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[Lectorog]

I set up a quern to get some dye made, but my dwarves seem unwilling to do this. They're trying to mill things, just not dimple cups. I set up a stockpile only for dimple cups next to the quern, but this didn't help; they still try to mill other plants.

Is there an easy way to fix this, or will I have to forbid everything mill-able but dimple cups?

[Trickysticks]

I'd try the forbidding part, if that doesn't work then 

[Dorf3000]

If you've got the dimple cups and the quern next to each other then put down a burrow 'jail' just for your miller(s).  That will prevent them going to get other plants to mill from outside their burrow.  You'll also need a bag pile in their burrow as well

It would be better to select which plants are millable or not from the kitchen screen, but since UI improvements are so low priority then it's unlikely to happen.

[Reelyanoob]

You need a stack of bags, and a few dyers using it up so it doesn't overflow the stockpiles. You would get a warning message in your log, about not having bags etc, but in this case you have other millable items which are not being used up, so you never get a "can't mill" warning with the details, because there's always something else they can mill. If you're never getting cancellations, try building an extra mill or two (try for a wind-power millstone - that's way more productive than querns)

[JmzLost]

If they keep milling non-dye items, have your cook prepare some meals.  Everything that is not dye is either flour or sugar.  This will free up the bags, and make valuable meals.  Brewing will also prevent cave wheat, longland grass, and sweet pods from being milled.

JMZ

[Lectorog]

The problem is that I'm running a 2-dwarf fortress right now, so anything large scale is nearly impossible. Anything that would restrict the dwarves would be troublesome also, as they each do some of everything. I'll probably end up just getting rid of the dimple cups and have them live with colorless clothes; it doesn't make much of a difference, I'm sure they'll burn or drown soon anyway.

[Hyndis]

Workshops will grab the closest item. This means if your sweet pod stockpile is closer to the mill than the dimple cup stockpile, the dwarfs will prefer to mill sweet pods until you run out of sweet pods.

The other option is if you don't want dimple cups at all just disable all dimple cup storage everywhere in the fortress. Do not farm any either. Just let all dimple cups rot away.

[Sarda]

Workshops will grab the closest item. This means if your sweet pod stockpile is closer to the mill than the dimple cup stockpile, the dwarfs will prefer to mill sweet pods until you run out of sweet pods.

The other option is if you don't want dimple cups at all just disable all dimple cup storage everywhere in the fortress. Do not farm any either. Just let all dimple cups rot away.

Yay for miasma?

[Syrup Roast]

Workshops will grab the closest item. This means if your sweet pod stockpile is closer to the mill than the dimple cup stockpile, the dwarfs will prefer to mill sweet pods until you run out of sweet pods.

The other option is if you don't want dimple cups at all just disable all dimple cup storage everywhere in the fortress. Do not farm any either. Just let all dimple cups rot away.

Yay for miasma?

Plants don't make miasma. They just wilt, as far as I've seen.

[Hyndis]

Plants just wilt and then vanish. They don't make miasma.