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UristMcDwarf

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Is irrigation absolutely necessarily to farm?
« on: April 29, 2012, 06:07:28 pm »
Or does planting on dry soil just make slower growth?
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Re: Is irrigation absolutely necessarily to farm?
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2012, 06:11:02 pm »
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Re: Is irrigation absolutely necessarily to farm?
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2012, 06:55:03 pm »
Quote from: UristMcDwarf on April 29, 2012, 06:07:28 pm
Or does planting on dry soil just make slower growth?

Planting on dry soil works just as well as planting on muddied soil.  Irrigation is only required if you're farming on rock.
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Re: Is irrigation absolutely necessarily to farm?
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2012, 07:11:02 pm »
More specifically, mud on any tile makes it farmable.  Cave floors, constructed floors, floors atop walls, naturally occurring "boulder" terrain (not mined out, but those things on the surface), and shrubs.  Otherwise, "anything that would normally block a farm becomes farmable."  Except cabinets and beds and other furniture :P
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