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Starting Out
First you need some seeds, and other items listed below
Recommended Items :
Rake
Spade
At least 5000 gp
Seed dibber
At least 3 watering cans (8)
4 buckets of compost (or 1-2 buckets if you have already made compost)
If you do not have these items, they can be purchased at the nearest farming store or local farmer.
Next, select three different types of seeds. You should have a vegetable seed, a flower seed that will protect that vegetable, and a herb seed. Marigolds will provide protection over potatos, onions and tomatos, rosemary will protect cabbages, and nasturtiums will protect watermelons. If your making sweetcorn, bring along 3 bronze spears, 3 sacks and 3 watermelons to make a Scarecrow. (Requires level 23 Farming) Now that you have your supplies, you can head over to a Farming patch. The best place to start is at Draynor Village or Falador. Once at a patch, use your rake with the "Allotment" or patch, to rake it out. Use the weeds you get from raking to fill the compost bin. Next, use some compost on the vegetable patches. Now use the seeds you are planting with the patches, followed by watering them with a watering can. If you are level 1, stay with the patches until they are grown, watering them when needed, to advance to level 2. Harvest them, and repeat the process until you can plant Marigolds. Planting Marigolds will allow you to leave the patch, and ensure it will reach adulthood by itself. If you want to save some time and prevent boredom, see Avoiding Disease.
Planting Seeds
Heres a basic outline of how to plant seeds. For a more in depth outline, see Preventing Disease.
- Weed your garden by using your rake with the patch. Save the weeds to make your own compost.
- Use compost on your empty garden patch.
- Use your seed on the patch and water with a watering can.
- Finally either plant a flower, hire a gardener, stand around and water, or place a scarecrow.
If you are planting trees, there is a few extra steps involved. Trees cannot be planted directly into the ground, they must be planted in a plantpot of soil in your inventory, watered until they grow into a sapling, and then transplanted into the correct farming patch. A plantpot can be filled with soil from any empty farming patch by using a gardening trowel. Trees and herbs do not need watering. =]
Preventing Disease
There are three ways to avoid decease:
- Stand around and water plants when required
- Plant flowers/scarecrow
- Hire the services of a local garderner.
(If plants die, use a spade to dig them out). By simply planting a flower or placing a scarecrow along with using normal compost, your plants will need just 1 watering, and then you can leave them to do other things. In the center of each vegetable area there is a flower patch. Flowers are not just there to make the place look pretty LOL, they are used to protect your crops. This means that certain types of flowers will attract the same pests as some crops, enough for the pests to leave the crops alone in preference to the flowers. Marigolds will provide protection over potatos, onions, and tomatoes, Rosemary will protect cabbages, and Nasturtiums will protect watermelons. Sweetcorn can be very attractive to birds, and if attacked their chances of being diseased increase. If you are level 23 in Farming you can build a Scarecrow to keep the birds away. (See the section on making Scarecrows). Note: DO NOT PICK THE FLOWER! You must have a grown flower there in order for it to protect the crops! This, in my opinion, is the best method. The third method, and the most costly method is to hire the services of a local gardener. To hire them, you will have to give them compost, sacks, or baskets of produce. Although expensive, your crops are guaranteed to survive until adulthood. The gardeners payment depends on the seed planted, but usually is one level lower than what is planted. Example: 2 cabbage sacks(10) to watch over tomatoes. If you forget to do one of these methods or for some reason your crops become diseased, simply purchase a plant cure from a local gardener or Farming shop.
Compost
Compost is very important in Farming. It helps to ensure your plants reach adulthood. You can buy compost from Farming shops, but it is expensive and requires many unnecessary trips. I suggest you make your own, its very easy to make. Making compost saves trips and money.
- While at a farming patch, take all the weeds you can find, and use them with the nearby compost bin. You can get weeds by raking out the pathes. Look around the floor for people that have dropped their weeds, potatoes, marigolds, etc. and use them with the bin too. If you can't find any weeds or vegetation on the ground, you can go pick cabbage, potatos, onions, etc. from nearby areas.
- When it is full, close the lid and let it rot for 45 to 70 min, the time it takes to rot is different each time.
- When the compost is fully rotten (you know this when you are able to open the lid), open the lid, and then you can get compost by using a bucket on it. Using 1 bucket on the compost bin and getting compost will give you 4.5 farming exp. Treating the soil with compost will give you 18 farming exp.
