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dan1109 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:05 pm

hun3 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:46 pm Question: once collect all rocks do they respawn after you cultivate that field again? It would be nice if you only had to collect them maybe once a year or every once in a while.

Depending on what equipment you use to till your field, this will determine how often rocks come up. Use a shallow cultivator or Disk Harrow? No rocks. Use a cultivator or power harrow? Small stones, but you can roll them which is the quickest stone removal method (biggest roller is 24m wide). Plow/Spade/Subsoil, then large rocks appear. These will require the slower stone pickers.

note - I may be incorrect with plows, they might bring up small stones as I've heard. I only use subsoilers. I hate plowing.

Seeing that Seasons22 doesn't have crop rotation, I've determined my own crop rotation to reduce rock pickup. 3 fields, one with a root crop which requires plowing (generates large stones), the other two are seeded crops using a direct drill (no rocks). Make sure to roll anyways for the yield bonus. Periodic plowing is of course enabled. The idea is to rotate your root crop amongst the 3 fields. Then periodic plowing is nullified, as you end up planting root crops on fields after their 2nd harvest since the last time they had root crops. In my way, its a semi-bonus for rotating crops. You can do this with for example corn->oats->wheat->corn. 1 crop each year, unfortunately no double cropping in this biome. All slow plowing and rock picking can then be done in winter.

hun3 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:48 pm

dan1109 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:05 pm

hun3 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:46 pm Question: once collect all rocks do they respawn after you cultivate that field again? It would be nice if you only had to collect them maybe once a year or every once in a while.

Depending on what equipment you use to till your field, this will determine how often rocks come up. Use a shallow cultivator or Disk Harrow? No rocks. Use a cultivator or power harrow? Small stones, but you can roll them which is the quickest stone removal method (biggest roller is 24m wide). Plow/Spade/Subsoil, then large rocks appear. These will require the slower stone pickers.

note - I may be incorrect with plows, they might bring up small stones as I've heard. I only use subsoilers. I hate plowing.

Seeing that Seasons22 doesn't have crop rotation, I've determined my own crop rotation to reduce rock pickup. 3 fields, one with a root crop which requires plowing (generates large stones), the other two are seeded crops using a direct drill (no rocks). Make sure to roll anyways for the yield bonus. Periodic plowing is of course enabled. The idea is to rotate your root crop amongst the 3 fields. Then periodic plowing is nullified, as you end up planting root crops on fields after their 2nd harvest since the last time they had root crops. In my way, its a semi-bonus for rotating crops. You can do this with for example corn->oats->wheat->corn. 1 crop each year, unfortunately no double cropping in this biome. All slow plowing and rock picking can then be done in winter.

Thanks for explaining didn't know rocks appearance depends on equipment.

cdaragorn wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:02 am Rocks are insane the way they're working right now. The fact that they damage anything that so much as touches them is bad enough when added to the already insane rate that equipment wears out at, nevermind the fact that simply rolling over the top of them shouldn't mean anything to a tractor.

There's also the issue that none of the NPC farmers ever take care of the rocks in their fields. This makes every field you don't own a literal minefield and almost makes it not worth doing any contracts for anyone with your own equipment since it's guaranteed to do more damage than you'll ever be paid for the job.

Turning off rock generation doesn't seem to help at all either. Maybe I just haven't gone long enough but so far every single field is still full of them. Mine are the only ones that have stayed clear and that's only after I removed them.