Editing Seed

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'''Seeds''' are used in [[farming]] to grow [[crop]]s. They can be stored in [[bag]]s (100 seeds per bag), which can in turn be stored in [[barrel]]s or [[pot]]s (10 bags per barrel/pot). Different seeds generally can't be mixed within a bag, so storing seeds of 10 different types requires 10 (or more) different bags (though a bug does cause dwarves to combine seeds occasionally).

Seeds can be brought on embark or obtained by [[trading]].  They can also be produced from plants (acquired by [[plant gathering]] or growing the respective [[crop]]s). When a plant is eaten or used in [[brewing]], [[milling]] or [[plant processing]], it leaves one or two plantable seeds (see below for details). The exceptions are [[valley herb]], [[bloated tuber]], [[kobold bulb]], and [[muck root]], which will not leave behind seeds after processing. [[Cooking]] plants in a [[kitchen]] never produces seeds.

A few types of seeds, such as macadamia nuts or walnuts, can't be planted at all, and are useful only for cooking.

 

* [[Abaca]] seeds

* [[Oak|Acorns]]

* [[Alfalfa]] seeds

* [[Apricot]] Pits

* [[Asparagus]] seeds

* [[Avocado]] pits

* [[Bambara groundnut]]

* [[Barley]] seeds

* [[Bilberry]] seeds

* [[Bitter melon]] seeds

* [[Bitter vetch]] seeds

* [[Blackberry]] seeds

* [[Blade weed]] seeds

* [[Blueberry]] seeds

* [[Broad bean]]

* [[Cacao tree|Cacao]] beans

* [[Candlenut]]s

* [[Caper]] seeds

* [[Carambola]] seeds

* [[Cassava]] seeds

* [[Cave wheat]] seeds

* [[Cherry]] Pits

* [[Chickpea]]

* [[Citron]] seeds

* [[Cotton]] seeds

* [[Cowpea]]

* [[Custard-apple]] seeds

* [[Date palm]] seeds

* [[Desert lime]] seeds

* [[Dimple cup]] Spawn

* [[Elephant-head amaranth]] seeds

* [[Finger lime]] seeds

* [[Finger millet]]

* [[Fisher berry]] seeds

* [[Flax]] seeds

* [[Fonio]]

* [[Foxtail millet]]

* [[Garlic]] seeds

* [[Ginkgo]] seeds

* [[Hard wheat]] seeds

* [[Hazel]] nuts

* [[Hide root]] seeds

* [[Horned melon]] seeds

* [[Kenaf]] seeds

* [[Kumquat]] seeds

* [[Lentil]]

* [[Lesser yam]] seeds

* [[Lime]] seeds

* [[Long yam]] seeds

* [[Lychee]] seeds

* [[Macadamia]] nuts

* [[Maize]]

* [[Mango tree|Mango]] pits

* [[Mung bean]]

* [[Olive]] pits

* [[Orange]] seeds

* [[Papaya]] seeds

* [[Parsnip]] seeds

* [[Passion fruit]] seeds

* [[Pea]]

* [[Peach]] pits

* [[Pear]] seeds

* [[Pearl millet]]

* [[Pendant amaranth]] seeds

* [[Pepper]] seeds

* [[Pig tail]] seeds

* [[Pineapple]] seeds

* [[Plump helmet]] spawn

* [[Pomegranate]] seeds

* [[Prickle berry]] seeds

* [[Quinoa]] seeds

* [[Rambutan]] seeds

* [[Raspberry]] seeds

* [[Rat weed]] seeds

* [[Red bean]]

* [[Rhubarb]] seeds

* [[Quarry bush|Rock nuts]]

* [[Rope reed]] seeds

* [[Round lime]] seeds

* [[Rye]] seeds

* [[Sand pear]] seeds

* [[Single-grain wheat]] seeds

* [[Soft wheat]] seeds

* [[Sorghum]] seeds

* [[Soybean]]

* [[Spinach]] seeds

* [[Squash]] seeds

* [[Sun berry]] seeds

* [[Sweet pod]] seeds

* [[Taro]] seeds

* [[Tea]] seeds

* [[Tomatillo]] seeds

* [[Tomato]] seeds

* [[Turnip]] seeds

* [[Two-grain wheat]] seeds

* [[Urad bean]]s

* [[Watermelon]] seeds

* [[Whip vine]] seeds

* [[White millet]]

* [[White yam]] seeds

* [[Wild carrot]] seeds

* [[Winter melon]] seeds

Seeds are produced by brewing (at a [[still]]), milling (at a [[millstone]] or [[quern]]), processing (at a [[farmer's workshop]]), or by dwarves eating the plants raw (uncooked). For information on where to grow, gather, or process specific plants consult the specific plant's page or the general [[crop]]s page.

In order to prevent your fortress becoming cluttered with millions of seeds there is a cap of 200 seeds for each type of plant and a global cap of 3000 seeds. Seed producing activities will only produce seeds if your fortress contains fewer than 200 seeds of that type. You can exceed the 200 seed cap by buying seeds from caravans, and seed production will restart when your stocks fall below 200. Seed production is not affected by the global cap; rather, the oldest seeds in the fortress will be periodically removed to remain at or around 3000. Note that this removal may affect "strategic seed stockpiles" (i.e. seeds forbidden for use in case of dwarf stupidity), any crops that you grow only occasionally, and potentially any crops which have been prevented from producing seeds by the specific type cap. Both of these limits can be modified in the [[d_init.txt]] file.  

'''Note:''' In case you are confused about getting spam of messages like "Urist McFarmer cancels Plant seeds: Needs [seed name]", while you are sure that you have enough seeds, no burrow restrictions or closed doors, the reason for this is most likely this: the haulers see a seed somewhere and take the whole seed bag from stockpile to go pick it up, making the farmer cancel his job. The problem is exacerbated when barrels are used on the seed stockpile, because the dwarves will additionally store the seed bags inside barrels, blocking even more seeds during each hauling job and extending hauling jobs by first bringing the seed bag to the seed, then returning to the stockpile, picking up the barrel to bring it to the bag, storing the bag in the barrel and only then bringing the barrel bag to the stockpile. During all this time, the seed barrel and all its contents will be blocked from access by any other job.