💧Water, Fertilizer, and Growth Settings

In this guide, you'll learn how to control how fast your weed plants grow, how much care they require, and how players maintain them using water and fertilizer.

All of these settings are found in the config.lua file.

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🔁 How the System Works

Every plant has three key stats:

• Water

• Fertilizer

• Growth

If water and fertilizer levels fall below the required threshold, the plant will stop growing and eventually die.

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🌊 Water Settings

Config.StartAmountWater = 60        -- Initial water % when planted
Config.LoseWaterAmount = 5          -- Water lost every interval
Config.LoseWaterTime = 30           -- Time (seconds) between water loss
Config.WaterFeedAmount = 15         -- Water restored per watering

🧠 Example:

• A plant starts with 60% water

• Every 30 seconds, it loses 5%

• Using a watering item (e.g., water) restores 15%

You can increase WaterFeedAmount if you want watering to feel more rewarding or reduce LoseWaterTime for more realism.

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🧪 Fertilizer Settings

Config.StartAmountFertilizer = 55   -- Initial fertilizer % when planted
Config.LoseFertilizerAmount = 2     -- Fertilizer lost per interval
Config.LoseFertilizerTime = 60      -- Time (seconds) between fertilizer loss
Config.FertilizerFeedAmount = 15    -- Fertilizer restored per usage

🧠 Example:

• Plant begins with 55% fertilizer

• Every 60 seconds, it loses 2%

• Using the plant_fertilizer item restores 15%

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🌱 Growth Settings

Config.GainGrowthAmount = 5         -- Growth gained every interval
Config.GainGrowthTime = 30          -- Time (seconds) between growth ticks
Config.MinimumGrowthRequirement = 50 -- Minimum water/fertilizer % required for growth

• If either water or fertilizer is below 50%, the plant stops growing.

• When healthy, the plant gains 5% growth every 30 seconds until it hits 100%.

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🧠 Tuning Tips

Goal	What to Change
Make plants grow faster	Increase GainGrowthAmount or reduce GainGrowthTime
Make maintenance harder	Decrease StartAmountWater and StartAmountFertilizer, or increase loss rates
Make plants more forgiving	Lower MinimumGrowthRequirement so they grow even if underfed
Make water/fertilizer more impactful	Raise WaterFeedAmount or FertilizerFeedAmount

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💡 Recommendations

• Casual servers: Make water/fertilizer last longer and allow faster growth.

• Realistic servers: Reduce starting values and shorten intervals to simulate careful plant care.