[slowmo301]

how do i make fire crystals from gardening

[emol]

water -> fire -> ice -> wind -> earth -> lighting -> water

light <-> dark

same as the way magic works, use a crystal to fertilize and you'll get the crystal of the element it is strong against.

[slowmo301]

yea i tried that but i got some useless food ingredients. i want to know if there is a way to ensure u get crystals instead of something else, such as planting on a certain day, waiting so many days, etc.

[emol]

Well from what I've heard and read:

Crystals are kind of an 'undesired' by-product. Meaning, the more you 'examine' your plant the better chance you have of getting those food ingreadiants. BTW alot of those ingrediants you get arean't worthless and gardening them is much easier than finding them, so hold on to them and see what they fetch at the AH.

So basically the worse you care for your plant, by not examining it, the better chance you have of getting the undesired by-product a.k.a. the crystals.

[slowmo301]

arent u sposed to examine it once a day tho so it doesnt die

[viator1981]

Yes, if you don't examine it frequently enough they will die.

I've grown tons of plants, and I generally always get ingredients. If you take good care (and are lucky) you can on occasion receive a stack of 12 ingredients which you can send straight to auction.

Growing plants is a decent method of making extra side income. Especially if you have multiple pots.

[Brandonvirus]

so i do i take good care of my plant?examine "alot"?

[slowmo301]

but i want to get crystals every time so i can craft. so should i not examine it alot, can i examine every other day??

[Brandonvirus]

so many ?s but so little answers...

[emol]

Sorry, I wasn't to clear with what I meant.

Basically, to get the good results (ingreadiants and sometimes rocks <--- very valuable) examine it alot.

To get the bad results (crystals) examine it the minimum to keep it alive. But be aware you'll prolly only grow about 2-6 cyrstals per pot each time.

[Brandonvirus]

hmm so whats better?produce good or "bad" results.

[spdraven]

How much you examine has little to do with the crop outcome ..as in..what youre gonna get.

So far as I've seen/read, there are diff variables

What type of pot?
What type of seed?
What type of crystal?
What day do you harvest on?

No one has a thorough chart yet, b/c there are sooo many different variables. Brass pot, veggie seeds, and water crystals can still leave you eight diff harvest days

I have grown 17 fire crystals though, using earthen pot and I believe herb seeds.

Best piece of advice....but 10 assorted pots. LIttle expensive now, but its an investment.

[SuperTiM]

I use brass pots -> vegetable seeds
When I can feed the plant a crystal I pop it a water crystal.
I also make sure the last time I examine my plant, my moogle gives the better sounding message, ie, "This plant is growing well, kupo." as opposed to "This plant is growing well." or something along those lines. I also harvested on a firesday I think, and out of 4 pots I got 3 x 20 fire crystals, and then 8 cabbages... o.O
Anyways, I'm trying to grow light crystals now and if I can, I'll be in the money!

Oh, and sorry if the moogle message example is a little off, I haven't been on to check my plants yet

[Dragonlance]

My personal experience is that I'm not going to directly grow the crystals I need for my craft. Im opting for fire crystals since they sell at a much more tempting price, get that money and then buy the crystals i need =)

[strangelove]

spdraven :
No one has a thorough chart yet, b/c there are sooo many different variables. Brass pot, veggie seeds, and water crystals can still leave you eight diff harvest days

http://www.swapsonian.com/pikko/

[Crescens]

Hey, I planted six brass pots with grain seeds and all ice crystals, and I didn't "examine" the pots at all (but i did enter the mog house to look at them). All i got were stupid Kukuru beans and no Wind Crystals. Can anyone help me out?

[Dragonhope]

I think you have to harvest them on Windsday? Or was it harvest them on Earthsday? It's probably because you harvested them on the wrong day though I think...

[SuperTiM]

I have 10 brass pots going now and I got 9 stacks of fire crystals each time. Selling at 1.8k a stack, it was nice money and I got new gloves

[Guppy]

Fire Crystals best way i know: Pot:Brass, Seed: Herb, Crystal: Water
Plant on day- watersday
wait do do do do do (examin at least once a day, twice a day can, the more u examine supposivly the more u can get)
Plant Water Crystals
wait dod dod o dod od (member to examine plants
Harvest: Waters day: 16-22 fire crystals
or 6-8 bay leaves (1k selling on ifrit at windhurst)