Fertilizer
From Toadwater Guide
The main purpose of fertiliser is for planting crops. You cannot plant and therefore farm any crops without fertilised ground, and so fertiliser is an essential element of the farming skill.
Fertiliser is also very useful for planting trees, as fertilised ground will increase the odds of the tree growing fully. This is particularly significant later in the game when you are working on high level trees as forestry is a difficult skill to gain large amounts of XP in.
Finally, fertiliser is also required to plant different types of grass, and consequently is needed if you want to place a hoard or statue.
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Types of Fertiliser
There are 4 different types of fertiliser, and they are all acquired in different ways. The first three are all standard fertilisers, and give the exact same benefits. The third, Enriched Bird Poo, is special fertiliser which is better than normal types and gives additional benefits.
You cannot mix different types of fertiliser, so if you have begun fertilising ground with one kind, it must be finished off with the same type. You cannot fertilise a square with half dried poo and half compost worms for example.
Dried Poo
Dried poo is your own home made fertiliser. It is acquired when an outhouse is filled and explodes. You can then dig the poo up with a shovel and it will be in your inventory ready to use. It can be a long process getting more dried poo, but it has the advantage of being completely free (as long as you have an outhouse and a shovel), and does not require high skill levels to get a decent quantity.
100 dried poo is enough to fertilise one square.
Grandma's Homemade Poo
Grandma's Homemade Poo is by far the easiest to get hold of, as it can be bought directly from the shop. The downside is that it is quite expensive to buy enough to fertilise a square.
Grandma's Poo costs 5 gold per piece, but you need 100 pieces to fertilise a square, which means it costs 500 gold per square you need to fertilise.
Compost Worms
Compost Worms are found in all crops, and usually form about 10% of a crop which means that when you're planting crops at full odds you will find 10 worms on average in every crop.
Compost Worms can also be found from hollowing out bell peppers, you find either 1 or 2 worms per pepper hollowed.
It takes 10 worms to fertilise a field, which means that you should replenish your supply of fertiliser when you are planting crops at 100% odds.
Enriched Bird Poo
Enriched Bird Poo (often referred to as EBP) can only be found by wiping statues. It is better than normal fertiliser, and so confers some additional benefits. These extra bonuses are detailed below, along with other information about the specific uses of fertiliser.
It takes 100 EBP to fully fertilise one square.
