I heard the gardening bug has been fixed but still going in my game

I think a lot of people still have it.

It has not been closed: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Plants-reverting-to-dirt-pile-Patch-1-76-81/td-p/10475991

It happens when I have a large garden of mixed seasonal plants. I've noticed if I have just a few (1-6 plants) of all the same type the bug doesn't happen, but as soon as I add different plant's that grow in different seasons I get the bug and the entire garden reverts to dirt piles.

"Arzekial;c-17989948" wrote:
It happens when I have a large garden of mixed seasonal plants. I've noticed if I have just a few (1-6 plants) of all the same type the bug doesn't happen, but as soon as I add different plant's that grow in different seasons I get the bug and the entire garden reverts to dirt piles.

I still have the gardening bug too, but I haven't bothered to make a report or add a save on AHQ beyond clicking "me too" because I use mods and they'll say that's why I have the bug. Despite many, many people who don't use mods also having the exact same bug. And specifically to you @Arzekial I didn't realize this was a component of the bug. How interesting. I suppose if one only wants to grow a single cash crop like the expensive flowers, that would be fine, but I grow a garden so my sims can have fresh produce for cooking, so that sort of fix is no fix at all. btw, I'm not attacking you in any way, just thanking you for bringing another aspect of the bug to my attention. :smile:

It seemed to be fixed for me after their update, but all that really changed was when it's happening.
Before, my garden was fine if my Sims never left the lot, but would revert if they went anywhere. After the update, the plants didn't revert until I switched households.
And I'm not just getting dirt piles; a lot of the plants are just seeds sitting in the pots. Even my cowplant reverted back to a baby cowplant.

@logion
oh thanks! I didn’t find this thread. I clicked me too just now.

@Arzekial
I need to mention that no season pack installed in my game, but I still have the bug.

@FatTribble23
Yes the reason I posted this subject here is they say I have the bug because I use mods. But I only use some very small mods. I’m the same. I make a small garden to get some cooking ingredients from the plants.

@lisamwitt
I heard from other simmer of mine, she was growing a cowplant but all of a sudden, it shrunk to the baby.

The plant revert glitch has improved somewhat for me with the patches. I used to consistently lose my Sim's entire garden to dirt piles. Now, post-patches, only a couple of plants will occasionally revert to dirt piles for no apparent reason (no interaction or travel or change in season; ETA: I do not have Eco Lifestyle & I do not use any mods). But, as I recently noted in this thread:

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/17987709#Comment_17987709

The addition of the "great soil" lot trait caused about 90% of my Sim's garden (all outdoor plants & most indoor) to revert to dirt piles again simultaneously at 7 a.m. the following day. So, I suspect that the trait is broken, and while likely not the sole cause, it appears to exacerbate the issue.

Here is a good thread where both bienchen and littlemssam tries to figure out what is causing the issue: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/991364/plants-are-still-reverting/p7

bienchen gives some good tips on how you can avoid it from happening often, never use low quality fertilizer and if you have eco lifestyle then your plants get hit with penalty growth points if your eco footprints keep changing.

If you have Seasons, there is currently a bug as well where plants will revert to dirt if your season changes and you are not on the home lot. So always try to be at home when your seasons are changing.

"EternalSunshine;c-17989983" wrote:
The plant revert glitch has improved somewhat for me with the patches. But, the issue is not entirely fixed. I used to consistently loose my Sim's entire garden to dirt piles. Now, post-patches, only a couple of plants will occasionally revert to dirt piles for no apparent reason (no interaction or travel or change in season). But, as I recently noted in this thread:

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/17987709#Comment_17987709

The addition of the "great soil" lot trait caused about 90% of my Sim's garden (all outdoor plants & most indoor) to revert to dirt piles again simultaneously at 7 a.m. the following day. So, I suspect that the trait is broken, and while likely not the sole cause, it appears to exacerbate the issue.

Yes you are right. But there is another issue with this. When I move the plants to another pots in buy mode, they turn into soil or lose the harvestables. When my sims got back to home lot, I see some of the harvestables are in my family inventory, and the numbers are mostly 20 up to 40. As you know there is no option for sell all in one go, it’s frustrating to delete them one by one, or have to drag them onto the floor one by one. So.. a couple of the plants turned into the soil, some other plants turn into soil while being moved in buy mode, and in addition, 20 to 40 fruit and vege are waiting for me in family inventory. So I feel like the post pach is not working properly.

"Jeansoo;c-17989994" wrote:

Yes you are right. But there is another issue with this. When I move the plants to another pots in buy mode, they turn into soil or lose the harvestables. When my sims got back to home lot, I see some of the harvestables are in my family inventory, and the numbers are mostly 20 up to 40. As you know there is no option for sell all in one go, it’s frustrating to delete them one by one, or have to drag them onto the floor one by one. So.. a couple of the plants turned into the soil, some other plants turn into soil while being moved in buy mode, and in addition, 20 to 40 fruit and vege are waiting for me in family inventory. So I feel like the post pach is not working properly.

I have that issue too. I noticed harvestables in household inventory after the pre-Cottage Living patch. There's a bug report for it here:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Harvestables-from-plants-in-HH-Inventory-on-loading/m-p/10541255#M192068

If you want to hit "me too" on it as well.