Crops
Deep dive documentation for Advanced Mechanics systems.
Crops are a source of food and some other materials. While each crop is slightly different, crops all have some similar principles. In order to start growing crops, you will need some Seeds, which can be obtained by searching for Wild Crops and breaking them.
Once you have obtained seeds, you will also need a Hoe. Seeds are also useful as bait.
In addition to finding wild crops, seeds can also be produced from existing crops. When a fully mature crop dies - either by weather, or leaving it to rot - it will go to seed, dropping more seeds that can be used to grow even more crops next season.
To get started, a Stone Hoe can be knapped as seen above.
Once the hoe head is knapped, it can be crafted into a Hoe.
Hoes function as in Vanilla, by right clicking dirt blocks to turn them into Farmland. They can also be used to convert Rooted Dirt into Dirt.
Growing Crops
All crops need to be planted on farmland in order to grow. Some crops have additional requirements such as being waterlogged or requiring a stick to grow on.
Crops do not need nutrients to grow, but they certainly help. There are three nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium. Each crop has a favorite nutrient.
Consuming its favorite nutrient causes a crop to grow faster, and improves the yield of the crop at harvest time. That means that crops that consumed more nutrients drop more food when broken! Consuming a nutrient also has the effect of replenishing the other nutrients around it a small amount.
The next several pages list all the crops present in TFC
Barley
Temperature: -8 - 26 °C
Hydration: 18 - 75 %
Nutrient: Nitrogen
Barley is a single block crop. Barley seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Barley and Barley Seeds as a product.
Oat
Temperature: 3 - 40 °C
Hydration: 35 - 100 %
Nutrient: Phosphorus
Oat is a single block crop. Oat seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Oat and Oat Seeds as a product.
Rye
Temperature: -11 - 30 °C
Hydration: 25 - 85 %
Nutrient: Phosphorus
Rye is a single block crop. Rye seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Rye and Rye Seeds as a product.
Maize
Temperature: 13 - 40 °C
Hydration: 75 - 100 %
Nutrient: Phosphorus
Maize is a two block tall crop. Maize seeds can be planted on farmland, will grow two blocks tall, and will produce Maize and Maize Seeds as a product.
Wheat
Temperature: -4 - 35 °C
Hydration: 25 - 100 %
Nutrient: Phosphorus
Wheat is a single block crop. Wheat seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Wheat and Wheat Seeds as a product.
Rice
Temperature: 15 - 30 °C
Hydration: 25 - 100 %
Nutrient: Phosphorus
Rice is a single block crop. Rice must be grown underwater - it must be planted on farmland, in freshwater that is a single block deep. It will produce Rice and Rice Seeds as a product.
Note: in order to grow, the rice block must be Waterlogged.
Beet
Temperature: -5 - 20 °C
Hydration: 18 - 85 %
Nutrient: Potassium
Beets are a a single block crop. Beet seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Beet and Beet Seeds as a product.
Cabbage
Temperature: -10 - 27 °C
Hydration: 15 - 65 %
Nutrient: Nitrogen
Cabbage is a single block crop. Cabbage seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Cabbage and Cabbage Seeds as a product.
Carrot
Temperature: 3 - 30 °C
Hydration: 25 - 100 %
Nutrient: Potassium
Carrot is a single block crop. Carrot seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Carrot and Carrot Seeds as a product.
Garlic
Temperature: -20 - 18 °C
Hydration: 15 - 75 %
Nutrient: Nitrogen
Garlic is a single block crop. Garlic seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Garlic and Garlic Seeds as a product.
Green Beans
Temperature: 2 - 35 °C
Hydration: 38 - 100 %
Nutrient: Nitrogen
Green Beans is a climbing two block tall crop. Green Bean seeds can be planted on farmland, will grow two blocks tall if a stick is present, and will produce Green Beans and Green Bean Seeds as a product.
The stick is required in order for the crop to fully grow.
Potatoes
Temperature: -1 - 37 °C
Hydration: 50 - 100 %
Nutrient: Potassium
Potatoes are a single block crop. Potato seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Potatoes and Potato Seeds as a product.
Pumpkins
Temperature: 0 - 30 °C
Hydration: 30 - 80 %
Nutrient: Phosphorus
Pumpkins are a spreading crop. Pumpkin seeds can be planted on farmland and will place up to two Pumpkin Blocks on the ground next to it while it is mature. If the pumpkin blocks are harvested, and the plant matures again, it can grow more pumpkins. Pumpkins can be made into Jack 'o Lanterns.
