Fertilizer/Farming Simulator 22
Fertilizer is used to increase the yield of your Crops and is crucial to making money on your farm.
How it works
You can fertilize each crop twice overall.
But, there has to be a stage of growth between both applications. For example, you can fertilize the first time after sowing, and a second time after the plants begin to sprout.
There are two exceptions to this:
- Exception #1: grass you can only fertilize once instead of twice
- Exception #2: If you are using manure and slurry for fertilizing, you can activate the double application rate. By using this, you require only one application to reach full fertilization. But, you have to do it with half the speed.
Types
There are 5 types of fertilizer.
Solid Fertilizer is used in combination with fertilizer spreaders. They’re the cheapest way to fertilize in the beginning, since the cost for a low-tier spreader saves you money compared to a sprayer. Buy solid fertilizer either in Bigbag Pallets or individual Bigbags.
Liquid Fertilizer is used in combination with sprayers instead of spreaders. Buy the liquid fertilizer in tanks in the “pallets” section of the shop.
Slurry is produced by your Cows and Pigs, and stored in an underground tank. You need to provide them with fresh water to produce slurry. You need a slurry tanker attached to your tractor to fertilize your field with slurry.
Manure is also produced by your cows and pigs, and will appear in the Manure Heap of their pasture. You have to provide Straw bedding in addition to water for your animals to procure manure. It’s applied with a Manure Spreader.
Digestate is a free byproduct you gain from selling manure or silage at the Biogas Plant. You can apply it as fertilizer similar to slurry, using a slurry tanker.
Catch crops are another option to fertilize your fields. You can get one stage of fertilization by planting Oilseed Radish. This crop can’t be harvested, but you Cultivate over the oilseed when it’s fully grown, so it fertilizes the soil. Then, you plant your regular crop.