Garden Plots growing rotten food

[Apollo'sFire 31]

So a player within our community just messaged me, he tried to play the game like it was intended by planting some pumpkins and peppers instead of searching for canned food, however, as he was watching for it to finish so he could harvest, it immediately went from growing to rotten. this is either a persistence bug or "day/night cycle" bug. Anybody else have the same experience?

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

I noticed that the food I was growing looked like it was sickly or rotten, but it was still good to eat and in pristine condition.  It did not go from seed to shit though.  Did they remember to water them?  Maybe in certain places plants need fertilizer now?

[ebrim 998]

I think it's random. I've had perfectly good and rotten crops grow right next to each other. I figured it was working as intended to incorporate in a rough way the fact that not all crops succeed due to any number of factors (weather, pests, bad soil, whatever).

 

Good news is that you can still recover seeds from bad harvests.

Edited April 8, 2015 by Ebrim

[Mean Gun Morris 102]

I've tried the last two nights to get seeds from pumpkins, tomatoes and peppers, pretty certain it's up the shit. Used three different knives too.

[cash81 506]

Sounds like a lazy no-pants farmer. All my crops turn out perfect always. L2P. :)

[Samuri_Bake_Pie 96]

I had this issue as well, planted a whole greenhouse worth of tomatoes, watered them and everything, and they all turned out rotten.

[Syrell 2]

Same issue with green pepper

[BCBasher 2465]

Been gardening for months to avoid high traffic areas and never seen this. Only found rotten apples on one tree once and it was every other on then a streak until I changed trees. 

 

(edit) Logged in and started a farm after posting, 1 pumpkin, 3 tomatoes, 1/3 tomato plants was all rotten.  

Edited April 9, 2015 by BCBasher

[Mad Scientist 73]

Are you using purified water/water from a well or just pond/stream water? I grow all my plants with purified/well water and they grow with no disease (so far at least!!)

[blacklabel79 949]

Are you using purified water/water from a well or just pond/stream water? I grow all my plants with purified/well water and they grow with no disease (so far at least!!)

 

This shouldent matter at all.

[GrumpyFragger 67]

Sounds like a lazy no-pants farmer. All my crops turn out perfect always. L2P. :)

 

Most likely because you wear a pink dress and do your gardening with a fire extinguisher ^^

[cash81 506]

Most likely because you wear a pink dress and do your gardening with a fire extinguisher ^^

The co2 helps them grow. And then i sit and guard them from the pumpkin bandits so that my ultimate survivor pumpkin patch will be safe. Who needs to explore and find loot when you can play farmville defender like the cool hardcore kids. :)

[albinoclock 45]

I grew some plants from a spigot and some of them went bad, so it's not that. I think it's just a random chance.

[Apollo'sFire 31]

As long as it wasn't the norm lol, thanks for the replies

[Tatanko 5591]

I noticed that the food I was growing looked like it was sickly or rotten, but it was still good to eat and in pristine condition.  It did not go from seed to shit though.  Did they remember to water them?  Maybe in certain places plants need fertilizer now?

You didn't encounter any ill effects from eating the rotten-looking fruit/vegetables? I did notice that they do not say "rotten" right in the name, but still definitely did not appear to be normal.

 

Good news is that you can still recover seeds from bad harvests.

I thought it wasn't possible to recover seeds on 0.55?

[ebrim 998]

You didn't encounter any ill effects from eating the rotten-looking fruit/vegetables? I did notice that they do not say "rotten" right in the name, but still definitely did not appear to be normal.

 

I thought it wasn't possible to recover seeds on 0.55?

 

Hmm, I don't think I've tried since 0.55. That's a shame.

Edited April 9, 2015 by Ebrim

[BCBasher 2465]

Hmm, I don't think I've tried since 0.55. That's a shame.

I have with no success.

[LoveAffair 329]

Yea grow them with well or purified water seems to help and you have to be fast when you harvest them. Stand right next to them and grab them as soon as they can be harvested. It helps to plant and water each seed a couple min apart so you have time to harvest one , put the food away then goto the next plant that is about to bloom.

[BCBasher 2465]

Yea grow them with well or purified water seems to help and you have to be fast when you harvest them. Stand right next to them and grab them as soon as they can be harvested. It helps to plant and water each seed a couple min apart so you have time to harvest one , put the food away then goto the next plant that is about to bloom.

Have you confirmed that? My 1 of 3 rotten tomatoes was the second one I watteted the last one was fine.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

You didn't encounter any ill effects from eating the rotten-looking fruit/vegetables? I did notice that they do not say "rotten" right in the name, but still definitely did not appear to be normal.

 

I thought it wasn't possible to recover seeds on 0.55?

Nope, and I ate about 20 of em trying to get my energy to full green (Poor choice now that I look at the values but those were the seeds I had).  They didn't look 'rotten' so much (as in it wasn't imploding on itself or exposed seeds and the like), just the texture was splotchy and weird looking on some of them.

 

Couldn't harvest seeds with a stone knife, just assumed I couldn't because it was stone.  Although really we should be able to harvest seeds and still have something edible leftover (other than zucchini and maybe tomatoes)

[LoveAffair 329]

Have you confirmed that? My 1 of 3 rotten tomatoes was the second one I watteted the last one was fine.

 

 

Well i use to plant them and water them all at the same time and i would only get like 2 outta 4 that were not rotten. Now i plant 1 seed and water , wait 5 min , plant another seed and water and so on , I never plant all 9 , only 4 seeds is the most i have done and I have yet to get any rotten veggies yet doing it like that. I do you use purified water. I have the jerry can filled with water at my base. i just fill a canteen with it then purify it. I tried to purify the whole jerry can but that didn't seem to work. So like i said , doing it that way has worked for over a week now. Mabey i am just super lucky but try it out yourself and let me know.

Edited April 9, 2015 by LoveAffair

[BCBasher 2465]

When I come up with enough seeds I'll try some things.

As far as harvesting seeds I've tried with a kitchen knife an a hunting knife with no luck.

[JPWiser 251]

Most likely because you wear a pink dress and do your gardening with a fire extinguisher ^^

Really? Cause the dress looks gold to me :)

On point... Had a rotten pumpkin patch grow in one of five plots we had going. Seems random, but as others have said the actual harvest seems pristine and fine to eat even tho the crop said rotten.

[Velenon 13]

Have you tried using a disinfectant spray on the plants?  clears up the leaf spots straight away, that show up before you get a rotten crop.

[ebrim 998]

Interesting if purified water matters or not. In my mind farming was a great way to turn unpurified water into hydration without tablets.