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Gardeners: Decrease your Key Presses! Discover the Efficient Plot Management Method!

Who knew gardening would be such hard work?  I may have a green thumb, but it comes with a black and blue index finger.  So many button presses!  Is this the way it has to be?!

No!  Not with the "Hit and Hold" method.

Harvest, Clear, Plant, AND Water a plot with only TWO KEY PRESSES!

Once you have a bloomed plot selected, Hit and Hold 'Enter' until the plot is harvested and cleared, and the seed selection box comes up.  Then, Hit and Hold 'Enter' to plant and water.

That's it!  Happy Harvests!

Posted 5 months ago by Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • O_O genius!
    Posted 5 months ago by Clickadee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh my glob, thank you!
    Posted 5 months ago by La Mariposa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This? Totally rocks! Just jumped in and tried it...thanks for the tip!
    Posted 5 months ago by Abbey Rhode Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I must try this asap o-O'
    Posted 5 months ago by Lila Clemenceau Subscriber! | Permalink
  • omgggg, OMG, OMG. I love you so much <3 This feels like heaven!
    Posted 5 months ago by Lila Clemenceau Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *faints*...    you are brilliant! 
    Posted 5 months ago by Cecily Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *drools
    Posted 5 months ago by Jessenya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm sure those who have known about this were freaking out when they discovered that you could drag seeds onto plots.
    Posted 5 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love it! :D
    Posted 5 months ago by Tegwin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • WHAT
    Posted 5 months ago by Spaghetti Thompson Subscriber! | Permalink
  • !!! serious?!
    Posted 5 months ago by onelittlebird Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If only holding enter worked when changing from plot to plot. We'd be set then.
    Posted 5 months ago by Lorraine ♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
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    Posted 5 months ago by Goodnight Groddle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think I heart you...just checked, got some colour back in my green thumb, yep, I heart you.
    Posted 5 months ago by rorschach Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wonder if the lack of knowledge of things like this is the root of whatever complaints arise... 
    Posted 5 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just tried this and got so many "Slow down!" messages that I gave up. Maybe my computer is just a bit underpowered.
    Posted 5 months ago by Trixie Leitz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Joy!
    Posted 5 months ago by Agnes Snatchflannel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Until TS decides to cancel the possibility to hold the enter key, because people are spamming the servers with it.

    Just saying :)

    EDIT: my suggestion would be to release an upgrade card to clean/harvest ALL the plots in 1 click :D (mostly cuz I play with 800 ping :P)
    Posted 5 months ago by Rutger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is amaaaaaaaaazing. Thank you!
    Posted 5 months ago by Pii Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think I love you.
    Posted 5 months ago by Lady McLadyton Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I really hope this works because I usually use up most of my energy in my garden. Then I eat my neat supply.
    Posted 5 months ago by Maxy Cat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you, works very well :)
    Posted 5 months ago by Cabinwood Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ♥ Bless you, bless you, bless you, bless you! ♥

    My poor wrist was hurting from the repetitive movements, hence I had to back off on playing for a while!  Now maybe I can get back to gardening again!

    EDIT: Just scrolled back and read some comments - Please don't disallow this practice, TS - my wrist would be most grateful!
    Posted 5 months ago by Genkimama Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think TS just improved this again; now planting works holding down Enter too (at least if you have only a single kind of seed)!

    Edit: aww, they broke it again, with an update just now :(
    Posted 5 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Janitch: you sure? It works for me (whether the plot needs water or not). This is a great hack, btw! SO much easier.
    Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, for a while the seed selection dialog didn't come up, so you could go through all actions. Now, the seed selection dialog is back (even if you have only a single type of seed) so you get stuck there.

    What I meant was that it was improved briefly, then reverted.
    Posted 5 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A lot of us discovered this back in the day of the great "gardening is a leisure activity update" when TS changed the timing and we've been just holding down enter for several months now. So much easier and works every time! An upgrade card would be easier BUT this hack has worked for months so hopefully TS doesnt take it away :)
    Posted 5 months ago by Snowpuff Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Janitch, the problem was that the seed selection was never coming up in those circumstances, so if you had a lot of seeds the game would just pick one.  That wasn't really a feature. =)
    Posted 5 months ago by Magic Monkey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I tried this while gardening and noticed I get a lot less super harvests this way.  Does anyone else experience this?
    Posted 5 months ago by Kashtana Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hi, Kashtana.

    I haven't noticed any difference in my average number of super harvests -- in fact, I just got six super harvests in a row using this technique.

    I know that's not proof that I wouldn't have gotten more had I used a slower method, but at least it shows such runs are possible -- and that sates my curiosity!

    Posted 5 months ago by Subscriber! | Permalink