Darkness falls plants not growing

[Balthazod]

So I am playing DF and have some planters set up and some tilled ground I have mushrooms on planters tilled ground and normal ground but nothing grows except an Apple tree which I have harvested twice while my other plants stay a seeds.  I do not have LOL perk yet  but I thought the plants should still grow they have in the past . Does anyone have any idea why or what is stopping them?   

[Cranberry Monster]

Is there a water source near the plants? Last time I played DF (A19), crops required a water source (such as a rain catcher) nearby to grow. Fruit trees don't need water, which is why your apple tree is working fine.

 

Here's a great video explaining how to supply water to crops in DF:

 

 

[Melange]

12 hours ago, Balthazod said:

So I am playing DF and have some planters set up and some tilled ground I have mushrooms on planters tilled ground and normal ground but nothing grows except an Apple tree which I have harvested twice while my other plants stay a seeds.  I do not have LOL perk yet  but I thought the plants should still grow they have in the past . Does anyone have any idea why or what is stopping them?   

Your garden plants (seedlings) must be close to water in the DF mod. Water must be not more than 4 blocks away. If you place a 'block' of water (using a bucket), that water will be consumed over time.

 

If you're in the forest biome, in town, there's often some ditches that have water in them. Just use the hoe and till the soil along its banks. Note that you can not till a gravel patch, just dig it up and replace with a block of dirt.

 

You can also till along the edges of a pond (straight rows along N-S-E or W).

 

If after a while the areas of the ditch or pond 'dry up', just use your bucket to fill it back in with water you've collected from the 'wet' areas.

 

I don't mess with the player-craftable farmplots. Farming along the ditches (two rows on either side, and remember that there has to be a block of space between each row) is less of a burden, imo.

 

Edited February 8 by Melange (see edit history)

[Balthazod]

Thanks Malange that explains it I was lucky first time I played and by chance planted next to a pond.