Super Compost
Super Compost is better to use whilst farming. Super Compost:
- Lowers the time that your crops will grow in.
- Will also increase your crop yield (I.E: You will get more Sweetcorn than you would with normal compost from your sweetcorn plant).
- Will also lower the chance of your crops getting diseased.
However, Super Compost is harder to make. You will need to use 15 Pineapples, Watermelons or Avantoes (or better) on the bin or the mixture of them, but if you put anything in that is not as good as these then you will only get normal compost.
An example:
If you put 10 Pineapples and 5 Watermelons in to the Compost bin then you will get Super Compost.
But if you use 10 Pineapples, 4 Watermelons and 1 Potato with the Compost bin then you will get Regular Compost.
There are three easy ways of making Super Compost:
- Method 1:
- Go to Southern Brimhaven, near Brimhaven Dungeon.
- Pick all of the Pineapple plants that are around this area untill your inventory is full.
- Now go to Ardougne and bank the Pineapples.
- Repeat step 1-3 untill you got the amount of Pineapples you want to have. NOTE: It takes 15 Pineapples to fill one Compost bin.
- Now use the Pineapples that you have got with a Compost bin.
- Wait around an hour for the Pineapples to rot. NOTE: This is an average time!
- Open the compost bin to find your Super Compost inside. You can get 15 Buckets of Super compost from one full compost bin.
- Method 2:
- Go to the Grand Tree which is located in the Tree Gnome Stronghold.
- Go to the second level of the Grand Tree and see Heckle Funch, who sells Pineapples. He's near a bank as well, but his stock probably isn't as much as picking them yourself. You may need to server hop to get a bunch.
- Keep server hopping and banking untill you got the amount of pineapples you want. NOTE: It takes 15 Pineapples to fill one Compost bin.
- Now follow steps 5-7 of Method 1 to got Super Compost.
- Method 3:
- Simply buy your needed items from other players!
- Now follow steps 5-7 of Method 1 to got Super Compost.
Super Compost gives you 8.5 Farming experience for every bucket that you fill up, thus giving you 127.5 Farming experience when you fill 15 buckets up with Super Compost. Using Super Compost on a Farming patch will give you 25 Farming experience.
Scarecrows:
Scarecrows are used to protect Sweetcorn from birds. You need to be level 23 Farming to make one.
- Use a empty sack on a bail of hay.
- Use the sack of hay on a bronze spear.
- Place a watermelon on it.
- Stand him in your garden to scare away birds.
| Name of tool |
Description |
Where found |
| Rake |
Used for weeding your garden. |
Dropped by farmers and bought at farming shops |
| Seed dibber |
Used for planting seeds |
Dropped by farmers and bought at farming shops |
| Secateurs |
Can be used to cut off diseased leaves on trees and bushes. |
Dropped by farmers and bought at farming shops |
| Watering can |
Used to water your plants |
Dropped by farmers and bought at farming shops |
| Spade |
Used to harvest your plants |
Dropped by farmers and bought at farming shops |
| Gardening boots |
Worn while farming |
Dropped by farmers and bought at farming shops |
| Gardening trowel |
Used to transfer a patch of soil to a plantpot. |
Dropped by farmers and bought at farming shops |
| Empty sack |
Used to carry 10 vegetables |
Bought at farming shops |
| Basket |
Used to carry 5 vegetables |
Bought at farming shops |
| Plantpot |
Used to begin growing a tree from a seed to a sapling. |
Bought at farming shops |
Seeds
Seeds are what you plant in the farming skill. The main ways to get seeds are:
1) Kill Monsters.
2) Pickpocket Master Farmers (Level 38 Thieving Required).
3) Steal from Seed stalls at Draynor Village (Level 27 Thieving Required).
4) Receive a Bird nest during a random event while cutting trees then find one inside.
5) Pick items (Cabbages, Potatoes, Onions, etc) from farms and you will occasionally get a seed.
6) Run favors for the Wise old man in Draynor Village.
Olivia's Store
Olivia can be found in the Draynor Village Market. If you have not stolen from her stalls for 2 days, you will be able to trade with her to buy or sell some seeds.
Seed Information
Here is all the information you need about seeds.
