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 strictly crops as such as they have no seeds and can't be planted. They are marked with a yellow "h" under Seasons.

Some plant may be eaten raw, others must be cooked first. 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.

All drinks require a barrel for storage, some other products also require containers.

Crop Name	Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Extracts/ products	Extract Value
Cave wheat	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Dwarven beer	10	No	P 4	Dwarven wheat flour (m)4	20
Pig tail	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	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Dwarven rum	10	No	P 4	Dwarven syrup (l)4 Dwarven sugar (m)4	1001 20
Dimple cup (non-food)	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	None	-	No	No	Dimple dye (m)4	20
Crop Name	Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook**	Extracts/ products	Extract Value
Bloated tuber3	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	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	Longland beer	10	No	P 4	Longland flour (m)4	20
Muck root3	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	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	2	Sewer brew	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Rope reed	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	4	River spirits	10	No	No	Rope reed thread (p)4	12
Sliver barb	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	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Temperate Grassland (Dry)	10	None	-	No	Yes	Golden salve (v)4	100
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	Extracts/ products	Extract Value
Blade weed	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	None	-	No	No	Emerald dye (m)4	20
Hide root	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	2	None	-	No	No	Redroot dye (m)4	10
Kobold bulb3	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Wetland (Wet)	10	None	-	No	No	Gnomeblight (v)4	100
Crop Name	Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Extracts/ products	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 my milling or by plant processing, or (for sweet pod) either; see next 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)
• v: process to (glass) vial (kobold bulb, valley herb)

See Also

• Farm plot
• Shrub
• Farming

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