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GalacticGal's avatar
4 days ago

Help! The Plants in the Greenhouse Are Depleted!

This is the first time since I began to have my Sims garden, that the Perfect plants are suddenly depleted. I had my Sim hire a full-time gardener, thinking that would help. Not so far, unless I'm just being my usual impatient self.

Has anyone else dealt with this? Is there a way to nourish the plants? I've tried having my Sims use the manure from their horses to help, but it doesn't even phase the plants.

I am at a loss, here. Short of uprooting everything and tearing down the greenhouse, which I would rather not do, I just don't know how to fix this. I'm not much of a gardener in RL. In fact, I confess I have a brown thumb and am likely a disgrace to my Ancestors who farmed. 

I would greatly appreciate any and all advice in this matter.

Please, and thank you, in advance.

~GalacticGal

5 Replies

  • GalacticGal​  Hi!  Are you referring to when you hover over a plant and the fertilizer is depleted?  If so, based on my testing, the perfect quality plants always show depleted because they can't progress any further.  I'm not sure if this is a bug or just an oversight.  I think "perfect" plants should no longer show a fertilizer option when we hover over them.  So far, this has had no impact for me for the harvestables for perfect plants. 

  • GalacticGal's avatar
    GalacticGal
    Legend
    3 days ago

    Thank you for responding, first of all. This is new for me. In fact, it seems to have occurred just after Enchanted by Nature was released. I tend to get my harvestables to the Perfect level, to help out the families who sell them. I am at a complete loss. If it isn't harmful, I'll just ignore it.

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    PipMenace
    Hero
    3 days ago

    I think it's because they've just added the label tracking fertilizer level. It doesn't hurt the plants to be unfertilized, it's just letting you know when you can or can't fertilize - though if it always shows depleted after they reach perfect, I would agree that it would probably be better for the label to be removed at that point, just to reduce confusion.

  • JonaO703's avatar
    JonaO703
    Hero
    3 days ago

    GalacticGal​  I decided to do some more testing, just to be sure.  This time, when I fertilized a perfect quality plant, it changed from Depleted to Good.  I'm not sure why it didn't change earlier.  I even tried Horse Manure, and it worked.  So, I don't know why it didn't change for you.  Whatever the case, it still did not affect the harvestables.  My sim got the same amount of money from selling them when the status was Depleted and also when the status was Good.  When harvesting, the "fruits" still had the Perfect quality label in my sim's inventory.  So, I do think it's okay to ignore the fertilizer status for Perfect plants.  We only need to fertilize plants to increase their ability to evolve.  I'm pretty sure we'll still need to water, weed and spray for bugs as needed to ensure they don't die.

  • GalacticGal's avatar
    GalacticGal
    Legend
    2 days ago

    Yes, my Sim has hired a full-time Gardner to lend a hand. Thank you so much. I may have misspoke earlier. I should have said that every time I check the plants, even after they've been fertilized, they all say depleted. But, if it doesn't truly affect the quality, I simply won't worry about it. So, thanks!