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Effect Seasons has on Gardening
PoppyRichards
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Hi all,
Seasons is overall a welcome addition to my game, but it sure does make gardening a lot more tricky!
Has anyone found a way of continuing any form of gardening during winter, except the use of the flower arrangement table?
Also, are you only able to plant/grow 'seasonal' plants during those seasons, or is it just that those plants do better?
Your wisdom is much appreciated
Seasons is overall a welcome addition to my game, but it sure does make gardening a lot more tricky!
Has anyone found a way of continuing any form of gardening during winter, except the use of the flower arrangement table?
Also, are you only able to plant/grow 'seasonal' plants during those seasons, or is it just that those plants do better?
Your wisdom is much appreciated
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If you grow them indoors the plants will be active year round.
That was me
The list can be found here:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/941937/seasons-gardening-harvestables-new-info-thank-you-kalaksed#latest
I like that my gardeners/farmers can take a season or two off, and that they might need to fill that loss of income from produce during the active persiods. Spreading your plant choices on all seasons should make it possible to grow parts of your garden at any time of the year.
The only thing I dislike about gardening is that you can no longer weed a single plant by hand. Some of my sims only grow a couple pots at their entrance, and it looks too silly using the huge weed-vacuumer. Besides, pro gardeners needed the efforts and time spent to build theit skills.
I meant to check this once I got home, so guess I won't have to now
If the temperatures are freezing, you won't be able to plant any plants in your garden (as the soil is frozen)
(but not every day in winter is necessarily a day with freezing temperatures ... often there are days when the temperatures are warm enough to plant. Also, plants that have winter as their growth period (for example onions or potatoes) will become harvestable even if covered in snow)
I am still confused why I can't grow my winter-seasonal holly indoors? I thought that would be fine? It's in a pot
Plants grown indoors will be active year round, but planted outdoors will only grow in their specific season(s). A greenhouse would allow you to grow and harvest plants outside of their outdoor season, not sure what the fruition rate is indoors though. Outdoor plants seem to fruit more often (daily?) during their growth seasons.