Grass Fields and plowing

[Corstaad]

Quick question about plowing. Do I need to plow established grass fields every three harvests? I restarted GSV on seasons and plowed every field and connected them. Don't feel like doing it again .

[Hairy Bob]

No, grass fields lose the 'needs ploughing' status after each mowing, and always retain one fertilised stage.
This, and the fact that you can get 3 harvests per year make it an excellent crop to grow with seasons. I usually have at least a quarter of my fields planted with grass to keep cashflow and animals going.

[Thefisherj]

Becarrful with oakfield i think OxygenDavid has managed to take that bit out so you have to plough every 3 harvests

[IseOlen]

This, and the fact that you can get 3 harvests per year make it an excellent crop to grow with seasons.

4 yellow ones or 2 oranges, actually.

[fenixguy]

The nice thing about grass too is if you have a field that needs plowing, you can plant grass in it for one harvest and the next crop will have the plow bonus.

That to me, makes it a much better cover crop than radish since you can get a harvest-able crop from it.

[Hairy Bob]

This, and the fact that you can get 3 harvests per year make it an excellent crop to grow with seasons.

4 yellow ones or 2 oranges, actually.

Or 2 orange ones and a yellow one, which gives slightly more grass than 4 yellows and takes less time and fuel.

[Corstaad]

The nice thing about grass too is if you have a field that needs plowing, you can plant grass in it for one harvest and the next crop will have the plow bonus.

That to me, makes it a much better cover crop than radish since you can get a harvest-able crop from it.

That's huge I didn't know this.

[chaskuchar1]

can you harvest the grass and still have time to raise wheat on that field? I usually just plant soybeans after harvesting the grass. didn't know about the plowing bonus. will keep that in mind. chas

[fenixguy]

You know, I think you would have enough time depending on which GEO you're using. Mow the grass as soon as it lets you (yellow "ready to harvest" stage, usually late spring) then plant wheat before summer. I'm using standard seasons with no GEO.

Note: You have to mow the grass once for the "needs plowing" to go away.

[BulletBill]

Becarrful with oakfield i think OxygenDavid has managed to take that bit out so you have to plough every 3 harvests

Oxygendavid hasn't altered that at all on Oakfield. It works as any default map does.

[Thefisherj]

Oh, must of misunderstood the youtuber. Thanks for clearing it up

[Sergeant Larson]

Anyone know if you can "create fields" over existing grass, replant with grass and get the fertilizer bonus? Same question for dirt roads.

[Patrick73]

Talking of grass fields on Oakfield farm I harvested 1000000l of silage just in time to plant a field of soya...ching ching

[Sergeant Larson]

Anyone know if you can "create fields" over existing grass, replant with grass and get the fertilizer bonus? Same question for dirt roads.

Went ahead and tried it. You get the fert bonus.

[Sergeant Larson]

New info discoverd: If you have fertilizer set to single stage, you dont retain the first stage after mowing you have to respray or whatever. Figured out a workaround though: set fert stages to 3, do all your mowing, then set back to 1 stage and presto! your grass is fully fertilized.