In every sims game I play, on my laptop and on my boyfriend's computer, after the initial watering, my plants no longer need water ever. They still need weeding, spraying and can be evolved. This is getting very frustrating as I like having botanist sims, and for the freelance botanist aspiration, they need to water or weed plants 10 times, which is largely slowed down because of this bug. Does anyone else experience it because I can't seem to escape no matter what I play on? Any tips would be appreciated.

@lovinglyjeno @cowboycucumber I have not seen this bug in my game. Do you have the Seasons EP installed? In my game the outdoor plants seem to require less watering in the spring/fall and no watering in the winter. My indoor and sheltered plants still need watering in all seasons. I'm only using regular and vertical planters or planting directly in the ground. I'm avoiding any sprinklers or auto-watering systems because I want my Sim to increase her skill level by watering everything manually. I rotate my outdoor plants according to the season so I'm always planting new things, as @jpkarlsen already suggested, and I had no trouble completing that Aspiration task

@lovinglyjeno Simply plant a lot of plants and water them. If you don't need them then delete them again.

@RandomBuzziness I do have seasons but I had them for an entire season and they didn't need watering at any point

@Psychotps I don't have eco so no

@lovinglyjeno Your plants did not need watering even in the summer? Just out of curiosity, what is your season length set at? I use the long 28-day seasons and my Sim has to water her plants quite frequently in the summer.

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jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@lovinglyjeno
Simply plant a lot of plants and water them. If you don't need them then delete them again.
cowboycucumber
5 years ago
That doesn't fix the bug though and that is what I want.
Psychotps
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@lovinglyjenoAre you using the new hydroponic planters? They automatically water some plants, but not all. I think the new vertical planters can have upgrades for automatic watering too.
RandomBuzziness
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@lovinglyjeno @cowboycucumber I have not seen this bug in my game. Do you have the Seasons EP installed? In my game the outdoor plants seem to require less watering in the spring/fall and no watering in the winter. My indoor and sheltered plants still need watering in all seasons. I'm only using regular and vertical planters or planting directly in the ground. I'm avoiding any sprinklers or auto-watering systems because I want my Sim to increase her skill level by watering everything manually. I rotate my outdoor plants according to the season so I'm always planting new things, as @jpkarlsen already suggested, and I had no trouble completing that Aspiration task
lovinglyjeno
5 years ago
@RandomBuzziness I do have seasons but I had them for an entire season and they didn't need watering at any point
lovinglyjeno
5 years ago
@Psychotps I don't have eco so no
RandomBuzziness
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@lovinglyjeno Your plants did not need watering even in the summer? Just out of curiosity, what is your season length set at? I use the long 28-day seasons and my Sim has to water her plants quite frequently in the summer.
Psychotps
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@lovinglyjeno

Well, plants are automatically watered when it rains. Once plants are watered, it takes a few days at least before they get dry enough to need watering again. The weather systems are more or less random. If it rained at least once every 3 days or so like clockwork, your plants might never need watering.

It's rare but no reason it shouldn't happen.

I know those things can be changed with mods, heck, I've done it myself. It's simplicity itself to turn off weeds and bugs for all plants.

If it's not rain, I'd say it's a mod. Have you tried removing all your mods?
E45Dodge
Rising Rookie
7 months ago
@lovinglyjeno I'm having this same issue and some of the plants never bloom and the others rarely bloom. I currently have the Seasons pack and no mods or CCs installed. I've had my plants for over a full Sims year and have only had to water like twice. They are sheltered without any special planters. I have maxed out the gardening skill and just got the Green Thumb rewards trait. I have "good soil" turned on. I've tried moving a couple in Build Mode because some were also going back to Seed status but everything is evolving. It rarely lets me fertalize, too. Weeds will pop up, bugs will pop up.
Could it be because she's a vampire? I've even tried having her start gardens on other lots in other worlds thinking it was the world I have her living in. I'm so frustrated. How am I supposed to harvest snapdragons and lilies for the Grim Rewards Event if they never bloom?
EA_Cath
Community Manager
7 months ago
@E45Dodge Hi, this thread is quite old so I'm locking it to prevent necroposting, feel free to create a new thread if you still need help. Thanks!