40d Talk:Crop

Can these new plants be planted inside? I know(assume) they cant be grown underground, but will they still grow with a roof over them?

Winter crops

Delving into the raws, it seems some plants can grow in winter. Muck Roots, for instance. We'll need to update the chart to allow this. The chart will, in general, need some work. For instance, Quarry Bushes can only be cooked after they've been processed; how should that be put on the chart? This page can easily be filled in from the raws, but only after the chart is made more comprehensive... Fieari 03:24, 30 October 2007 (EDT)

• Stuff like Quarry Bush Leaves can just go in the "Other Uses" column.

Move to List of crops

Would this page be better named "List of crops" to avoid confusion with the crops category? Its a minor wikiish style thing. --Shagie 15:20, 31 October 2007 (EDT)

Format/appearance

We could use some vertical borders between catagories to prevent run-on labels. Everything should be more aligned vertically, which might be tough for a skinny window.

Done --Bobson 12:44, 20 November 2007 (EST)

Standardization of individual crop pages

I thought the previous wiki had great entries for the individual crops. How can we get the sidebar to appear just like the last wiki?

We should standardize the arrangement of information for the individual crops so that readers can easily obtain information as it is presented in a consistent manner. I think we should also include the basic value of each crop and how it can be multiplied. --Rockjianrock 11:02, 3 November 2007 (EDT)

Categorized Crops

How useful would it be to have a list of crop sorted by standard usage? From all the plants in game, we can easily figure out a few subgroups:

Edible raw (fruits/vegetables? can also be cooked unprocessed)

• Plump helmet
• Muck root
• Bloated tuber
• Prickle berry
• Wild strawberry
• Rat weed
• Fisher berry
• Sun berry

Clothing

• Pig tail
• Rope reed

Flour/Sugars

• Cave wheat
• Longland grass
• Whip vine
• Sweet pod (a special case, has its own workshop action to make syrup)

Leaves (not brewable)

• Quarry bush

Dyes (generally not brewable)

• Dimple cup
• Blade weed
• Hide root
• Sliver barb (also a special case, as it can be brewed. otherwise the same)

Alchemy? (not brewable)

• Kobold bulb
• Valley herb (can be cooked raw?)

I find this list more useful for making complex stockpiles or workflows.. Whether you care if the seeds must be planted underground or above ground, it's a property of the seed stockpile anyway. Note that "cookable" or "brewable" is not a group itself but a simple yes/no flag, but usually a common property of an entire group. Too bad we can't make template stockpiles ;)--Sergius 13:35, 12 January 2008 (EST)

The easiest way to do that is by having an article for each crop with (say) Category:Dye crops included in the relevant articles.GarrieIrons 21:39, 12 January 2008 (EST)

Edible Cookable

what does "Edible Cookable" in the list mean? shouldnt it just be cookable? --Koltom 12:48, 10 February 2008 (EST)

some things are edible raw, some must be cooked first before dwarves will eat them. -Chariot 13:50, 10 February 2008 (EST)