Vegetable Seeds
| Name of Seed |
Exp for Planting |
Exp for Picking |
Average Time to Grow (Minutes) |
Level Required |
| Potato seed |
2.5 |
9 |
35 |
1 |
| Onion seed |
3 |
10.5 |
35 |
5 |
| Cabbage seed |
3.5 |
11.5 |
35 |
7 |
| Tomato seed |
4 |
14 |
35 |
12 |
| Sweetcorn seed |
5.5 |
19 |
35 |
20 |
| Strawberry seed |
8.5 |
29 |
35 |
31 |
| Watermelon seed |
16 |
54.5 |
35 |
47 |
Flower Seeds
| Name of Seed |
Exp for Planting |
Exp for Picking |
Average Time to Grow (Minutes) |
Level Required |
| Marigold seed |
8.5 |
47 |
17.5 |
2 |
| Rosemary seed |
12 |
67 |
17.5 |
11 |
| Nasturtium seed |
20 |
111 |
17.5 |
24 |
| Woad seed |
20.5 |
115.5 |
17.5 |
25 |
| Limpwurt seed |
21 |
120 |
17.5 |
26 |
Tree Seeds
| Name of Seed |
Exp for Planting |
Exp for Checking Health |
Average Time to Grow (Minutes) |
Level Required |
| Acorn |
18 |
467.5 |
140 |
15 |
| Willow seed |
25 |
1456.5 |
220 |
30 |
| Maple seed |
45 |
3403 |
300 |
45 |
| Yew seed |
81 |
7069.5 |
380 |
60 |
| Magic seed |
? |
? |
460 |
75 |
Fruit Seeds
| Name of Seed |
Exp for Planting |
Exp for Checking Health |
Exp for Picking |
Average Time to Grow (Minutes) |
Level Required |
| Apple tree seed |
22 |
1200 |
8 |
880 |
27 |
| Banana tree seed |
28 |
1750 |
10.5 |
880 |
33 |
| Orange tree seed |
35 |
2470 |
13.5 |
880 |
39 |
| Curry tree seed |
40 |
2907 |
15 |
880 |
42 |
| Pineapple tree seed |
57 |
4605.5 |
22.5 |
880 |
51 |
| Papaya tree seed |
72 |
6147 |
27 |
880 |
57 |
| Palm tree seed |
111 |
10100 |
42 |
880 |
68 |
Herb Seeds
| Name of Seed |
Exp for Planting |
Exp for Picking |
Average Time to Grow (Minutes) |
Level Required |
| Guam |
11 |
12.5 |
70 |
9 |
| Marrentill |
13 |
15 |
70 |
14 |
| Tarromin |
16 |
18 |
70 |
19 |
| Harralander |
22 |
24 |
70 |
26 |
| Goutweed |
? |
? |
? |
29 |
| Ranarr weed |
26.5 |
30.5 |
70 |
32 |
| Toadflax |
34 |
38 |
70 |
38 |
| Irit leaf |
43 |
49 |
70 |
44 |
| Avantoe |
54 |
62 |
70 |
50 |
| Kwuarm |
69 |
82 |
70 |
56 |
| Snapdragon |
87 |
99 |
70 |
62 |
| Cadantine |
107 |
120 |
70 |
67 |
| Lantadyme |
? |
? |
70 |
73 |
| Dwarf weed |
? |
? |
70 |
79 |
| Torstol |
? |
? |
70 |
85 |
Bush seeds
| Name of Seed |
Exp for Planting |
Exp for Checking Health |
Exp for Picking |
Average Time to Grow (Minutes) |
Level Required |
| Redberry seed |
8.5 |
64 |
5 |
90 |
10 |
| Cadavaberry seed |
18.5 |
102 |
7 |
110 |
22 |
| Dwellberry seed |
31 |
178 |
12 |
130 |
36 |
| Jangerberry seed |
50.5 |
284.5 |
19 |
150 |
48 |
| Whiteberry seed |
78 |
437 |
29 |
150 |
59 |
| Poison ivy seed |
? |
? |
? |
150 |
70 |
Hops seeds
| Name of Seed |
Exp for Planting |
Exp for Picking |
Average Time to Grow (Minutes) |
Level Required |
| Barley seed |
11 |
10 |
35 |
3 |
| Hammerstone seed |
9 |
10 |
35 |
4 |
| Asgarnian seed |
11 |
12 |
45 |
8 |
| Jute seed |
13 |
14.5 |
45 |
13 |
| Yanillian seed |
14.5 |
16 |
55 |
16 |
| Krandorian seed |
17 |
19.5 |
65 |
21 |
| Wildblood seed |
23 |
26 |
75 |
28 |
Special Seeds
| Name of Seed |
Exp for Planting |
Exp for Picking |
Average Time to Grow (Minutes) |
