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parlor_tricks

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Re: Grape vines
« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2014, 10:25:51 pm »

I've now got a healthy potato farm going!

Sadly, potatoes have to be grown from potato seeds, rather than from the tubers themselves, and they brew into potato wine rather than vodka. I can't imagine how awful potato wine must taste!

Dang it, how'd you manage that? I was hoping to make vodka for the bearded lard balls, and even got seeds from a caravan - but none of the above or underground plots allow me to grow them. Which season do you grow them and are they above, or underground plants?
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Panando

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Re: Grape vines
« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2014, 10:53:05 pm »

Potatoes are above ground. I've successfully gathered them then grown them. The old bug where you can't grow seeds purchased from caravans unless you have some of the plants might still be in force - but if you buy potatoes from the caravan and brew the potatoes you should be able to then grow potatoes at a field.
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Re: Grape vines
« Reply #17 on: July 30, 2014, 01:26:33 am »

They're aboveground, and should grow in any non-freezing biome according to the wiki/raws.

I think it's probably easiest to grow what you find around your fort. The only thing I've ever buried in the ground from the elf caravan is the elves!

If you're feeling brave, you could try a mod: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=141440.0

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In a fat-fingered moment while setting up another military squad I accidentally created a captain of the guard rather than a militia captain.  His squad of near-legendary hammerdwarves equipped with high quality silver hammers then took it upon themselves to dispense justice to all the mandate breakers in the fortress.  It was quite messy.
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