This is the most annoying bug I have ever had and I have had it for several years now, and I have a lot of sims with plants.
I think the major problem is that there is more than one thing affecting the dirt pile bug.
I have great soul turned off all of my lots that garden now. I was told that might affect it
I fast forward through about 5-9 am now . ( as I heard that might be affecting it )
I heard that having over 16 plants will affect getting dirt piles,
I heard that you cannot use the same fertilizer more than once in a row, so I individually fertilize plants trying to use a different fertilizer for each plant . Example banana for one apple for the next onion for the third etc.
I use only cheap fertilizer, but I am careful to make sure and fertilize every time a plant needs it.
I noticed change of seasons sometimes makes dirt piles, even plants who are still in season and inside.
The main thing I do to stop dirt piles is save my game before tending plants, before leaving the lot to go to another lot, before fertilizing plants, and before evolving plants, and saving around 4 am. If I get the dirt pile after some one of these things, and it affects many plants I will get out of the game without saving and then go back in my game. Of course sometime I get complacent and forget to save and something happens….
@EA_Cade is there any way you could make a button for seasons where you can turn off seasons affecting when plants grow, inside and outside? I have heard some people who don’t have seasons say they don’t get the dirt pile problem. Besides, I would like to be able to grow all plants year round without having to have season affect what plant can grow during each season. That would help my game a lot.
Also, I will add….. I do not use CC or mods in the sims 4 and never have used them in the sims 4. I do however own all of the packs and kits at this time. I play on long life with aging turned off most of the time.
