How many fields is enough

[Ajvar]

So how much fields do you got and what do you use them for?
I got 40 and am thinking 20 more would be just about right.

[Lihz]

As a hermit i would aim for about 150-200'ish..

*depending on how you plant them, ofcourse.

[Bjebr]

That depends on the way you use your fields :
- if you harvest them everyday , store the harvest for later use and replant everyday : 4/5 fields are enough
- if you harvest them when you have an immediate use for the harvest you'll need a lot more

- if you're planting high value things ( high purity T3 in high purity fields for exemple) : you'll use less field with more fertilizer .
- if you're planting low value things : it's better to spam fields

- if you're afraid of crows and/or unfriendly neighbor you'll favour less fields too

Personnally :
- on popham i had 5 fields inside the base with high usage ; and 15 external with crappy harvest every three days (mostly for wild oats for my sheep)
- on providence : i have 10 fields with 4 harvest every 5 days (pumpkins = 2 days , I'm lazy) : those harvest gave me enough for personal use and to sell in my stall ; i'm using crown manure for first fertilizer ; turkey poop and humus for next fertilizer until i get 1 day growth and 300% influence.

Bjebr

[Taipion]

Some "pro" tips on fields:
(acutally, cotton farming)

- keep your fields close together, spreading them out means more walking means slower planting and harvesting, this might sound obvious but maybe it's not for everyone

- if you are lazy, use cabbage or pumpkin fields to generate humus (remeber to split them, both cabbage and pumpkin, before composting them for more value) pumpkin has the benefit of pumpkin seeds which are a lightweight and good regen food, if you can handle some more work, make turkey coops and feed them with all those cotton seeds, if you have a pine forest nearby turkeys are a great and easy way to replenish your phlegm, and you can compost them too and their feathers

- Get plantation management if you plan on having many fields! The humus it saves you is a lot!

- Get a farmers hoe or try to lend it out to tend all your fields with it once (still requires plantation management!) That way your fields will go down as low as 20% upkeep, so you can plant once and NOT use wood choppings and they are at 25%, meaning you only need to use wood choppings every 2nd time you plant, using the full 10% they give, and the fields will still only need 1 humus

- try for yourself, how many fields you can do daily without feeling too bad, then plant 4 times that number, so you can work on 1/4 of them per day and you dont need to use fertilizer, as cotton needs 4 days to grow

- get a scythe, it's expensive but it helps a lot!

- if you are extremely serious about farming cotton, have 2 or 3 chars that can handle harvesting cotton, meaning they have enough YB and hoarder so they can carry a (almost) full inventory of of cotton, and enough phlegm to chew through them meaning both cleaning and then weaving it without needing to watch their phlegm and feed them in between, I guess some 200 humors should be good here, so you can go harvest with one, then plug him to a cotton cleaner and start cleaning while you grab the scythe with the 2nd char and harvest with him, then 1st goes weaving, 2nd goes cleaning, 3rd goes harvesting and so on.... depending on your SnC that may require some 50-100 fields to fill one inventory

[Frakked]

Some "pro" tips on fields:
(acutally, cotton farming)

- keep your fields close together, spreading them out means more walking means slower planting and harvesting, this might sound obvious but maybe it's not for everyone

- if you are lazy, use cabbage or pumpkin fields to generate humus (remeber to split them, both cabbage and pumpkin, before composting them for more value) pumpkin has the benefit of pumpkin seeds which are a lightweight and good regen food, if you can handle some more work, make turkey coops and feed them with all those cotton seeds, if you have a pine forest nearby turkeys are a great and easy way to replenish your phlegm, and you can compost them too and their feathers

- Get plantation management if you plan on having many fields! The humus it saves you is a lot!

