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: Made a few changes to clarify.--[[User:Koltom|Koltom]] 14:36, 10 February 2008 (EST) | : Made a few changes to clarify.--[[User:Koltom|Koltom]] 14:36, 10 February 2008 (EST) | ||
:Irrigation is only needed to be able to farm on rock. Soil layers don't need irrigation before you can farm on them. --[[User:Eagle of Fire|Eagle of Fire]] 15:04, 10 February 2008 (EST) | :Irrigation is only needed to be able to farm on rock. Soil layers don't need irrigation before you can farm on them. --[[User:Eagle of Fire|Eagle of Fire]] 15:04, 10 February 2008 (EST) | ||
− | + | The current version says you can "effectively" water an area 7x the size of the reservoir, but that doesn't seem to take into account the water that remains in the reservoir once the floodgate's opened which can lead to spots getting missed and people who're anal about this sort of stuff getting annoyed - maybe a 6x/5x figure should be used instead so we can get a depth average of 1.4-ish? --[[User:Sorenson|Sorenson]] 11 March 2008 (EST) | |
The article indicates that "some natural ponds replenish themselves at the beginning of spring." My research indicates that this is the result of water thawing. Any amount of water (x/7) becomes ice during winter (assuming your climate is cold enough). When melting, it becomes 7/7 deep water. [[User:Ripheus|Ripheus]] 02:57, 6 April 2008 (EDT) | The article indicates that "some natural ponds replenish themselves at the beginning of spring." My research indicates that this is the result of water thawing. Any amount of water (x/7) becomes ice during winter (assuming your climate is cold enough). When melting, it becomes 7/7 deep water. [[User:Ripheus|Ripheus]] 02:57, 6 April 2008 (EDT) | ||
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:: Depends on the local temperature, how wet the area is, etc. I've had muddy fields dry out in a season. If there's at least 1/7 water (and it's not just muddy), and you want to get the water out, your best bet is a screw pump. --[[User:RomeoFalling|RomeoFalling]] 19:16, 6 November 2008 (EST) | :: Depends on the local temperature, how wet the area is, etc. I've had muddy fields dry out in a season. If there's at least 1/7 water (and it's not just muddy), and you want to get the water out, your best bet is a screw pump. --[[User:RomeoFalling|RomeoFalling]] 19:16, 6 November 2008 (EST) | ||
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I put in info about why plants won't grow in irrigated outdoor plots based on [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=6831.0 this message from Toady]. I suspect that the user who found that this was also true for 'greenhoused' tiles was probably trying it in a mountain biome, but I didn't verify that I could make it work in other biomes. --[[User:Threlicus|Threlicus]] 17:19, 28 August 2009 (UTC) | I put in info about why plants won't grow in irrigated outdoor plots based on [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=6831.0 this message from Toady]. I suspect that the user who found that this was also true for 'greenhoused' tiles was probably trying it in a mountain biome, but I didn't verify that I could make it work in other biomes. --[[User:Threlicus|Threlicus]] 17:19, 28 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
: I have been successfully running an outdoor, irrigated plot in a desert biome for quite some time now, but I never realized this "bug" before because I had never tried it before in a mountain biome. [[User:3lB33|3lB33]] 17:44, 28 August 2009 (UTC) | : I have been successfully running an outdoor, irrigated plot in a desert biome for quite some time now, but I never realized this "bug" before because I had never tried it before in a mountain biome. [[User:3lB33|3lB33]] 17:44, 28 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
+ | :Regarding the confusion about growing seed in mountain biomes: [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=6831.0 Toady One said] that " if you settled in the mountains and there's a patch that's just grassless soil, it's probably a mountain biome square that doesn't accept any plant types." So as far as I can tell that means that the outdoor seeds '''will''' grow in mountain biomes, but just not on rocky tiles. [[User:3lB33|3lB33]] 18:11, 1 September 2009 (UTC) | ||
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==growth of [[Tower cap]]s == | ==growth of [[Tower cap]]s == | ||
[[Tower cap]]s will grow on un-irrigated, underground soil just as much, as fast and as often as on irrigated soil - the catch is that you need a soil layer below the soil floor, just like for outdoor trees. Irrigating is only needed for stone. --[[User:Koltom|Koltom]] 20:00, 30 August 2009 (UTC) | [[Tower cap]]s will grow on un-irrigated, underground soil just as much, as fast and as often as on irrigated soil - the catch is that you need a soil layer below the soil floor, just like for outdoor trees. Irrigating is only needed for stone. --[[User:Koltom|Koltom]] 20:00, 30 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
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