SCUM Farming: The Optimal Crop Planting Guide for Cooking

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In this video, we'll be exploring the world of farming in SCUM 0.85. We'll show you how to set up a farming plot and plant your crops for optimal growth and yield. Whether you're a seasoned farmer or just starting out, this guide will provide you with all the information you need to get started with farming in SCUM.
We'll cover everything from selecting the right location for your farming plot to choosing the best crops to plant for your needs. We'll also provide tips and tricks for maximizing your crop yield and keeping your plants healthy and thriving.
So if you're ready to take your farming skills to the next level in SCUM 0.85, be sure to check out this video. With our expert guidance, you'll be growing a bountiful harvest in no time!
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[@BB_usmc]

Viewed this video in quarter 1 2024 and it was very helpful, thank you.

[@altonjasper709]

Finally a guide that makes sense. Everything I found was old info, thanks!

[@palfy205]

Thanks, I'm trying to make relevant content to what SCUM Community needs! Please comment any additional ideas here.

[@KNGER1988]

This was so helpful thank you!!!!!

[@palfy205]

Thanks for the comment

[@xSOVxMUFASA]

Very good video! New to scum and love to farm and build in games like ARK and stuff so this was helpful!

[@LasseMalmgren]

Exactly the info i was looking for since i haven't done any farming yet but want to do it now with the cooking system. Perfect, thanks Palfy. C ya on NewDawn ;)

[@palfy205]

Glad it helped you, thanks for the comment, like and view! I appreciate it a lot!

[@LegionarHR]

Awsome video!

[@dethii0510]

A very nice guide, easy to follow and understandable, thank you! Btw you've got a very nice voice and way of speaking, much better than most fakely overenergetic youtubers

[@palfy205]

Wow, thanks! Glad you liked it.

[@W1CK_PT]

Yes!! Thank you for this buddy 👍

[@palfy205]

Anytime! Working on a Macronutrient mastery video next :)

[@JoseRodriguez-hv1kk]

What a great video! Good job Palfy. New sub, of course.

[@palfy205]

Thanks Jose

[@redcallahan4635]

Thanks for the video, by the way. Very helpful.

[@palfy205]

I'm glad you found it helpful. I'm learning lots and want to share they information with others.

[@Alex-px9lk]

Love your videos

[@palfy205]

Thanks for the comment

[@TaaxiCaab]

I just found your channel last night. I'm on my 3rd of your vids, as I play Scum and watch youtube from a hospital bed recovering from surgery. Your thorough, yet concise style is fantastic. Have you looked into farming cannabis and tobacco to make cigarettes to sell to the trader for profit?

[@palfy205]

Glad you found my channel, it's a fantastic game, lots of detail. I hope your recovery goes well, and I have not looked into selling tabaco or cannabis due to my money making is from Bunkers, Kilboxes and so on, I don't normally have issues with money. But I may try it to see if it's worth for new players.

[@dirtydee9440]

Very concise yet helpful

[@palfy205]

Glad it helped you. ❤

[@TroyArchAngel]

@@palfy205 helpful but not thoroughly. Didn't mention how the heck you get that window up with how much sunlight and water it has. I am pressing right click nothing comes up. What comes up is destroy plant. Figured it out on my own, would have been much helpful if you said focus on the plant.

[@palfy205]

@troy-god-of-war I definitely did mention how to get that up by HOLDING Right-click. I do apologize if the video fell short of your standards. 2:25 explain how to use it. Not sure what you mean Troy.

[@TroyArchAngel]

@@palfy205 yes you mentioned it but not thoroughly like some said. If it was thoroughly you would have said "the same way you focus but on the plant". I'm on controller that's why. But it still helped me a little bit. I had to figure it out on my own, first I held right click elsewhere and saw that it's the focus button, then I knew that you need to focus on the plant.

[@Tigerworksinc]

That is the exact spot in game that I've had a base for over a year.

[@palfy205]

I've been building there for a long time as well, finally decided every wipe I move locations to get a better feel for the map, thanks for the comment.

[@allemall]

Thanks for this info video. I have one question. After i have Harvest the plants did they grow automatic ore did i have to plant after the harvest every plant new?

[@palfy205]

They will die after several harvests, I have found that failing to harvest them for longer periods of time speeds up the decaying process, harvest once a day they'll last a couple weeks.

[@willbelley1345]

2000ml of water? More like 4 750 ml :o Love the video tho! pretty good stuff.

[@palfy205]

Thanks for watching! Yeah I didn't fill them up completely that was my bad, I wasn't very experienced with farming back then haha.

[@TheNemuda]

Do we need to destroy the plants after harvesting and then plant the seeds again or do we just keep watering and fertilizing after harvest for the veggies to grow back?

