Vegetable

Vegetables refer to the various edible plants which can be grown and harvested from seeds. All vegetables can be grilled in a Firepit or cooked in a Kitchen; most have other uses as well.

After Agriculture opens, Egypt has access to five vegetables, the standard cabbage, carrots, garlic, leeks, and onions (seeds available from Universities of Worship to paid accounts). In the future rare watermelons, Cucumbers, Eggplants and peppers might also become available.

How To Grow

All vegetables are grown from Vegetable Seeds. Vegetables can only be planted in the proper terrain: grass for cabbages and carrots, sand for garlic and eggplants, leeks and onions, dirt for peppers.

All five standard vegetables and eggplants are grown in the same way. Planting a seed produces a tiny vegetable; this must be watered from a jug quickly or it will die back into a seed. A vegetable that has been watered will soon grow to the next larger size, at which time it should be watered again or it will shrink. When a vegetable reaches maximum size, it may be harvested. A vegetable must grow four times before it can be harvested, which means at least four waterings (more if they shrink on the way).

To sum up: Water upon planting, then again each time the vegetable changes size. With the exception of onions, overwatering (watering more then once between growths) will result in it dying and reverting to seed.

If you know of a location that produces a good yield please post the coordinates.

List of Vegetables

Cabbage

12 yield at my compound, 598, -783 -Flowbar

Carrots

Yield changes with waves or ripples, moving across the map over time. Max yield 10 outside my compound, 596, -783 -Flowbar

Leeks

8 yield reported by Eugie at 1326 -860 near University of Worship (Seven Lakes) 13 yield at 625, -715 west of S Lead in Seven Lakes

Onions

7 yield blob West of S Harmony around -500, -500 ish in Seven Lakes (Raw Data: MrStoned)

12 @1113,275 and 13@0,0 (Raw Data: Stoneyard)

13 at 625, -715 just west of S Lead in Seven Lakes (Raw Data: MrStoned)

13 @4108 3913 (Sinai, just east of UArt)

Yield looks like a diagonal wave pattern to me. For example @ the CS in Sinai it's always 4. Going west slowly increases yield until you reach the coast line (west of UThought @2220 5010). Going east had the same effect only it went up to 13. Didn't venture farther than 4463 3758 though. Going north or south doesn't seem to have (much) effect on yield. --entux

Reproduction Method:
Seem to be wood harvest. I have one tree that I get 2 seeds from and the onion production is 0.
More testing needs to be done on if it is only 1 tree in Egypt per avatar.

2 onions and 1 seed seem to be random. I think it is to give us a hint that is wood harvest.

Thanks to all that have helped with this project.

From multiple sources we can confirm that to reproduce seed you need to gather wood from a character specific tree some time past before harvesting an onion plant. It doesn't need to be the last tree gathered from. Also you can start plant the onion before collecting the wood and still get extra seed. What matters is when you harvest the onion.
Once you get an extra seed you need to gather from the tree again to get additional seeds.
There are several trees that work like these special trees but that instead gives half yield on harvest. Importance of these trees has not been found. It is probably just a clue to the correct seed reproduction method. Likely (but not confirmed) there are also multiple "magic" trees. -Sonea

It has been reported by two different sources that either foraging an herb, or collecting an insect, is the requirement for reproducing Onion Seeds.
It would appear that foraging/bugs are not related to onion seeds, please stop and take note of all objects around you when seeds are produced, particularly things like shrines, etc.
(It *does* seem to be related to player behavior rather than surroundings. I got a seed after running around, doing various things, then replanted again immediately in exactly the same manner, in exactly the same spot, and did not get a seed.)
Test Results
I planted 3 leeks, then picked up a beetle then planting 3 onions and got 1 additional seeds. -Sobe
Correctly foraging an herb, then planting onions does not produce additional seeds. -Guildenstern
Eating an herb from the ground, then planting onions does not produce additional seeds. -Guildenstern
Failing an herb forage, then planting onions does not produce additional seeds. -Guildenstern
Recieved a bug from a tree, then planting onions does not produce additional seeds. -Guildenstern
Recieved a bug from correct forage, then planting onions does not produce additional seeds. -Guildenstern
Harvesting flax seeds then planting onions --> no additional seeds. -Lyman
Received a bristleworm from a water gather --> no additional seeds. -Lyman
Had never Foraged or collected insect with this character --> had just trained pottery, growning onions for the first time this tale: Got 0 onions, 2 seeds back, then regular yield after that (4/1). -Twitch, Oni
Just trained pottery, had grown onions before --> no additional seeds. -Lyman :(
Planted onions while near mutually friended play gives no seeds. -Guildenstern
Planted onions while mutually friended player plants onions nearby gives no seeds. -Guldenstern
Surveying three players that have all gotten extra seeds, we have ruled out anything related to sheep, pappy, beetles, aquiring skills/techs, emoting, and have a fairly good idea about not being related to people around the planting player. Independant confirmation is needed on all these but can be taken at face value. -Guildenstern
I got an onion seed on my very first planting (notable actions may have been picking mushrooms and getting a palm fromd, earlier). When I went to a different place some time later to plant again, I planted and realized I had forgotten my jugs, so had to let the onion go back to seed. When I had my jugs and replanted, I got a yield of 4 indicating I almost got another seed. I experimented with different waterings/shrinkages but only received the normal yield of 8. I did shear sheep in their pen and put in a small amount of onions before trying that round of second plantings. -Halima
I sheared sheep again, but did not get a yield of 4 this time. -Halima

My very first planting was half-yield without duplicating a seed (4 in an 8 spot). I was getting normal yields in concurrent tests up to and including when I tested by an ongoing dig and got normal yield there. I gave up and tried again when I got home today in the same place I had originally gotten the half yield, and the first of the batch got half-yield again. I've never seen a mushroom all telling and have never cooked, fished, or made a lure if that helps any. -LehmanHotep