Fellow Gardeners, Aaron need some advice.

My sims usually grow whatever is in their inventory, so that means a lot of random plants. I do have some sims that have an apple orchard with several apple trees, but they also have some varied vegetables and such. I don't like much the spliced plants though I suppose they are good at saving space. As for money, once the sims get the money tree, they don't really need to do much gardening for money. If you grow plants for eating, I suppose one plant of each is enough.

Well with Aaron it's a combination of money and enjoyment.

He and Malcolm never eat the plants and even though Malcolm loves flower arranging, he just buys what he needs...come to think of it, he's so spoiled that it only now occurs to him that he should be using higher quality plants for his arrangements. Sometimes he's such a dunder-head.

I had one sim in a 15x20 lot and there was just no room for a garden. I planted some things straight into the ground along the side of the house but decided to build a greenhouse on the second floor so I could have income during all seasons. I put planters in and started my garden upstairs. Most plants will work indoors, although trees and a few others won't let me plant them under a roof. For those I put the planter outside to plant the tree or whatever and then moved the whole thing indoors. They seem to do fine, although I haven't done this for a while. I haven't tried to garden in a basement.

Planters are a bit pricey, but my sims can build them quite cheaply using the tool table once they get up a few levels. I don't know which packs you might need to have the option to build a planter.

If I'm trying to generate cash I hunt for flowers to plant, concentrating on the ones that make the most cash. In the game I'm playing now Sammy got lucky and found roses in Willow Creek. They make more money than daisies, for sure. Once he was over 10k I let him go to Hensford on Bagley to buy 1 of any likely flowers or plants.

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I had one sim in a 15x20 lot and there was just no room for a garden. I planted some things straight into the ground along the side of the house but decided to build a greenhouse on the second floor so I could have income during all seasons. I put planters in and started my garden upstairs. Most plants will work indoors, although trees and a few others won't let me plant them under a roof. For those I put the planter outside to plant the tree or whatever and then moved the whole thing indoors. They seem to do fine, although I haven't done this for a while. I haven't tried to garden in a basement.

Planters are a bit pricey, but my sims can build them quite cheaply using the tool table once they get up a few levels. I don't know which packs you might need to have the option to build a planter.

If I'm trying to generate cash I hunt for flowers to plant, concentrating on the ones that make the most cash. In the game I'm playing now Sammy got lucky and found roses in Willow Creek. They make more money than daisies, for sure. Once he was over 10k I let him go to Hensford on Bagley to buy 1 of any likely flowers or plants.

You could splice the plants so you could have a different plant growing every season. Personally, I like it when my sims can enjoy their time off from gardening during the winter. I have a sim that grows indoors a single dragon fruit plant for some extra money. That's the only gardening she does.

@Lenny_Ogg I didn't know you could splice trees with smaller plants! @crocobaura I tend to go big when my sims have a hobby. My brain says "why have 1 plant when you can have 20 instead and get rich quicker?" I'll make Sammy do some experimenting with splicing as he levels up as a gardener. It's winter now but once it's spring again in his lot I'll try some more plants outside, before I make his greenhouse bigger and I'll plant some trees. His greenhouse is bigger than the small building he has his bathroom and kitchen in right now! He sleeps in a tent outside, poor kid. :s He's a teen who wants to be a millionaire so he can buy a horse ranch. This boy's got big goals!

Yes, splicing plants is a good space saver but you don't get a full yield of any plant that way as it produces only so many fruits per plant in total. At least that's my understanding.

My thinking on splicing is that you splice out of season plants and keep them inside. When the season is about to change, you then plant those fruits outside and repeat for each season. I hope that makes sense.

@PenguinFoop if you have eco living look into getting the vertical planters. Alot of the plants can go in them, but some still need to go in the ground or planters/plant boxes. That way you could line them up along the lot edges or house.

@Starfree yeah I have Eco but I forgot about the vertical planters! Good call!

You're welcome @PenguinFoop ?.

Wait I didn't know you could splice more than once! That's cool