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Fertilizer is bought from Costolot's shop or produced when a [[Taffly]] eats fruit; it comes in a variety of colors. It is used to give [[plants]] a boost. Giving plants the appropriate color of fertilizer will make them grow faster and produce larger and more valuable fruit.
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== What it does ==
  
For most plants, you can use three applications of fertilizer immediately after planting them for maximum effect. Some plants however, such as the [[Apple Tree]] require a different strategy to fully boost growth.  
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Fertilizer comes in a variety of colors and is used to give your [[plants]] a boost. Fertilizing not only produces higher quality plants, but also earns you [[Award|awards]]. Fertilizing flowers makes them grow fuller and produce more flowers. Fertilizing vegetable plants causes them to produce larger, more valuable vegetables. Fertilizing fruit trees allows them to produce more fruit.
  
Fertilizing an [[apple tree]] or an [[Oak Tree]] is trickier than other [[:Category:Vegetable|vegetables]] or [[:Category:Flower|flowers]]. Instead of fully fertilizing 3 times right after planting, you have to wait until certain stages in the tree's growth to fully fertilize it. Immediately after planting you can fertilize it once with its fertilizer. Then you must wait until the tree has grown. You can tell when the tree is ready for more fertilizer when it shakes and leaves fall from the branches. Wait again for it to shake and then you can perform the last fertilization. Make sure it's watered, wait for it to grow, and you should have a fully branched tree that has more branches and will produce more fruit!
 
  
If you feed fruit (or vegetables?) to a [[taffly]], it will create fertilizer of the same color that the plant required e.g. Apples will turn into red fertilizer and Carrots into orange and so on.
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== Where to get it ==
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=== Buy it ===
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Regular colored fertilizer can be bought from Costolot's [[General Store|shop]]. Later, ''Special Mix fertilizer'' becomes available from Ivor Bargain's [[Ivor Bargain|shop]].
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=== Make your own ===
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Fertilizer can be produced for you by a [[Taffly]]. In order for this to happen, you must feed a Taffly a fruit or vegetable. The Taffly will then produce the correct fertilizer for the plant that produced that fruit or vegetable. For example, feeding an apple to a Taffly will produce red fertilizer, while feeding it a carrot produces orange fertilizer.
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== How to use it ==
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=== Pick a color ===
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Plants will only respond to their appropriate fertilizer color. Generally, the color of the plant determines the color of fertilizer needed. For example, a carrot plant needs orange fertilizer. However, Ivor's ''Special Mix fertilizer'' works on any plant and should be used as soon as it's available.
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=== Sprinkle it down ===
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For most plants, you can use three applications of fertilizer immediately after planting them for maximum bonus growth. However some plants, such as trees, are a bit trickier and require a different strategy to fully boost growth.
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Instead of fully fertilizing 3 times right after planting, you have to wait until certain stages in the tree's growth to fully fertilize it. Immediately after planting you can fertilize it once. Then you must wait until the tree has grown a bit and shakes leaves from its branches before fertilizing again. Wait again for it to shake and then you can perform the last fertilization. Make sure it's watered, wait for it to grow and you should have a fully branched tree that produces more fruit!
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== Color chart ==
  
Another great way to fertilize is to use the '''Special Mix fertilizer''' at [[Ivor Bargain|Ivor's shop]]. This will work on all types of plants and trees.
 
  
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Revision as of 23:38, 14 January 2007

What it does

Fertilizer comes in a variety of colors and is used to give your plants a boost. Fertilizing not only produces higher quality plants, but also earns you awards. Fertilizing flowers makes them grow fuller and produce more flowers. Fertilizing vegetable plants causes them to produce larger, more valuable vegetables. Fertilizing fruit trees allows them to produce more fruit.


Where to get it

Buy it

Regular colored fertilizer can be bought from Costolot's shop. Later, Special Mix fertilizer becomes available from Ivor Bargain's shop.

Make your own

Fertilizer can be produced for you by a Taffly. In order for this to happen, you must feed a Taffly a fruit or vegetable. The Taffly will then produce the correct fertilizer for the plant that produced that fruit or vegetable. For example, feeding an apple to a Taffly will produce red fertilizer, while feeding it a carrot produces orange fertilizer.


How to use it

Pick a color

Plants will only respond to their appropriate fertilizer color. Generally, the color of the plant determines the color of fertilizer needed. For example, a carrot plant needs orange fertilizer. However, Ivor's Special Mix fertilizer works on any plant and should be used as soon as it's available.

Sprinkle it down

For most plants, you can use three applications of fertilizer immediately after planting them for maximum bonus growth. However some plants, such as trees, are a bit trickier and require a different strategy to fully boost growth.

Instead of fully fertilizing 3 times right after planting, you have to wait until certain stages in the tree's growth to fully fertilize it. Immediately after planting you can fertilize it once. Then you must wait until the tree has grown a bit and shakes leaves from its branches before fertilizing again. Wait again for it to shake and then you can perform the last fertilization. Make sure it's watered, wait for it to grow and you should have a fully branched tree that produces more fruit!


Color chart

Plants and Their Fertilizer
Plant Fertilizer
Apple Tree Red
Banana Tree Yellow
Bird of Paradise Orange
Blackberry bush Purple
Bluebell Blue
Bullrush Brown
Buttercup Yellow
Carrot Orange
Chili Red
Corn Yellow
Daisy Yellow
Fir Tree Brown
Gem Tree Blue
Gooseberry bush Green
Hazel Tree Brown
Monkeynut Tree Brown
Nightshade bush Purple
Oak Tree Green
Orchid Green
Poppy Red
Pumpkin Orange
Snapdragon Purple
Sunflower Yellow
Tulip Purple
Turnip Purple
Water Lily Purple
Watercress Green