[@palfy205]

Based on my experience, I've noticed that if you take care of your garden by regularly removing weeds, the plants tend to survive after harvesting. By providing adequate fertilization and watering, you can extend their lifespan (although I'm not exactly sure by how much). However, neglecting the garden will result in the plants withering and dying. So, there's usually no need to destroy the plants unless they show signs of distress.

[@TSPKane]

Useful guide but do you know anything about the fungicide and pesticide?

[@palfy205]

Not much. With the new update, I haven't fiddled with it. But if you hold focus after using it, you'll see the active effect. But none of them last long enough to be worth using in multi-player since time goes by when you're offline.

[@TaaxiCaab]

personally I have found both to be totally useless and a waste of time, as they wear off often. Crops grow with or without weeds.

[@palfy205]

Yep, the effects don't last long enough for all the effort going into it.

[@nguyenhuuduc7568]

when my apple tree change status to old, it mean no more apple, right?

[@palfy205]

Yeah, it's as good as dead at that point.

[@redcallahan4635]

Where is the exact location in the map were you in?

[@palfy205]

B0 middle white bridge. It's my favorite base location. I can send you a picture in Discord if you join the server.

[@TaaxiCaab]

Are you sure placing it near water gives the plants water and not rain?

[@palfy205]

I've since then learned a bit more, even without rain your crops become watered over time.

[@TaaxiCaab]

@@palfy205 I didn't now that.. But I don't farm much. Fun fact though- You can "water" crops with any pourable- Fresh or salt water, beer, alcohol, soda, gasoline.. Hell, even pissing on them waters them.

[@palfy205]

@TaaxiCaab yup SCUM is a wonderful place. Even the plants are treated with alcohol.

[@sjoerdvelzen8255]

Is farming potatoes still a good way to make fame points?

[@palfy205]

No sir! They removed a lot of fame gain from that in 0.85

[@sjoerdvelzen8255]

@@palfy205 Damn. I might stop playing because of that. Its dumb how I can't buy anything at the trade station. Tnx for reply

[@palfy205]

@sjoerdvelzen8255 No problem. It's not too hard to get fame. Just kill puppets, do bunkers, and kill players. You'll be good!

[@sjoerdvelzen8255]

@@palfy205 Thanks I will try that :)

[@palfy205]

No problem, I run a server that just got an overhaul on the settings and a future wipe coming very soon. In case you're interested.

[@shawnofdadead1805]

Can you get seeds from a potato?

[@palfy205]

Yes, you can collect seeds from any fruit or vegetable that's plantable and you will gain 100% seeds, evne if the fruit or vegetable is below that.

[@shawnofdadead1805]

@@palfy205 Is there something special you have to do with potato's? It seems bugged for me, it's the only veggie I can't get seeds from. (IRL you just cut a potato in half and plant it)

[@palfy205]

I'll give it a try when I play tomorrow@@shawnofdadead1805

[@shawnofdadead1805]

@@palfy205 Awesome, thank you.

[@ruscala322]

God mode plots still produce weeds and weedkiller only kills existing weeds, won't stop them coming back

[@palfy205]

It precents them from coming for a couple of in-game hours. It's weed repellent. The repell time needs to be boosted. You can test it if you'd like. I have and came to the conclusion that it works, but not well. Some garden plots glitch and don't produce weeds. Several people on the server have noticed that who knows why or what starts it, but I think it's random.

[@ruscala322]

@@palfy205 not that I've seen I've tested two plots side by side and weeds grew back at exactly the same rate with or without, try it on existing weeds :)

[@palfy205]

I've done it worked for me. Don't know what to say about that. I'll do another test I suppose.

[@palfy205]

@@ruscala322 just tested it and the weed repellant still works but hold Right click and analyse the plot, it will show you when the weed repellant stops working it removes it from the active effect, only lasted about 30 minutes in real life time. So about 2 hours in-game time, definitely not enough to warrant using for weeds but it does give extra XP.

[@ruscala322]

@@palfy205 Mine must have been bugged, what a surprise with SCUM lol. I managed to build a 4 plot each ten x ten, I use 2 just for weeding xp lol. 15000 on med, 25000 on advanced for each plot weeded 😀

[@HansenSWE]

TWO DAYS of real life gametime?? I just spent all the time of planting a 7x6 plot up. Never doing that again. I'm on singleplayer also.

[@HansenSWE]

Great video though.

[@palfy205]

Takes time, but you don't have to be there doing anything, just plant it and walk away. It beats looking for corn in plants and other food, but if you have money, just go buy food :P

[@HansenSWE]

@@palfy205 Yeah. It's probably a good time to start looking for a second base location and build it up. I like base building, and when I'm done I can go back and witness all the benefit and glory of farming.

[@palfy205]

Yeah, don't take too long though otherwise the crops go bad if you don't harvest them@@HansenSWE

[@HansenSWE]

@@palfy205 Thanks for the assist.

