Community Garden (How to Grow Plants)

[Lord Gareth]

Taken from UOstratics Plant Growing.

Plant Growth
Plants take time to grow through their various stages. A plant has nine main stages of growth, from seed, to sapling, to fully grown plant. Plants will not grow in containers, unless the container is in a player’s backpack. If a plant is healthy and well-tended, it will grow one “stage” of its life-cycle in about a day’s time. If a plant is not healthy because it has not been well taken care of, then it will not grow. You must keep your plant in a healthy state by curing it of any maladies that might be affecting it, and then letting it heal naturally or help it along through alchemical means. A plant's grow stage is displayed by the numbers through on the top left corner of the plant menu.

Growth Indicator
Displays a symbol in the upper right-hand corner of the image that tells you what happened the last time the plant tried to grow:

No symbol: Unknown – meaning there was an error, or the plant has not yet grown at all.

Red ! : The plant did not grow because it was in an invalid location. This means the plant must either be sitting out on the ground, or it must be inside your backpack.

Red - : The plant did not grow because it was not healthy. A plant must be either “healthy” or “vibrant” in order to grow.

Yellow - : The plant did not grow because it had not been 23 hours since it last grew. Plants can only grow once every 23 hours.

Blue + : The plant successfully grew.

Green + : The plant successfully grew, and got an extra bonus growth from being planted in fertile dirt.

Plant Health
Plants have hit points much like your character. A plant loses hit points when it is affected by various maladies. If a plant has insects eating at it, then it will lose hit points each day. Other maladies that can affect a plant’s health include under or over-watering the plant, harmful fungi, poison, and disease.

From good to bad, a plant can be in one of the following conditions:

Vibrant
Healthy
Wilting
Dying

Greater heal potions and a plant’s natural healing will raise the plant’s hit points back up to its maximum, but only if the plant has been cured of all maladies first.

If a plant loses all its hit points, it will die.

As a plant grows, its maximum health increases. Seeds and saplings are very weak, and can easily be killed if neglected for even a short while. Full-grown plants, on the other hand, could survive for several days without any help.

Infestation Level

Infestation
A yellow + sign means the plant has a small infestation.
A red + sign indicates a severe infestation.

+Yellow you would add ONE Greater Posion Potion.
+ RED you would add TWO Greater Posion Potions.

Fungus

A yellow + sign means the plant has a small fungus infection.
A red + sign indicates a severe fungus infection.

+Yellow you would add ONE Greater Cure Potion.
+ RED you would add TWO Greater Cure Potions.

Poison
A yellow + sign means the plant is slightly poisoned.
A red + sign indicates that the plant is severely poisoned.

+Yellow you would add ONE Greater Heal Potion.
+ RED you would add TWO Greater Heal Potions.

Diseased
You may apply greater cure potions to a plant in order to cure it of harmful fungi. If you apply too many cure potions, however, or apply cure potions when the plant is not infected by fungi, you will infect your plant with a deadly disease which will cause it to wither and die.

When you apply greater cure potions, they will not take effect until the next growth check your plant performs (approximately once a day). Don’t worry, however, as fungi only harm your plant during a growth check as well, so any harmful fungi will be cured by your cure potions before they can harm your plant.

If you accidentally infect your plant with a disease by over-curing it, you can use greater heal potions to counteract the disease.

You may view your plant’s current Disease Level in the Plant Health menu.

To apply the potion, use the apply cure potion from the plant's main menu, then target the potion bottle.

Watering
In order to keep your plant healthy, you must water it regularly. An under-watered plant will wither and die if left unattended. However, it is important to remember that over-watering your plant is also unhealthy. Over-watered plants become waterlogged and lose health, in addition to becoming perfect breeding grounds for insects and fungi.

Each time a plant performs its growth check (approximately once a day), the plant will soak up one dose of water, so you’ll need to keep a constant eye on your plant to make sure it has not dried out.

You can view your plant’s current Water Level in the Plant Health menu.

Water Level

The Water Level meter shows the amount of water in your plant bowl.
Unlike other state meters, the Water Level meter displays both negative (under-watered) and positive (over-watered) levels

A yellow – sign indicates the plant is slightly under-watered.
A red – sign indicates a severely under-watered.

A yellow + sign indicates the plant has been slightly over-watered.
A red + sign indicates the plant has been severely over-watered.

Heal Potions (Plants)
You may apply greater heal potions to a plant in order to cure it of poison or disease. Heal potions are applied during a plant’s normal growth check, so you will need to apply new heal potions each day if you want the plant to continue applying their beneficial effects.

If greater heal potions are applied to a plant that is not poisoned or diseased, and the plant has no other maladies currently affecting it, then the heal potions will be used to help increase the plant’s current hit points (in addition to the natural healing a plant performs if it is not currently infected by any maladies).

To apply the potion, use the heal potion symbol from the plant's main menu, then target the potion bottle.

Strength Potions (Plants)
You may apply greater strength potions to a plant in order to help it resist insect infestations and fungus growth. Each strength potion applied will lower the chance of infestation by harmful maladies. Strength potions are soaked up by a plant during its normal growth check, so you will need to apply new strength potions each day if you want the plant to continue applying their beneficial effects.

To apply the potion, use the strength potion symbol from the plant's main menu, then target the potion bottle.