Barley - Revision history

Tribisha: /* Weeds */

2010-02-14T03:39:32Z

Weeds

Tribisha: /* Weeds */

2010-02-14T03:39:05Z

Weeds

Wrongskian: /* General Information */

2009-10-19T03:07:47Z

General Information

Mayanah: /* General Information */

2009-07-14T00:09:57Z

General Information

Mayanah: /* General Information */

2009-07-13T22:14:21Z

General Information

Akilan at 04:47, 16 June 2009

2009-06-16T04:47:45Z

Xaxyx at 21:28, 11 March 2009

2009-03-11T21:28:30Z

Akmenotep: /* Overview */

2009-03-11T01:26:33Z

Overview

Akmenotep: /* Uses */

2009-03-11T01:25:36Z

Uses

Alienavale: /* Using Water and Fertilizer */

2009-02-18T04:26:00Z

Using Water and Fertilizer

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-Brown: High Water & Weedkiller
+*Brown: High Water & Weedkiller
-Yellow: High Weedkiller & Fert
+*Yellow: High Weedkiller & Fert
-Green: High Weedkiller & Water
+*Green: High Weedkiller & Water
 If your goal is to grow a barley field to completion, you will devote a lot of time to fighting weeds.  Occasionally a lucky field will make it to maturity without a single weed, but these are rare.  More often you will have to watch your barley closely and manage the levels in order to keep your barley healthy, while cutting back on those ingredients that feed the weeds.  A field may suffer multiple weed attacks before it reaches maturity.  Patience and a good supply of weedkiller are required of the devoted barley farmer.

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 | [[Image:Weed1.jpg|thumb|50px]]
-| Low fertilizer
+| Low Fert
 | Water, Weedkiller
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 | [[Image:Weed2.jpg|thumb|50px]]
-| Low water, high weedkiller
+| Low Water, <br>High Weedkiller
 | Fertilizer
 |-
 | [[Image:Weed3.jpg|thumb|50px]]
-| Low fertilizer, high weedkiller
+| Low Fert, <br>High Weedkiller
 | Water
 |-
 |}
 If your goal is to grow a barley field to completion, you will devote a lot of time to fighting weeds.  Occasionally a lucky field will make it to maturity without a single weed, but these are rare.  More often you will have to watch your barley closely and manage the levels in order to keep your barley healthy, while cutting back on those ingredients that feed the weeds.  A field may suffer multiple weed attacks before it reaches maturity.  Patience and a good supply of weedkiller are required of the devoted barley farmer.

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 Barley may be harvested at any time.
 * If the patch does not display as "Ready to Harvest", it will yield between 0 and 5 barley, depending on the presence of weeds and how much the barley has been allowed to grow.
-* "Ready to Harvest" patches will yield 10 barley.  The yield is increased to 20 if you are a Student of Worship.
+* "Ready to Harvest" patches will yield 10 barley.  The yield is increased by 10 for every rank you earn in the Worship discipline (a Student will get 20 total, a Prentice 30, etc.).
 * In order for a barley patch to achieve "Ready to Harvest" status, it must have reached a certain level of growth and be entirely free of weeds.

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 Barley may be harvested at any time.
 * If the patch does not display as "Ready to Harvest", it will yield between 0 and 5 barley, depending on the presence of weeds and how much the barley has been allowed to grow.
-* "Ready to Harvest" patches will yield 10 barley.  The yield is increased to 20 if you are a Student of Worship (and 30 at Prentice of Worship - Mayanah).
+* "Ready to Harvest" patches will yield 10 barley.  The yield is increased to 20 if you are a Student of Worship.
 * In order for a barley patch to achieve "Ready to Harvest" status, it must have reached a certain level of growth and be entirely free of weeds.

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 Barley may be harvested at any time.
 * If the patch does not display as "Ready to Harvest", it will yield between 0 and 5 barley, depending on the presence of weeds and how much the barley has been allowed to grow.
-* "Ready to Harvest" patches will yield 10 barley.  The yield is increased to 20 if you are a Student of Worship.
+* "Ready to Harvest" patches will yield 10 barley.  The yield is increased to 20 if you are a Student of Worship (and 30 at Prentice of Worship - Mayanah).
 * In order for a barley patch to achieve "Ready to Harvest" status, it must have reached a certain level of growth and be entirely free of weeds.

