How to plant seeds after tilling the garden

Use the bottom-left small-plot selector for basil

Release-week players identify the plot-size selector at the bottom left of the screen. Choose the small plot for basil, then equip the seeds, stand near an empty tilled spot and use the interaction action; one keyboard reply specifies Space. Plot size is separate from the line/circle pattern described below. These current replies corroborate the older small-plot branch without turning the April video into our full-release test. Eastshade now says confirmed tool queues keep working while you leave. For a crop that belongs in water, use the separate cranberry pond instructions.

From spell to planted seed

1. Choose the single point, line or circle option for the tilling song. Those options describe the plot pattern, not the number of seeds automatically planted.
2. Mark the ground you want worked and press the on-screen check or confirm action.
3. Wait for the hoe to finish creating the spaces.
4. Select seeds from the hotbar and sow them in those spaces yourself.

Two players in the April demo discussion independently described this broad flow. One described dragging a line before confirming. If your cast appears to do nothing, first check that you queued plots in placement mode.

Refill at the pond

A player tried the well after their watering can ran dry. Eastshade clarified that the can fills at the little pond. The well is used to sell items; it is not the water source in that developer answer.

If the can disappears after you click near the pond, that is a different problem from having an empty can. Our lost watering-can guide records the developer’s nearby-interaction suggestion and a player’s successful pickup. Demo 0.484 also fixed a watering-can soft lock by the pond; that patch note does not establish a universal solution for every dropped item.

Planted, but not growing? Check the watering step

Equip a filled watering can and interact with the planted plot, or drag the can onto it; wet soil darkens. The community farming guide says ordinary crops advance overnight after being watered that day, including planting day. A missed watering day pauses their growth rather than killing them.

At the garden pond, equip the can and use its Fill prompt. Rain does not refill the can itself. A lost can needs the separate pickup or Version 1.03 replacement branch. These are sourced ordinary-crop instructions, not proof that every pond plant, magic seed or tree follows the same schedule.

Already have the planting controls working? Compare crop growth, regrowth and seasonal seed stock before planning the next harvest.

If the seed says it needs a small plot

In an April development-build capture, the large round tree plot refuses the seed with a small-plot message. The player selects the seed packet, targets the smaller plot icon and plants there; the seed mark appears on the soil. Try a small tilled space, and confirm the seed packet is selected before clicking. Eastshade separately asked an April demo player whether they had made tree plots, although that discussion alone never resolved their attempt. This is a demonstrated branch in an older build, not a guarantee that every released-build “unsuitable” message has the same cause. Record your seed, plot icon and build if the small plot still fails.