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Basic Retaining Soil
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| Basic Retaining Soil | |
| This soil has a chance of staying watered overnight. Mix into tilled soil. | |
| Information | |
| Source | Pierre's • Crafting |
| Sell Price | 4g |
| Recipe | |
| Recipe Source(s) | Farming Level 4 |
| Ingredients | Stone (2) |
Basic Retaining Soil is a Fertilizer that has a chance to keep soil watered. It can be crafted or purchased from Pierre's General Store for 100g starting on Spring 15th of year 1.[1]
Basic Retaining Soil can be placed on tilled soil before or after planting a seed, or at any stage of crop growth. The chance for retaining water is about 33%.
Gifting
| Villager Reactions
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|---|---|
| Dislike | Abigail • Alex • Caroline • Clint • Demetrius • Dwarf • Elliott • Emily • Evelyn • George • Gus • Haley • Harvey • Jas • Jodi • Kent • Krobus • Leah • Leo • Lewis • Linus • Marnie • Maru • Pam • Penny • Pierre • Robin • Sam • Sandy • Sebastian • Shane • Vincent • Willy • Wizard |
Bundles
Basic Retaining Soil is not used in any bundles.
Tailoring
Basic Retaining Soil can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable High-Waisted Shirt. It can be used in dyeing, serving as an orange dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.
Quests
Basic Retaining Soil is not used in any quests.
History
References
- ↑ See SeedShop::shopStock in the game code.