 15 minutes use diffrent light levels try diffrent amounts of plants around the place diffrent biome diffrent amount of soil underneath the plant diffrent types of plants but every time i cross breed i get 0,0,0 on all my stats ans im like WTF and my friend was able to do the same setup as me and he got like 10,15,12 and i only got 0,0,0 why is this.

  • - Swamp Biome
    - one click of Fert and Hydration per plant ever unless its taking longer than usual
    - Never accept negative gains


    1-1-1 + 1-1-1 = 1-0-2 = negative throw it away
    1-1-1 + 1-1-1 = 1-2-1 = positive cross with another 1-1-1 or keep re-growing the 1-2-1 until you get a 2nd one and cross with its original


    This is the pattern I use to plant things.

    "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes." - Life the universe and everything.

  • i registered just to say thanks for that blueprint xizzy it is very easy to keep an overview of the plants this way im having a lot of fun trying this part of ic2 out not at your stage yet but working on ferru :D

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    tryed your setup you just showed me WHY DOESNT IT WORK im only getting 0,0,0 even though ive done everything that you expalined here!
    ARGGHH Y DONT I HAZ GREN FUMB ARRRRRGGGGHH!!!

  • i registered just to say thanks for that blueprint xizzy it is very easy to keep an overview of the plants this way im having a lot of fun trying this part of ic2 out not at your stage yet but working on ferru :D


    My pleasure, I'm glad it helped you out and good luck with your results ^^


    tryed your setup you just showed me WHY DOESNT IT WORK im only getting 0,0,0 even though ive done everything that you expalined here!
    ARGGHH Y DONT I HAZ GREN FUMB ARRRRRGGGGHH!!!


    I don't seem able to help you here msg me either in IRC or one of my messengers and I'll see if I can figure out why you're not having any luck whatsoever.

    "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes." - Life the universe and everything.