Farming Tips!

Procedure:

• Place 15 weeds/ other organic items into compost bin, wait 1 hour to get 15 buckets of compost, or super-compost, depending on what you used. See compost table here.

• Use rake on plot, to get 3 weeds and to clear it.

• Use compost on plot, to increase productivity.

• Plant the item seeds. (3 if vegetable, 1 if herb/flower/bush, 3 or 4 for hops)

• Use watering can on plot.

• If you want, pay the gardener to watch the plot for you.

• If you don’t pay gardener, water often to raise productivity and have “plant-cure” available to repair diseased crops, available at the store.

• Return when it is ready to be harvested.

My Needs:

Item & level to grow      Reason to garden            Minutes to Grow    Cost for Farmer Care

Hops:

• Barley (3)                Malt for brewing, pay for Jutes               35         3 Buckets Compost

• Hammerstones (4)         Dwarven Stout                                       35         1 Marigold

• Jute (13)                       Pay for corn, if no scarecrow                45         6 Barley Malts

Flowers:

• Marigold (2)                  Pay for Hammerstones                          17.5      n/a

• Rosemary (11)              To protect Tomatoes                             17.5      n/a

• Limpwurt (26)                 Super-Strength Potion                           17.5      n/a

Fruit Trees:

• Apple (27)        ~1,200xp; Pay for willows, bananas        880       9 Sweet Corn

• Banana (33)      ~1,750xp                                              880       4 Baskets (20) Apples

• Curry (42)         ~2,900xp; make curry stew                    880       5 Baskets (25) Bananas

Trees:

• Oak (acorn) (15)     ~468 xp                                                140       1 Basket (5) Tomatoes

• Willow (30)             ~1,550 xp                                             220       1 Basket (5) Apples

• Maple (45)             ~3.400 xp                                             300       ??

• Yew (60)                 ~7,000 xp                                             380       ??

• Magic (75)              ?? xp                                                    460       ??

Allotments:

• Potato (1)          (for use in curry) ... never grow, pick from field north of ardougne

• Cabbages ( )    (to pay for tomatoes) ... never grow, pick from field south of falador

• Tomato (12)         Pay for oak trees                                   35         2 Sacks (20) Cabbages

• Sweet Corn (20)   Pay for apple trees, or cook for xp      35     10 Jute, if no scarecrow

Herbs:

• Ranarr (32)                    Prayer Potion                                        70

• Irit Leaf (44)                   Super-Attack Potion                               70

• Avantoe (50)                 Super-Energy Potion, Fishing Potion      70

• Kwuarm (56)                  Super-Strength Potion                           70

• Snapdragon (62)           Super-Restore Potion                            70

• Cadantine (67)               Super-Defense Potion                           70

• Lantadyme (73)             Anti-Dragon Potion; Magic Potion           70

• Dwarf Weed (73)            Ranging Potion                                     70

• Torstol (85)                    Potion of Zamorak                                 70

Bushes:

• White Berry (59)            Super-Defense Potion                           150       ??

• Poison Ivy (70)              Super Strong Weapon Poison               150       ??

Other:

Scarecrow (23)  To Protect Sweet Corn from birds, negates need to pay farmer to protect

• Fill empty sack with hay from bale (fields south of falador, or north of ardougne)

• Use bronze spear with hay sack

• Place watermelon on the sack/spear combination

• Stand the scarercrow in an empty flower patch.

Curry (cooking 60)  Heals 19 hp when eaten

• Fill bowl with water, add potato

• Add cooked chicken or meat, this is now “uncooked stew”

• Add spice (from spice stall in Ardougne) or 3 curry leaves, cook it.

Ugthanki Kebabs (cooking 58)  Heals 19 hp when eaten

• Cook raw ugthanki meat

• Use tomato and onion on bowl when knife in inventory

• Add cooked meat to bowl, making kebab mix

• Mix flour and water to make pitta dough

• Cook pitta dough on stove to make pitta bread

• Use mix with pitta dough to make ugthanki kebab

Patch locations:

• Large groups of patches:

  • North of Catherby: (very close to bank)

    • 2 vegetable, 1 flower, 1 herb; compost bin, store.

  • North of Ardougne, east of sheep pen:

    • 2 vegetable, 1 flower, 1 herb; compost bin, store.

  • South of Falador: (on east side of the farm)

    • 2 vegetable, 1 flower, 1 herb; compost bin, store.

  • East of Fenkenstrain's Castle:

    • 2 vegetable, 1 flower, 1 herb;

   

• Hops Patchs

  • In Yanille, north west of Magic Guild

  • North West of Seers Village

  • Westside of Entrana Island:

  • South of Varrock, next to chicken farm:

   

• Fruit Tree Patches

  • North West of Brimhaven: (by the dock)

  • East of Catherby, east of fishing spots

  • Tree Gnome Stronghold, north of agility course

  • West of Tree Gnome Village

   

• Tree Patches

  • In Falador Park: (also close to bank)

  • In Varrock Castle Grounds, north east of town center

  • West of Lumbridge:

  • East of Taverly

   

• Bush Patches

  • South of Ardougne: along road with iron ores, just east

  • North West of Rimmington:

  • West of Champion's Guild, outside Varrock:

  • Etcetetra Island, south west corner:

   

• Spirit Tree Patches

  • North of Brimhaven

  • North East of Port Sarim

  • Etcetera Island, south east corner:

   

• Unique Patches

  • Keldagrim, 1 Kelda Hops patch

  • Draynor Manor, 1 belladonna patch

  • West of Canifis, 1 mushroom patch

  • Al-Kharid, north east corner, 1 cactus patch

  • Karamja Jungle, north of Tai Bwo Wannai, 1 Calquat Patch