40d:Crop

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Crops are plants that may be grown at farm plots. There are two basic types of crops: above ground (AG) and subterranean (or underground, UG). The seeds of subterranean crops may be brought from the starting embark screen or, with some small luck, purchased from dwarven caravans. Above ground crops and seeds may be purchased from human or elven caravans 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!).

A few of the plants listed below are not strictly crops as such as they have no seeds and can't be planted (see note "³", below.)

Most plants can be brewed into alcohols, each plant type producing a different variation, and dwarves do prefer some variety in their drink. Some plants may be eaten raw, others must be cooked first, others must be processed first (by milling or plant processing) before they are edible, and still others are inedible, producing only non-food products. All drinks may be cooked into meals.

Plants, drinks and products have their values multiplied by how many items are created from a single plant stack.

All drinks require a spare barrel for storage, and some other products also require specific containers for storage. Plants can be stored in barrels or individually; seeds are stored individually or in bags which can then be put into barrels.

Habitat note: In the following table, "(Dry)" means that the plant does not grow within two squares of any natural water source (pond/river/etc), and "(Wet)" means that it only grows within two squares of any natural water source. Thus bloated tuber's "Wetland (Dry)" means that it grows in wetlands, but just not right next to water.

Crop Name		Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Products/ extracts	Extract Value
Cave wheat	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Dwarven beer	10	No	P 4	Dwarven wheat flour (m)4	20
Pig tail	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Dwarven ale	10	No	No	Pig tail thread (p)4	12
Plump helmet	♠	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Dwarven wine	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Quarry bush	♣	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	None	-	No	P 4	Quarry bush leaves (b)4	25
Sweet pod	Φ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Dwarven rum	10	No	P 4	Dwarven syrup (l)4 Dwarven sugar (m)4	1001 20
Dimple cup	♥	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	None	-	No	No	Dimple dye (m)4	20
Crop Name		Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Products/ extracts	Extract Value
Bloated tuber3	Φ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Wetland (Dry)	4	Tuber beer	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Fisher berry	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	4	Fisher berry wine	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Longland grass	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	Longland beer	10	No	P 4	Longland flour (m)4	20
Muck root3	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Wetland (Wet)	2	Swamp whiskey	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Prickle berry	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	2	Prickle berry wine	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Rat weed	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	2	Sewer brew	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Rope reed	ƒ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	4	River spirits	10	No	No	Rope reed thread (p)4	12
Sliver barb	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry) (Evil)	2	Gutter cruor	5	No	No	Black dye (m)4	20
Sun berry	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet) (Good)	2	Sunshine	25	Yes	Yes	None	-
Valley herb3	ÿ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Temperate Grassland (Dry)	10	None	-	No	Yes	Golden salve (v)4	100
Whip vine	§	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry) (Savage)	4	Whip wine	15	No	P 4	Whip vine flour (m)4	25
Wild strawberry	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	Strawberry wine	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
non-food Crops Name		Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Products/ extracts	Extract Value
Blade weed	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	None	-	No	No	Emerald dye (m)4	20
Hide root	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	2	None	-	No	No	Redroot dye (m)4	10
Kobold bulb3	Φ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Wetland (Wet)	10	None	-	No	No	Gnomeblight (e)4	100
Crop Name		Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Products/ extracts	Extract Value

Notes:

1) The value of five units of drink/syrup, for comparison with flour, extracts, etc. A stack of a plant produces 5x its size in drink/syrup.

2) Anything that can be cooked is edible afterwards. Cooking leaves no seeds for re-planting.

3) These plants cannot be grown on a farm plot. They can only be acquired through plant gathering (in season only) or trade.

4) These plants cannot be eaten until they are further processed, either by milling or by plant processing, or (for sweet pod) either; see "products" column for final product and necessary labor:

• b: process to bag (quarry bush)
• l: process to barrel (sweet pod)
• m: mill (cave wheat, sweet pod, longland grass, and whip vine are edible; dimple cup, blade weed, hide root, and sliver barb make only dye.)
• p: process plant (pig tail, rope reed)
• v: process to (glass) vial (valley herb)
• e: extract plant essence (kobold bulb)

See Also

• Farming
• Farm plot
• Shrub

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