Editing Guide:Farm (section)

== Fertilizers and mass boosting ==

Fertilizers accelerate a plot's production. Use common boosts when their extra crops justify the cost. Valuable boosts such as [[Gilded Manure]] deserve a plan for watering, harvesting, and having the right crop planted.

Only one fertilizer tier is active on a plot at a time. More of the same extends it; replacing another tier discards that different effect. [[Mass Boost]] filters let you choose boosted, unboosted, or soon-expiring plots. The Max amount splits your stack evenly among eligible targets. Read the target count before spending a large stack.

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{| class="wikitable" style="max-width:100%;"
|-
! <strong>Fertilizer</strong>
! <strong>Crop output multiplier</strong>
! <strong>Duration per item</strong>
|-
| Enriching Fertilizer
| 5x
| 12 hours
|-
| Experimental Fertilizer
| 20x
| 12 hours
|-
| Gilded Manure
| 1250x
| 24 hours
|}
</div>

Use valuable fertilizers on developed plots you can keep watered. Experimental Fertilizer consumes <strong>five Mysterious Sludges</strong> as well as Enriching Fertilizer; those rares also make a [[Hunt]] boost. Compare that cost before crafting it. Fertilizer does not multiply the Farm's pet-boost byproducts.

<small>Screenshots on this page: [[Guide:Farm#figure_9|Figure 9]]</small>

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[[File:Bconomy-guide-09-watering-harvesting-and-plots.png|thumb|center|680px|alt=Watering harvesting and plots|Figure 9  Watering harvesting and plots. The Farm shows its next watering time, crop survival window, ready crops and Manage control. Watering, harvesting and uprooting have different effects; keep the farm alive before expanding it.]]