Gardening - Harvesting

Yeah i did pearl roselle x Thav onions and out of 3 pearl roselles harvested thus far, got one Tomato King and nothing from other two. Still waiting to harvest the Onions.

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Originally Posted by Estellios

Broombush used to only be used for a minion and most of the flowers are only used in the Spring dress set or other vanity items.

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I see, thanks :)

0. The Plan
1. Step 1
2. Step 2


Sylkis Buds have been harvested, and lucky me received 4 Thavnairan Onions! Almonds were planted in their place.

http://i.imgur.com/6W6GprC.png?1


The Broombush was ready a bit later, and properly intercrossed with the first almonds to give me 4 broombush seeds. Krakka's have been planted in their place.

http://i.imgur.com/CXKMwEr.png?1


I am still waiting on the new almonds and krakkas to finish growing, but here are my thoughts so far:

- chance of getting sylkis buds is indeed flaky.
- other than that the loop works perfectly.
- depending on how soon you plant the broombush, don't fertilize them to much. Mine bloomed only 1hour or so after the sylkis.

So after trying it once I would say that the only drawback to this is the flaky chance of producing sylkis buds. That problem might be solved by looping the first step (krakka x almond) untill you have a tiny supply of sylkis before moving to the next step. For now that is what I am going to do before I start the loop again.

@Alice: It should be ok if the broombush finish growing as long as you remove the sylkis first and leave the broombush there so you can plant the Almonds. Plants can still intercross with fully-grown plants, you just obviously don't want to leave the fully grown plants alone for too long so they don't die.

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Originally Posted by synesthetic

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Alm  Kr  Alm                Yields Sylkis and Mandrake.
Kr      Kr                  Krakkas grow faster, so could possibly breed a second set
Alm  Kr  Alm                with Almonds depending on how often you can fertilize.

Alm  Br  Alm                Remove Krakkas first, plant Broombushes to breed w/ old Almonds
Br      Br                to get new Broombush seeds.
Alm  Br  Alm                Harvest Almonds to pick up more Sylkis/Mandrake.

Syl  Br  Syl                Plant Sylkis to breed with Broombushes to make Thav.Onions/Shroud Tea.
Br      Br                Sylkis grow faster, so harvest them first then plant Almonds.
Syl  Br  Syl                Almonds will breed with Broombushes to make more Broombush seeds.

Alm  Br  Alm                Broombushes should finish growing before Almonds do.
Br      Br                Plant Krakkas in their place.
Alm  Br  Alm

Alm  Kr  Alm                Repeat.
Kr      Kr
Alm  Kr  Alm

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In line with about plan I'm in process of tyding up my currently a bit "messy" planting order in gardes with following adjustment (only first step of the loop is shown, ther rest will follow the same pattern).

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ALM - KRR - ALM
 |    |    |
KRR -  X  - KRR
 |    |    |
KRR - ALM - KRR

or

KRR - ALM - KRR
 |    |    |
ALM -  X  - ALM
 |    |    |
ALM - KRR - ALM

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The crosbreed will still occur however the faster growing / "cheaper" seeds are in majority now producing higher overall yield. While in step 2 you might need more Broombrushes you can also opt for second alternative pattern instead.

I like it! But I see what you mean by "messy".

So yours would go something more like..

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Alm  Kr  Alm                Yields Sylkis and Mandrake.
Kr      Kr                  Krakkas grow faster, so could possibly breed a second set
Kr  Alm  Kr                with Almonds depending on how often you can fertilize.
                        Repeat until you have 5-6 Sylkis.

Alm  Br  Alm                Remove Krakkas first, plant Broombushes to breed w/ old Almonds
.        .                to get new Broombush seeds.
Br  Alm  Br                Harvest Almonds to pick up more Sylkis/Mandrake.

Syl  Br  Syl                Plant Sylkis to breed with Broombushes to make Thav.Onions/Shroud Tea.
Syl      Syl                Sylkis grow faster, so harvest them first then plant Almonds.
Br  Syl  Br                Almonds will breed with Broombushes to make more Broombush seeds.
                        (Will all Sylkis breed with Brooms?  Same question for followup Almonds.)

Alm  Br  Alm                Broombushes should finish growing before Almonds do.
Alm      Alm                Plant Krakkas in their place.
Br  Alm  Br

Alm  Kr  Alm                Repeat?
Alm      Alm
Kr  Alm  Kr

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So depending on whether or not crossbreeding will still happen if you have say (1)broom-(2)sylkis-(3)sylkis-(1)broom, like will the (3)sylkis ignore (2)sylkis and go ahead and breed with the broom.. this may or may not work.
It's an interesting idea either way.

Thav Onion + Linseed = linseed + pahsana fruit seeds

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Originally Posted by Estellios

@Alice: It should be ok if the broombush finish growing as long as you remove the sylkis first and leave the broombush there so you can plant the Almonds. Plants can still intercross with fully-grown plants, you just obviously don't want to leave the fully grown plants alone for too long so they don't die.

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I know, but leaving those fully grown plants out there makes me nervous, haha.


In other news, because I planned on doing several rounds of krakka x almond I planted my krakkas with Shroud 3 soil to provide my krakka-starved FC with some chocobo fodder. And then this happened:

http://i.imgur.com/0Sp88LW.png?1


No rest for the weary, on to the next round!

Yeah I always just plant Krakka with Shroud soil. You will want a ton anyway since it's the food people need to use to feed others' chocobos and the one you feed your chocobo once they eat enough to get a favored food. It pays off immensely once you get the successful crossbreed.

do i read it right ? 9 seeds from 1 plant ?