Melons
Temperature: 5 - 37 °C
Hydration: 75 - 100 %
Nutrient: Phosphorus
Melons are a spreading crop. Melon seeds can be planted on farmland and will place up to two Melon Blocks on the ground next to it while it is mature. If the melon blocks are harvested, and the plant matures again, it can grow more melon.
Red Bell Peppers
Temperature: 16 - 30 °C
Hydration: 25 - 60 %
Nutrient: Potassium
Red Bell Peppers are a pickable crop. When they are near mature, they can be harvested with Right Click to obtain Green Bell Peppers. Harvesting with Right Click allows the plant to grow more peppers in the future rather than destroying the plant.
Yellow Bell Peppers
Temperature: 16 - 30 °C
Hydration: 25 - 60 %
Nutrient: Potassium
Yellow Bell Peppers are a pickable crop. When they are near mature, they can be harvested with Right Click to obtain Green Bell Peppers. Harvesting with Right Click allows the plant to grow more peppers in the future rather than destroying the plant.
Onions
Temperature: 0 - 30 °C
Hydration: 25 - 90 %
Nutrient: Nitrogen
Onions are a single block crop. Onion seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Onions and Onion Seeds as a product.
Soybean
Temperature: 8 - 30 °C
Hydration: 40 - 100 %
Nutrient: Nitrogen
Soybean is a single block crop. Soybean seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Soybean and Soybean Seeds as a product.
Squash
Temperature: 5 - 33 °C
Hydration: 23 - 95 %
Nutrient: Potassium
Squash is a single block crop. Squash seeds can be planted on farmland and will produce Squash and Squash Seeds as a product.
Sugarcane
Temperature: 12 - 38 °C
Hydration: 40 - 100 %
Nutrient: Potassium
Sugarcane is a two block tall crop. Sugarcane seeds can be planted on farmland, will grow two blocks tall, and will produce Sugarcane and Sugarcane Seeds as a product. Sugarcane can be used to make Sugar.
Tomatoes
Temperature: 0 - 36 °C
Hydration: 30 - 95 %
Nutrient: Potassium
Tomatoes are a climbing two block tall crop. Tomato seeds can be planted on farmland, will grow two blocks tall if a stick is present, and will produce Tomatoes and Tomato Seeds as a product.
The stick is required in order for the crop to fully grow.
Jute
Temperature: 5 - 37 °C
Hydration: 25 - 100 %
Nutrient: Potassium
Jute is a two block tall crop. Jute seeds can be planted on farmland, will grow two blocks tall, and will produce Jute and Jute Seeds as a product.
Papyrus
Temperature: 19 - 37 °C
Hydration: 70 - 100 %
Nutrient: Potassium
Papyrus is a two block tall crop. Papyrus seeds can be planted on farmland, will grow two blocks tall, and will produce Papyrus and Papyrus Seeds as a product.
Sunflower
Temperature: 5 - 40 °C
Hydration: 20 - 80 %
Nutrient: Nitrogen
A Sunflower is a two block tall crop. Sunflower seeds can be planted on farmland, will grow two blocks tall, and will produce Sunflower Caps which can be processed into Seed Oil. Seed Oil can both be used as Lamp Fuel, as well as Bio Diesel later on.
A Sunflower also counts as a Flower for the purposes of Beekeeping.
Wild Sunflowers grow between 5 and 40C, and 100 to 450mm of rainfall. Their seeds can also be roasted and eaten!
Canola
Temperature: -5 - 25 °C
Hydration: 10 - 60 %
Nutrient: Phosphorus
Canola is a two block tall crop. Canola seeds can be planted on farmland, will grow two blocks tall, and will produce Canola Ovules which can be processed into Seed Oil. Seed Oil can both be used as Lamp Fuel, as well as Bio Diesel later on.
Canola also counts as a Flower for the purposes of Beekeeping.
Wild Canola, also known as Rapeseed, grows between -7 and 25C, and 50 to 350mm of rainfall.
Flax
Temperature: -8 - 25 °C
Hydration: 15 - 65 %
Nutrient: Nitrogen
Flax is a two block tall crop. Flax seeds can be planted on farmland, will grow two blocks tall, and will produce Flax Stems which can be processed into Linen or Burlap.
Flax also counts as a Flower for the purposes of Beekeeping.
Wild Flax grows between -5 and 23C, and 175 to 475mm of rainfall.