Talk:Garlic

Lets try to keep the main page clean and put all discussion related to yield increase in here. List all factors attempted and the results you came with. Don't forget to mention time of the day, coordinates and the region. Feel free to leave other comments as well, to edit this list click on "edit", messages will be left below with the "+".

Note: I've only grown Garlic in one spot (sandbank by a lake in CCR), and the yield was always 2 garlic, 1 garlic seed. So far, I've only been able to attain 1:1 Garlic to seed ratio going up and down the Nile in the regions of Shabbat Ab and the lower half of Stillwater. Xirtam

Factors

Altitude

• Doesn't seem to affect anything. Tried growing in an elevated spot around 1:00am, (4650, 6945) Pyramid Lake Minos 15:28, 17 December 2008 (EST)

Crowding

• I have gotten a 5 garlic yield at (40, 124), while I get 1 everywhere else. /crowd shows 1% crowding at that spot. I get the same yield (5) in nearby areas, with crowding up to 8%. Crowding is not sufficient by itself, though -- I have found 0% crowding spots where I still get the 1/1 yield. --aporianaut 22:22, 23 December 2008 (EST)

Slopes

• Doesn't seem to affect anything. Tried growing in a slope around 12:00am (4575, 6940) Pyramid Lake Minos 15:28, 17 December 2008 (EST)
• Tried growing at the bottom of a cliff facing west around 1:50am (4620, 6716) Pyramid Lake Minos 15:40, 17 December 2008 (EST)

Beehives

• Got a yield of 5 garlic when planted among 4 beehives. -Zovacor, 2009 January 6
• I have confirmed that apiaries (with/without a queen) have no effect on garlic yields. - AngelRio, 2009 February 26
• In a site with a yield of 3 garlic, 4 beehives were constructed. I allowed time for the hives to gain queens. No change in yield. -Sesnut, 2009 February 27

Flora

• Tried growing near Royal Cactus. It was crazy, attempted around 2:10am (4535, 6996) Pyramid Lake Minos 15:47, 17 December 2008 (EST)

Water

• Proximity to water makes no difference. Growing around 1:40am (4582, 6858) Pyramid Lake Minos 15:34, 17 December 2008 (EST)
• Dead in the middle of the desert makes as much difference and by that I mean none. Around 2:30am (4616, 7205) Pyramid Lake Minos 15:55, 17 December 2008 (EST)

Skills

• Mackena spoke with Teppy and he hinted at the ecology skill (not the soil quality, the skill itself) having an effect on all veggie yields. Any notices with this? --Tobel 15:51, 17 December 2008 (EST)

Avatars

• Tried growing with male/female avatar combo one planting then alternate watering and also one planting and watering and other harvesting- no difference - yield here 1 garlic 1 seed. During egypt daytime in SA. Sorry hadn't seen this discussion page at the time and didn't take note of time proper. --Trillian 21:02, 17 December 2008 (EST)
• Attempted growing with all 4 male avatars on 4 different batches resulting in no differences, around 1:20pm (4578, 6934) Minos 16:45, 20 December 2008 (EST)

Growth Method

• Attempted a "pumping" growth, where the plant is allowed to grow up to harvest status and then reduced to initial size and then back to harvest. Around 1:40pm (4578, 6934)

2 Cycles: No difference.

3 Cycles: No difference.

Ecology?

At Ecology 1, all yields are 1 everywhere for me. Minos 15:57, 17 December 2008 (EST)

At Ecology 2, tried several spots and yields stayed 1:1. Ecology might increase yield for spots that give more than 1:1? Hepnezr

Seed production

I have consistent seed production. Cook any meal in your kitchen. Eat it, and clean the cookpot. The next garlic plant you harvest will produce at least one extra seed. The more bases the food has, the more seeds are produced, cooking 2 with 2 bases, yields 3 seeds, limited by level of Cooking skill. My test was with 'junk' food that didn't stat enhance. The cooking itself isn't what does it. It's the eating/cleaning part. <Menhotep> / <Corrans>

I think this should be moved to main page, if someone can confirm it Minos 15:37, 4 January 2009 (EST)

• confirmed worked for me! - Garai

Got 1 garlic, 3 seeds at -1558, 2931 at 3:24 AM Jan 18. Did not consume food before that or used a kitchen at all after log in. (last food consumption was more than 24 hours ago in previous session). Subsequent yields at same spot gave 1 garlic, 1 seed. Tried various spots in the area, always 1/1 yield. - Nijlpaard

As with leeks and masterpiece meals, it doesn't matter how long it has been since you ate. It's just the first time you harvest after that (even if it's weeks later). --Shebi 20:47, 17 January 2009 (EST)