Re: [FIXED] Gardening Bug

Hi, Khynnea. Yes, from the inventory I've placed the plant (fruit, veggie, flower or herb) onto the ground and it doesn't give me the option to plant, it just gives me the option to move it to another place on the lot or back into the inventory.

At first I thought I had to use planters too, I figured it was different from what we were used to on sims 3, but then I saw a tutorial with pictures and a youtube video where they placed the plants onto the ground and then selected the option plant right there, without using planters. Plus I talked to a friend who's also playing the game and she told me she had no problem planting them on the ground, that she wasn't using any planters.

Right now, to be able to have the plants out of the house, directly on the ground, I have to place it first on the planter and after that go to build mode, select the plant and place it on the ground. 

(Sorry for saying "planters" so much! Hahaha!)

:cathappy:

Definitely a bug then. Can you give the details asked for in the first post (OS, how you got the game, whether you have mods or cc etc) so that the bug can get noted properly?

When I place items (plantables) on the ground I do get the 'plant' option, and even when clicking on them in inventory it will come up. 

At least you can currently move them out of the planter and on to the ground. 

Did you try hitting the ESC key after putting it down to release it ?

Hi, yes I'll give you the details. Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit), I got the game on origin, the Standard Edition and downloaded it from there. I don't use mods or custom content. I've downloaded a couple of houses and sims that other players share on the gallery, but I'm not using any of those at the moment (I don't know if that's relevant, hehe).

Thanks :cathappy:

Hi, crinrict! I just tried to see what happens and nothing, still the same. When I place it on the ground and press ESC I just get the Menu, because when I place the veggie or fruit on the ground it automatically releases it, and pressing ESC holding the veggie on the lot, before actually clicking to place it just brings it back to inventory.

Oh, btw when I try to get the plant option directly from the inventory it appears but all grey, it doesn''t highlight so I can't do it and it tells me to drag the item to the world so I'll be able to plant it, which brings me back to the problem again 😕mileysad:

Here's the screenshot

https://imageshack.com/i/knn108Doj

Hi, miriamw3st 

I read your comment and went on to try to plant on the ground in another lot, so I started playing with the Goth Family and I wasn''t able to select the option plant from the inventory, but when I placed the fruit on the ground it gave the option to plant. That was on the Goth family lot, so that must mean the bug is in the lot where the family I created is currently at.

I can't remember the name and I changed it when I moved my family in, but I can tell you it's the lot in front of "Crick Cabana".

This can't be solution, changing my family from that lot. 😕mileysad: I hope there's something else we can do.

😕mileysurprised:

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Hey, I'm having the same issue as well. Did you end up resolving it? 

Is this a new issue for you or did you not try before ? Any mods in your game ?

I am kind of having this problem too, 

I am having a problem growing just flowers in the game, I can place fruit, veg and herbs with the option to plant and grow them all with no problem but when I try to plant a flower there is never the option. I can only clck to drag and replace, there is no other option or pie menu.

I have max gardening level.

Would greatly appreciate any help with this problem as I cannot plant a lily or a snapdragon to grow a death flower

Are you using any mods in your game ?

>>> I am having a problem growing just flowers in the game, I can place fruit, veg and herbs with the option to plant and grow them all with no problem but when I try to plant a flower there is never the option. I can only clck to drag and replace, there is no other option or pie menu.

I have max gardening level.

Would greatly appreciate any help with this problem as I cannot plant a lily or a snapdragon to grow a death flower<<<

I'm having exactly the same problem. It is only flowers that can't be panted. When I click on them, no choices pop up at all regardless of whether they are in the inventory, a planter, on the ground or near or far away from anything else. I didn't have the problem until I installe Outdoor Retreat and am wondering if it has something to do with the addition of the option to eat harvestables. Maybe if flowers were not intended to be eated something in the coding is preventing the options menu from popping up at all. I don't know. I was hoping the Feb 3 update would fix it but it ididn't. I do use mods but I removed them all, uninstalled and reinstalled the game and still couldn't plant flowers. It's bugging me, too, because it doesn't just make growing a death flower impossible, it's impossible to complete the plants collection.

Try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199

You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files  and make a backup.

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@crinrict wrote:

Try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199

You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files  and make a backup.

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Thank you so much for this recommendation. I found the problem. For anyone else having the same problem, the culprit in my game was a mod called "FridgeStoresAllHarvests" from Mod the Sims. When I checked, that mod was indeed updated for Outdoor Retreat. Thanks!

I'm having the same issue but so far only with Spinach? I can't plant the spinach the only option it's giving me is to eat it once it's on the ground. I have I think 20 plants. Maybe I have too many? I've tried placing the spinach everywhere but the only option I am getting is to eat it when it's on the ground on my lot. I have other plants growing fine right around it so I'm not sure why my only option is to eat it. Also my Sim is weeding empty planters at the Science Lab (Get To Work). She not only tends plants there but lol also the empty planters! O_O!!

I have no mods or any CC content in my game. So far planting spinach has been my only planting issue *Knocks On Wood*!!

Does it work with other plants ? Then you don't have too many. Do you have just one spinach or did you try multiple ?

plant shows as a possible option for me but it's not clickable

Hi @YTQueenFiend

this issue was fixed. 

Are you using any mods/cc in your game ? If not, please create a new thread. If so, please remove your custom content/mods.