40d:Crop

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Crops are plants that may be grown at farm plots. There are two types of crops: above ground and subterranean. The seeds of subterranean crops may be brought from the starting screen or purchased from the dwarf traders. Above ground crops and seeds may be purchased from human or elven traders or gathered by dwarves with the plant gathering labor enabled. Seeds may also be collected by processing the plants or eating them (but not by cooking!). Some of the plants listed below are not crops as such as they have no seeds and can't be planted. They are listed for the sake of completeness only.

The list below uses the legend:

a) Farmer's workshop

• P - Process
• b - Process to Bag
• B - Process to Barrel
• V - Process to Vial

b) Mill or Quern

• M - Milling (requires a bag)

c) Still

• e - Extract plant essence

Crop Name	Growing Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value*	Edible Raw	Cookable**	Extracts	Extract Value
Plump helmet	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Dwarven wine	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Pig tail	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Dwarven ale	10	No	No	Pig tail thread (P)	12
Cave wheat	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Dwarven beer	10	No	if Milled	Dwarven wheat flour (M)	20
Sweet pod	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Dwarven rum	10	No	if Milled or Processed	Dwarven syrup (B), Dwarven sugar (M)	100*, 20
Quarry bush	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	None	-	No	if Processed	5 Quarry bush leaves (b)	25
Dimple cup	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	None	-	No	No	Dimple dye (M)	20
Muck root***	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Wetland (Wet)	2	Swamp whiskey	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Bloated tuber***	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Wetland (Dry)	4	Tuber beer	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Kobold bulb***	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Wetland (Wet)	10	None	-	No	No	Gnomeblight (V)	100
Prickle berry	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	2	Prickle berry wine	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Wild strawberry	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	Strawberry wine	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Longland grass	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	Longland beer	10	No	if Milled	Longland flour (M)	20
Valley herb***	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Temperate Grassland (Dry)	10	None	-	No	Yes	Golden salve (V)	100
Rat weed	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	2	Sewer brew	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Fisher berry	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	4	Fisher berry wine	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Rope reed	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	4	River spirits	10	No	No	Rope reed thread (P)	12
Blade weed	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	None	-	No	No	Emerald dye (M)	20
Hide root	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	2	None	-	No	No	Redroot dye (M)	10
Sliver barb	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry) (Evil)	2	Gutter cruor	5	No	No	Black dye (M)	20
Sun berry	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet) (Good)	2	Sunshine	25	Yes	Yes	None	-
Whip vine	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry) (Savage)	2	Whip wine	15	No	if Milled	Whip vine flour (M)	25

* The value of five units of drink/syrup, the amount produced by a single plant, for comparison with extracts.
** Anything that can be cooked is edible afterwards.
*** These plants can not be grown on a farm plot.

See Also

• Farm plot
• Shrub
• Farming

Farming FAQ
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What is the best crop?
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What does "Reserved Barrels" and "Reserved Bins" mean?
Why are crops sometimes displayed with red writing?
What do I do with these inedible crops?
What does the option "Fallow" mean?
My dwarves will only farm on a small part of the fields, why is this?
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What is the "seas fert" option for?
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How often do you need to irrigate your farm fields?
Having banned seeds from the kitchen, how to prevent dwarves from eating them raw?
Why do my planters keep complaining they have no seeds?
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