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We need melons, the island is tropical and melons would be a great new crop. I did some research and found that melons like warm weather with moderate amounts of water, they also grow rather fast. From seed to maturity it is 60-70 days. I am refering to the muskmelon (aka Cantaloupe in the USA) and I made some gfx to support my proposal.

http://www.angelfire.com/alt2/majham/melonoverveiw.png
(I know they aren't the right size, I just wanted an example not to big of size in a decent format)

Here you can see from right to left is the growing process of the melon, below is seeds and the lone cantalope. My idea for the melons is that they grow quickly (2/3 time of grain) and generate decent income, however, they take a 3x3 perfect square to plant. You would need to let them overripen (to the point of being useless for eating), and scoop out the middles destroying the fruit to get seeds. You plant the plant in the middle of the square, and wait for it to grow, when the melons are ripe you just "use" them to pick them. I think max amount of melons possible should be about 4, and Eliza buys them for 3g each.

Growth steps: small plant, larger plant, flowering plant, flowering plant with immature melons, plant with mature melons.

Cliu Beothach wrote:size it down to see what it looks like ig...other then that looks nice.

.....its already too small to fit into Illarion, why would I make it smaller?

the island is tropical

How do you know that? And when did you last see sheep somewhere tropical? They'd die! , besides tropical areas don't usually have pine trees either...


But nonetheless, I like the idea of melons! n nice gfx too.

all in all we need more things to plant :p i like the melon idea

hmm...since when is there a forest near a desert? As discussed before everything isn't going to be correct in a fantasy game

Mishrack wrote:

the island is tropical

How do you know that? And when did you last see sheep somewhere tropical? They'd die! , besides tropical areas don't usually have pine trees either...


But nonetheless, I like the idea of melons! n nice gfx too.

Ask Serpardum, he's the one who told me that.

Only one question. You've got 5 graphics for the melons growing, how long were you thinking it should take to grow? Longer than Cabbages?

No, accually shorter than grain. I read somewhere that grain takes 100-120 days from seed to harvest, whereas muskmelons take about 60-70 days. I just made a graphic for each dramatic developement of the plant, its not to say they will all be used.

I think they should use the 1rst, 4rth, and 5th graphic. only one thing though... I think the melons are too "boring" make them green or something (like watermelons )

Also, how were you thinking that you get seeds?? You could use a cool knife tool and carve out the seeds

Or just use a dagger...

I must agree that we need more crops thus making farming several jobs in its own. I woud not have thought of melons but I like your graphics. I think onions should be a crop rather than a "weed".

tomatoes..carrots..onions..berrys... a farmer only has 2 things to grow that isnt really a fun or good job

Thats a good one Gurik! Farming not being fun or a good job . I don't think berrys should be farmable but Tomatoes and onions, We already have the graphic for them. Also Carrots would be fun to farm as well.

Taters! how could you forget the taters... er, potatoes. Or is it potatos. Tomatoes. Tomatos. Bah, have to ask Dan Quayle.

If im not mistaken,
I believe that Gro'bul has made graphis for Potatoes as well, am i right?

kelp grow it in watter 1st grafik being the same as the 1st grafic for cabbage and the lasst grafic looking the same as the grains first grafic . sell for 1 gold because it can be groun on any watter spot makeing it common and easyer to have a place to grow .

I still like the melon idea.

We farmers need some more crops to plant!

*cough* Corn *cough*

Corn would be fun!!! then my char would actually want to farm

Corn? How about carrots instead?

i already mentioned carrots or even better how about both?

I vote Both!

I don't mind right now...You know when you make a farmer char that you will be only to techincally grow something. You can RP other farming things, my bard can't do anythign really, but I had that in mind when I created him.