- Get a farmers hoe or try to lend it out to tend all your fields with it once (still requires plantation management!) That way your fields will go down as low as 20% upkeep, so you can plant once and NOT use wood choppings and they are at 25%, meaning you only need to use wood choppings every 2nd time you plant, using the full 10% they give, and the fields will still only need 1 humus

- try for yourself, how many fields you can do daily without feeling too bad, then plant 4 times that number, so you can work on 1/4 of them per day and you dont need to use fertilizer, as cotton needs 4 days to grow

- get a scythe, it's expensive but it helps a lot!

- if you are extremely serious about farming cotton, have 2 or 3 chars that can handle harvesting cotton, meaning they have enough YB and hoarder so they can carry a (almost) full inventory of of cotton, and enough phlegm to chew through them meaning both cleaning and then weaving it without needing to watch their phlegm and feed them in between, I guess some 200 humors should be good here, so you can go harvest with one, then plug him to a cotton cleaner and start cleaning while you grab the scythe with the 2nd char and harvest with him, then 1st goes weaving, 2nd goes cleaning, 3rd goes harvesting and so on.... depending on your SnC that may require some 50-100 fields to fill one inventory

1. Freshly planted- plantation management cuts the number of seeds used, not the amount of humus. Perhaps after tending you get down to one humus but not before. (Recently earned- haven't tested it thoroughly). Tending is not immediately available... but after some time seemingly...for cotton.

2. 200-300 fields is ideal for cotton farmer; and Scythe is ideal for that as is store cotton cleaner which is much faster than loom. Between the two- I'd go for cleaner first as it's a certain purchase...Scythe is still random chance (no store package sells it...which is why is it very expensive).

3. If you are a cotton farmer- invest in Weaving set ASAP.. basically you use less cotton per cloth... so a decent weave set (300+) will take what cotton you produce further than just having more fields alone. You still have to have 10 to start the cloth process... but then you'll only use 5-6 pieces before moving on to the next piece of cloth!

4. If you are not a cotton farmer... recommend 9-15 fields influenced for Tier 2-3. Tier 1 you can grab from cotton fields as needed.

5. Recommend Turkey coops. Even w/o Plantation Management, if maintain upkeep at 50%, you will have lots of extra seeds. These are great for feeding coops. The extra turkey's- bank them- then when dead, pluck them... and feed them back into the humus bins +10 for each one. Great for feeding bins!

[Ajvar]

tnx.
I started with 40 fields of cotton for silver. Now i don't have much need for silver anymore and am planting other stuff.
I'm planting 10 fields of cereal, cabage, corn and pumpkin.
I don't really use anything from those four I just plant them to get better purity seeds and get influence up so I can try some higher tear stuff later.
I'm always left with too much harvested stuff I just drop on the ground after fully filling my 9 compost bins.
Only some cabbage to feed my pythons and a few pumpkins for aztec abattoir.
I was thinking 20 more fields to grow tobbaco and potato too. 10 per crop.

[danu32]

i got around 300

[DeepSixed]

tnx.
I started with 40 fields of cotton for silver. Now i don't have much need for silver anymore and am planting other stuff.
I'm planting 10 fields of cereal, cabage, corn and pumpkin.
I don't really use anything from those four I just plant them to get better purity seeds and get influence up so I can try some higher tear stuff later.
I'm always left with too much harvested stuff I just drop on the ground after fully filling my 9 compost bins.
Only some cabbage to feed my pythons and a few pumpkins for aztec abattoir.
I was thinking 20 more fields to grow tobbaco and potato too. 10 per crop.

IDK- seriously- if silver is no matter good for you; but in reality if you need to build up 100K reserve of silver to be really epic here... just saying

W/o that kind of reserve you'll get short changed, raided, or screwed over eventually... and not have anything to start over with and/or buy the 50K iron starter item or similiar.

Always best to pay your rents through the land vs your own pocket.

[reeper_aut]

plantation management guts the humus as well, if you get down to 25% (need to use iron hoe or farmers hoe from shop)
wooden hoe isn't enough (30%)

i'd suggest you use less fields, but work them more often! increases purity faster. that's what you are really aiming for if you use it for food!!!