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The Sims 3 Gardening How To

Gardening Classes, Planting, Caring for and Watering Plants

Gardening
How to Garden	Find Seeds	Fertilizer
Plant Quality	Plant List	Omni Plant, Steaks, and more

This Sims 3 Guide was originally written for the PC and Mac versions of the game, but also will help owners of the console versions - PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Please remember some info or numbers may have changed.

The most practical way to get started gardening in The Sims 3
In order to make a garden, you'll need a source of seeds. This can be achieved in several ways. First, all produce can be planted in the ground. That means you can go to the supermarket and buy vegetables to plant in the garden. So any produce available in the supermarket can be planted, and you can grow them as seeds with the gardening skill. Simple enough? This is the simplest way to get almost all the plants in the Sims 3. Later, you can even learn how to plant cheese, eggs, and even steak on your way to making omni plants, flame fruit bushes, death flowers and money trees.

Other ways to get your first gardening seeds
Secondly, you can find seeds in the park and other locations in the Sims 3. The seeds can be hard to spot, but if you look closely on the ground in a location like the Park, you'll see seeds you can pick up. Most seeds will be unknown to you at first. so planting them will be a surprise.

Another way to find seeds is to head out into the world and look for wild plants. Similar to finding seeds, you may be able to harvest multiple high quality produce to plant in your garden, and get it off to a great start. Picking the fruits and vegetables from these plants can yield high quality plantable crops. You can find all but the most special plants out in the world. Look for an omni plant by the science facility, which can be used to duplicate items. There is a flame fruit bush in Gobias Koffi's garden in Sunset Valley. If you find one in Riverview, contact me.

You can find seeds all over town in the Sims 3, but not all spots are as good as the graveyard! You will also earn some free seeds by studying a book on gardening. This route is useful, but not necessary as you'll find that the gardening skill rises very rapidly if your Sim pursues it as a full time job. Oh yes, Gardening in the Sims 3 can be a full time job, and a very rewarding one at that!

How to Learn Gardening
Sims can learn the gardening skill for the first time using several methods. The first and most obvious method is to plant your Sim's first crops (read on to learn how). Additionally, Sims can go to the library or bookstore to read or buy gardening books. There are three levels. The first book covers up to level 3. At level 4-6 you'll need volume 2, the last gardening levels are all covered by the final volume. Your Sim can also take a gardening class, at the science lab in either town. They can be costly, sometimes costing as much as $400 simoleons, but they usually will raise gardening an entire level.

Green Thumbs will start with a free copy of gardening volume 1. Another advanced way to learn gardening is to have another Sim tutor your Sim. This usually must be done by you, as the AI won't offer to do it, but is a cool way to pass on your Sim's skills to others in their family.

How to Plant a Seed
When you learn to garden properly in the sims 3, you can make farms that make this one look tiny To plant a seed, fruit or vegetable in the ground, go to the inventory tab and select the seed. If you have multiple items, you can use plant many to place multiple plants. Click the arrow at the top left corner of any stack of seeds or produce for an easy way to select only the best quality seeds. This is a useful interface option to use if you want to soon start work on a Perfect Garden.

Setting up the Garden
Planting seeds in Double rows work very well as your Sim can work two rows at a time as they move down the lines of plants later. When your seeds are planted, be sure to use the tend garden action to make your sim work in the garden and do whatever is appropriate for each plant. They will pull weeds, water plants and later harvest fruits and vegetables. The tend garden action is a gardener's best friend. Can you imagine manually clicking to pull 50 weeds, or harvest a hundred plants?

How to Water Plants
To water a plant, click the plant after the seed has been planted. Almost all plants will require water the first day. If the option to water them isn't available, they don't need water. You will commonly see this happen when a seed hasn't sprouted yet, and had water the previous day. They just don't always need water early on. Once your garden has sprinklers upgraded by handiness, you'll never need to worry about watering them again.

Further Care
If your Sim is a green thumb, they can boost the quality of the harvested plants by talking to them. You should also read up on fertilizer and its effects.

Gardening
How to Garden	Find Seeds	Fertilizer
Plant Quality	Plant List	Omni Plant, Steaks, and more

The Sims 3 Skills
Advanced Tech	Alchemy	Athletic	Bot Making	Charisma	Collecting	Consignment
Cooking	Fishing	Gardening	Guitar	Handiness	Instruments	Inventing
Laser Rhythm	Logic	Martial Arts	Mixology	Nectar Making	Painting	Photography
Riding	Science	Scuba Diving	Sculpting	Social Networking	Street Art	Writing

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