[@TheBazino]

Watering is overrated. I have a garden in the warm zone, doesn't matter. Stuff still grows. Maybe it grows better with water, but to me it never made a difference. I would not grow stuff to cook, because it's not worth the time investment. Just plant things that give good calories and water. Potatoes and Pears are absolute best. Corn is very good too. If you are far from a water source, plant things that give a lot of water, like cucumbers, broccoli and cabbage. If you put some apples and tomatoes in there, you'll have all nutrients covered. Citrus, figs, etc. only grow in the warm(er) areas of the map. They will grow in the others too, but not actually yield a result. It's also not needed to use fertilizer. If you find it great, but the difference is not big enough to care.

[@flash1259]

I had my garden outside the fence on the north side of the B2 airport. I never watered it after the first time. I kept an eye on the water. That area gets enough rain to keep the garden watered. I also didn't cook. I tried cherries and found out they didn't produce fruit. I did plant lemons and they did really good. I mostly planted the lemons, spinach, and zucchini. I also tried a few other things. Most things grew good they just died too fast imo. My biggest problem was weeds. I got to advanced farming mainly weeding, destroying plants, and replanting. I tried weed repellent. I used it on each individual plot instead of just using it overall. I even used it on half the garden and manually pulled the other half. Was almost no difference. I didn't try no fertilize. I did try industrial and organic fertilizes. The plants fertilized with industrial fertilize grew faster. I don't know if it made any difference after they started producing. Since the update I built a 10X10 garden. As soon as I filled in the blueprint it spawned in half full of small weeds. I used weed repellent on 24 plots. This is what it looked like the next time I checked on the garden. Can you tell which 24 plots I used the weed repellent on? i.imgur.com/JcRCMJZ.jpg I haven't planted anything in it because I just don't want to deal with the weeds anymore. I do my gardening in No One Survived. In a hydroponic greenhouse that has a well connected to a water storage tank that supplies the water to the greenhouse.i.imgur.com/mXPNIIH.jpg i.imgur.com/R7lE9U1.jpg

[@palfy205]

I found that over the long-term garden, fewer crops fie when using fertilizer and also grow quicker and obtain more crops each search. As for water, I notice the only crops that have been dead in my garden were ones without water. It also lowers the quality of the produce quicker. The tests I've done this is what I've come to. Not everyone wants to do the cooking, so that's entirely up to the player. But I've done cooking and enjoy doing some of the more relaxing things to add to the immersive survival experience. Everyone will have their own view thats why in the video, I just say this is a suggestion of what I do. I also did it on PVE, so we do things around cooking and drinking just to chill. I must be located on the cusp of the warm area in b0 because my lemons grew and gave fruit. But thanks for the tip!

[@palfy205]

Yeah I agree with you there, we defnitely need weeds to be reduced, it's so insane how quickly they come back. I do think other games do the gardening a lot better and I'm hoping that the devs for SCUM takes some suggestions on it. Building a greenhouse type building would be awesome, and being able to add irigation systems that are not just natural through rain would be nice, but we need more of a definitive benefit to it. Great ideas and awesome pictures I never heard of that game before, I'll have to take a peak at it!

[@flash1259]

@@palfy205 It's also an early access game. Only a few developers and it's only been in early access for a few months. It has things I would love to have in Scum. Support beams, solar, fuel generators, thermal generators connected to a battery tray. I have powered crafting tables, smelting furnaces that don't use fuel and faster ones that use coal or charcoal. Also a even faster one that uses electricity. I have the greenhouse, an animal pen to raise and breed animals. I also repaired an oil well so I can pump oil. Then I built 2 refiners in my garage to refine the oil into gas. I can craft my own car repair kits. There are traders but, the loot respawns different than the way it does in Scum. You get to pick how many days the general loot respawns and also how many days the traders merchandise respawns. There has been 3 new guns and 9 new zombies added . For the worst one imaging the Juggernaut from State of Decay 2. Now they can be disabled when you create your character. Also horde night can be disabled if you want. IMO the game doesn't look as good as Scum. The trees don't regrow. The cars are extremely fragile and the zombies can destroy them so you have to use car repair kits again. The guns aren't as good as the ones in Scum. Again all of this is IMO. This is a picture of my current base. i.imgur.com/xARP109.jpg

[@flash1259]

@@palfy205 I did forget to add that I'm on a single player save. Supposedly unlike Scum you can have your own dedicated server. I haven't checked on servers like Scum has. There's also a really good interactive map. Personally I think it should be used in the game and as a model for other game maps.

[@rickybell2.056]

Garlic is great because it kills infections like antibiotics 😂😂😂 are you mental ?????,,,, grow garlic people

[@palfy205]

Yeah, it does, and it is good to grow, but this guide was done way before garlic added antibiotic properties. Keep it civil, please.

[@xaphyreansar6996]

I searched the entire thread looking for this comment or else I was going to make it, i LOVE carrying garlic with me it's a great antibiotic!

[@andrei-alexandru7622]

[@palfy205]

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