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 * Placed on a [[Malting Tray]] to make [[Malt (raw)]].
 * Feed for [[Chickens]]
 == Cultivation ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:28, 11 March 2009
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	'''Stay observant!''' Sometimes weeds are very small and hard to see. Zoom in and move the camera a bit if you're not sure. Also, a weed infestation can consist of more than one plant: just because you see one weed fade away, it doesn't mean you've eradicated all of them. Don't start adding water/fertilizer again until you're positive the field is free of weeds that thrive on it.		'''Stay observant!''' Sometimes weeds are very small and hard to see. Zoom in and move the camera a bit if you're not sure. Also, a weed infestation can consist of more than one plant: just because you see one weed fade away, it doesn't mean you've eradicated all of them. Don't start adding water/fertilizer again until you're positive the field is free of weeds that thrive on it.
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		+	==== Drowning Barley Method by Xaxyx ====
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		+	For those Egyptians who find weedkiller to be a bit difficult or costly to obtain in large quantities, I recommend the following method. It uses some fertilizer, very little weedkiller -- and lots of water!
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		+	To start out, plant as many barley fields as you feel you can run comfortably. (I run four; ymmv.) Fill their water to maximum. Give them each a pulse of fertilizer.
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		+	Every tick, fill the water back to maximum. Growing near a water source helps so you don't have to run for more all the time. Keep water maxed at all times and in all circumstances; don't even think about it.
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		+	Add fertilizer only if it goes below half, and only if the bed is totally weed-free. Don't fill it up too high; just one pulse is plenty.
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		+	Weeds will invariably show up. Here's how you deal with them:
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		+	* Thorny: Stop adding fertilizer. Continue to keep water maximized. Eventually, the thorns will die.
		+	* Green/white: Stop adding fertilizer. Continue to keep water maximized. Wait until fertilizer is low -- 25% or less -- then fill the weedkiller. Keep weedkiller (and water!) near or at max until the weeds die.
		+	* Yellow: Harvest and start the bed over. Don't hesitate to do this, even if the bed was almost full. It's much easier -- and cheaper -- to just plant a new bed.
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		+	Once you've killed off all of the thorny and green/white weeds, add some fertilizer -- not too much, though, as before. Continue to keep the water at full.
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		+	Using this method, about half of your beds should max out, the ones you harvest early will often produce 3-5 barley, and you'll end up using very little weedkiller.

	=== Using Water and Fertilizer ===		=== Using Water and Fertilizer ===

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 == Overview ==
-Barley is one of the staple crops of Egypt. Harvested raw, it can be cooked in a [[Grain Oven]] to make roasted barley (light, medium, dark or burnt). It can be turned into [[Malt]], and the malt can itself be cooked similarly. Malted barley is a primary ingredient in [[Beer]].
+Barley is one of the staple crops of Egypt. Harvested raw, it can be cooked in a [[Grain Oven]] to make roasted barley (light, medium, dark or burnt). It can be turned into [[Malt (raw)]], and the malt can itself be cooked similarly. Malted barley is a primary ingredient in [[Beer]].
 It is grown from [[Barley (Raw)]] using water and [[Grain Fertilizer]], and (optionally) [[Weed Killer]], yielding more Barley (raw).

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 == Uses ==
 * [[Cooking]]
-* Placed on a [[Malting Tray]] to make [[Malt (Raw)]].
+* Placed on a [[Malting Tray]] to make [[Malt (raw)]].
 * Feed for [[Chickens]]

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 Plant the barley, immediately add 1 water and 1 fertilizer. Add 1 of each every other tick, and if weeds appear, immediately harvest the bed and plant a new one. While you won't get many grown to full harvest, this usually ends up netting about 4-5 barley per field.
-*With weedkiller being pretty expensive for someone just starting out I use the following method with more full harvest yields per planting session...after planting add 1 weed killer with the 1 water and 1 fert.  Add 1 water and 1 fert for every other tick until weeds appear then harvest. (this way if you can only get your hands on a few toadskins you can still plant and harvest quite a bit of barley.)
+*With weedkiller being pretty expensive for someone just starting out I use the following method with more full harvest yields per planting session...after planting add 1 weed killer with the 1 water and 1 fert.  Add 1 water and 1 fert for every tick until weeds appear then harvest. (this way if you can only get your hands on a few toadskins you can still plant and harvest quite a bit of barley.)
 === Using Water Only ===