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[Immortal]

As the title says. I bought these seeds off those elves. I have an outdoor plot. I have the seeds in my stockpile so they aren't tasked but it still wont let me select them for growing in any season.. Any ideas why it wont let me?

P.S If those damn elves ripped me off I'm gonna drop my fortress on their asses.

[JoshuaFH]

It is my belief that sunberries are a very climate specific type of plant, and so won't be available for growing if that particular climate isn't suitable for them.

[CobaltKobold]

Sun berries only grow in good biomes.
Sliver barbs in evil
Whip vines in savage

They're the only ones that have that kind of strict requirement.

[JoshuaFH]

Nope, that's wrong, i've grown sunberries in perfectly neutral areas before.

[Thndr]

What options does it give you? Plump Helmets and others? if so then one of the tiles could be in a Subterranean square.

If it gives you the other outdoor plants, then I'd assume the biome issue the others are talking about

[CobaltKobold]

Well, that's what the wiki says. And remember that good-evil etc. is alterable post-gen by stuff you do.

And I can't grow whip vine, but can grow sun berry. I think I started with biomes as calm/serene...I've spotted fairies and fluffy wamblers about.

[G-Flex]

I've grown sun berries in a biome that was neither good nor evil. The biome restrictions probably just alter where you can *find* the things.

[Marlowe]

It's correct about Biome restrictions only effecting where the things can be found. Note also that anything may be farmed on freezing soil regardless of the [NOT_FREEZING] tag.

The only thing I can think of is: Are you sure you bought SEEDS? I've made the mistake before when I tried to plant something only to realise that I didn't actually have the seeds, but the actual plants, and that I was going to have to wait until they were consumed/brewed before I got the seeds.

It also might just be the wrong season for them. I'm note entirely sure about the active season on sunberries.

Another possibility is something wrong with the actual plot. I think there's some bug where if even part of a farm plot has a roof over it the whole plot stops working.

And finally, the real insult-your-intelligence question, maybe you just need to scroll down the list of plantable seeds. They might be on the second page.

[Gwythur]

This is actually a long standing bug.  Buying the seeds themselves does not enable planting.  You need to have had in your stocks, either (1) the mature plant (ie, sun berries), or (2) the end product of brewing, threshing, or otherwise processing the plant (ie, sunshine), in order to plant the seeds. 

This has been reported in the bugs forum, and Toady is looking into it.

If you buy either sunshine or sun berries next time the elves come, you will be able to plant the seeds.

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=26809.0

Edit:  Added link to bug forum thread.

[Immortal]

Oh that would make sense. I guess Ill have to wait for those damn elves to come back with some sunshine or the berries themselves.

Thanks everyone.

[LegoLord]

This is actually a long standing bug.  Buying the seeds themselves does not enable planting.  You need to have had in your stocks, either (1) the mature plant (ie, sun berries), or (2) the end product of brewing, threshing, or otherwise processing the plant (ie, sunshine), in order to plant the seeds. 

This has been reported in the bugs forum, and Toady is looking into it.

If you buy either sunshine or sun berries next time the elves come, you will be able to plant the seeds.

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=26809.0

Edit:  Added link to bug forum thread.

This does not, however, work on freezing biomes with magma based heating being used to muddy the farm plots without them freezing.