User:Nidaj

my barley discoveries:

barley goes through various pulsing or growth cycles until it is harvested/ready to harvest. during each growth cycle, it has a chance to grow one of three kinds of weeds depending upon the conditions at the time (water, fertilizer and weedkiller level) or a new wheat stalk. it is entirely possible for a wheat plant to develop all three kinds of weeds during the course of its short life.

if you begin a barley plant by giving it full water and one hit of grain fertilizer, and then fertilize ONLY when you see new wheat stalk growth, you should be fine. if you have no weedkiller or don't want to use it, just harvest when you get either of the two flowered weeds.

water seems to go down 2 hits for every pulse, so keep water at full unless weeds sprout. if weeds sprout, don't water and don't fertilize until the next pulse. basically, every growth cycle watch what grows and react accordingly.

there are the three famous kinds of weeds. the stalky brown one is relatively harmless. stop fertilizing him, and he might go away.

i have yet to determine what the other two do to the plant. they require weedkiller, and i don't have access to that right now. plus, there is a concern that weedkiller might contribute to pollution.