Level Required |
| Mushroom Spore |
41 |
57 |
220 |
53 |
| Cactus Seed |
57 |
25 |
520 |
55 |
| Belladonna Seed |
91 |
512 |
70 |
63 |
| Calquat Tree Seed |
? |
? |
1200 |
72 |
| Spirit Seed |
? |
? |
3680 |
83 |
Farming Locations
Flowers, Herbs, Allotments, Compost Bin (best places to train)
- North of Ardougne
- East of Port Phasmastys
- North of Catherby
- South of Falador
Hops Patches
- North of Coal Trucks
- Northern Lumbridge
- North in Yanille
- Southwest on Entranna
Wood Trees
- Varrock Castle
- West of Lumbridge
- Falador Garden
- Western Taverly
Fruit Trees
- Brimhaven (West Patch)
- West of Gnome Maze
- Gnome Stronghold
- South of White Wolf Mountain
Bushes
- West of Champs Guild
- Rimmington
- South of Ardougne
- Etceteria (West Patch)
Special Seeds
- Mushrooms west of Canifis
- Cacti northeastern Al Kharid
- Belladonna at Draynor Manor
- Calquat Tree at Tai Bwo Wannai
Spirit Trees
- Brimhaven (East Patch)
- Port Sarim
- Etceteria (East Patch)
Gardener Payments
These are the costs to have a gardener watch over your crops.
Allotments:
Potatoes: 2 Buckets of compost
Onions: 1 Sack of Potatoes ( can be picked prior or you can farm them yourself)
Cabbage: 1 Sack of onions
Tomatoes: 2 Sacks of cabbage
Sweetcorn: 10 Jute fibres
Strawberries: 1 Basket of apples
Watermelons: 10 Curry leaves
Bushes:
Redberry bush: 4 Sacks of Cabbage
Cadavaberry: 3 Baskets of Tomatoes
Dwellberry: 3 Baskets of Strawberries
Jangerberry: 6 Watermelons
Whiteberry: 8 Mushrooms
Poison Ivy: 15 Coconuts
Wood Trees:
Oak trees: 1 Basket of Tomatoes
Willow trees: 1 Basket of Apples
Maple trees: 1 Basket of Oranges
Yew trees: 10 Cactus spines
Magic trees: 25 Coconuts
Fruit Trees:
Apple trees: 9 Sweetcorn
Banana trees: 4 baskets of apples
Orange trees: 3 Baskets of Strawberries
Curry trees: 5 Baskets of Bananas
Pineapple trees: 10 Watermelons
Papaya trees: 10 Pineapples
Palm trees: 15 papayas
Hops:
Barely: 3 Buckets of compost
Hammerstone Hops: 1 Marigold
Asgarnian hops: 1 Sack of onions
Jute: 6 Handfuls of Barley malt
Yannilian hops: 1 Basket of Tomatoes
Krandorian hops: 3 Sacks of Cabbage
Wildblood hops: 1 Nasturtium
Amulet of Nature
The Amulet of Nature will allow you to assign it to a farming patch and notify you when your seed has fully grown or died. You can only have one amulet of nature at a time.
To make this amulet you will need the following:
Level 75 farming (Planting Magic Tree Seeds)
Level 75 woodcutting (Cutting Magic Trees)
Level 19 crafting (Crafting Magic Strings)
Level 27 magic (Enchanting Emerald Jewelry)
How to Craft the Amulet of Nature:
1 - Spin the Magic root in any Spinning wheel to get a magic string.
2 - Use the gold bar on a furnace to obtain the emerald amulet.
3 - Use the magic string on the amulet.
4 - Enchant the amulet by using level 27 magic (1 cosmic rune + 3 air runes).
Pirate Random Event
Pirate's Combination Lock: If you're lucky, a wandering pirate will discover buried treasure in a patch where you're growing crops! Help him get the lid off the chest, and he'll share the goods