Cross Pollination

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Cross Pollination

Cross-Pollination When a plant first reaches its full-grown state, it will sprout its full foliage, no longer contained within the plant bowl. At this stage of the plant’s growth, it will begin to produce pollen. You can view your plant’s current Pollination State in the Plant Resources Menu. The plant will eventually self-pollinate if left unattended, and the plant will begin to produce seeds. Seeds produced by a self-pollinated plant will grow up into an exact duplicate of the ”parent” plant. Plants will only give pollen on days 7 through 9 of their growth cycle. Something to consider if you want to gather the pollen instead of letting the plant self-pollinate.Another method of pollination is called ”cross-pollination”. Once a plant reaches the pollen-producing stage, its pollen may be gathered by the owner by using the Cross-Pollination button. Gathered pollen may be used on another full-grown plant. When you pollinate one plant with pollen from another plant, the targeted plant will produce seeds that will grow into a hybrid of the two plants. The color and type of each ”parent” plant are combined to produce a new type of seed that will grow from the targeted plant.While you may continue to gather pollen from a plant throughout its entire life cycle, once a plant has been pollinated (either by itself, through natural pollination, or through manual cross-pollination from another plant), no further combinations may be performed. The seed type that the plant will produce is determined the first time the plant is pollinized, and cannot be changed afterwards.In very rare circumstances, cross-pollination may result in a ”mutation”. If mutation occurs, the targeted plant will not produce seeds that are a combination of the two ”parent” plants, but will instead produce ”mutated” seeds that grow into mutant plant varieties.Known mutation colors are black and white. There’s about a 1% chance for this to happen.Pollination State The Pollination State indicator displays the current pollination state of a plant. indicates that the plant has not yet produced any pollen, as it has not reached full-grown level. indicates that the plant has entered its pollen producing state, and can have pollen gathered from it, or be cross-pollinated to. indicates that the plant has been pollinated (either by itself, through natural self-pollination, or by the pollen of another plant). While you can still gather pollen from a plant in this state, the plant can no longer be the target of cross-pollination.  Crossing Plant Colors Red Blue Yellow Purple Green Orange Plain Red Bright Red Purple Orange Red Red Red Plain Blue Purple Bright Blue Green Blue Blue Blue Plain Yellow Orange Green Bright Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Plain Purple Red Blue Yellow Bright Purple Blue Red Plain Green Red Blue Yellow Blue Bright Green Yellow Plain Orange Red Blue Yellow Red Yellow Bright Orange Plain Plain Plain Plain Plain Plain Plain Plain Plain Brightness: – Plain, black and white seeds are all dull colored. – All other colors come in dull and bright versions. – Brightness of the child is determined by the color of the parents. – Brightness of the parents does not influence brightness of the child. – Crossing two different colors yields a dull color. – Crossing two identical colors yields a bright color. – Self-pollination will result in the same color and brightness.Regular Colors: – All colors except plain, black and white come in dull and bright versions. – There are three primary colors: red, blue, yellow. – There are three secondary colors: purple, green, orange. – Crossing two identical colors will give that color. – Crossing two different primary colors will give a secondary color. – Crossing a primary and a secondary color will give a primary color. – Crossing two different secondary colors will give a primary color. – Crossing plain pollen with any other pollen will give plain pollen. – Black and white seeds are random mutations. Plants of this color give no seeds.Special Colors and Bonsai Trees : – Four rare colors have been introduced with the “Naturalist Quest”. – The rare colors are pink, magenta, aqua and fire red. – Five different Bonsai Seeds have been introduced with the Samurai Empire Expansion. – Both the rare colors and the Bonsai Seeds are considered mutants and give no seeds.   Crossing Plant Types To determine what plant will be the result of a crossing, take any two plants displayed below and find which other plant is exactly halfway between those two plants, horizontally, vertically or diagonally (right to left). That will be the offspring. Example: Exactly halfway between the Fern and the Tribarrel Cactus you will find the Water Plants, which will be the result of crossing the two plants. Also, to determine how to crosspollinate to any displayed plant in the grid: Start in the cell of the plant you want to create. Move one or more cells away horizontally, vertically or diagonally (right to left), and the same amount of cells in the opposite direction to find two possible parents of that plant. Example: To create Snowdrops, you can cross either Poppies and Bulrushes, Campion Flowers and Lilies or Snowdrops and Snowdrops. Where plants have an even number of grid squares between the resulting cross has a 50/50 chance of being either of the two central plants between. Example Pampas Grass plus Fern or Lilies plus Ponytail Palm have a 50/50 chance of producing either Rushes or Elephant Ear Note: To the right you can see the Century Plant full size, it is shown smaller in the table below. Campion Flowers Poppies Snow-drops Bulrushes Lilies Pampas Grass Rushes Elephant Ear Fern Poppies Snow-drops Bulrushes Lilies Pampas Grass Rushes Elephant Ear Fern Ponytail Palm Snow-drops Bulrushes Lilies Pampas Grass Rushes Elephant Ear Fern Ponytail Palm Small Palm Bulrushes Lilies Pampas Grass Rushes Elephant Ear Fern Ponytail Palm Small Palm Century Plant Lilies Pampas Grass Rushes Elephant Ear Fern Ponytail Palm Small Palm Century Plant Water Plant Pampas Grass Rushes Elephant Ear Fern Ponytail Palm Small Palm Century Plant Water Plant Snake Plant Rushes Elephant Ear Fern Ponytail Palm Small Palm Century Plant Water Plant Snake Plant Prickly Pear Cactus Elephant Ear Fern Ponytail Palm Small Palm Century Plant Water Plant Snake Plant Prickly Pear Cactus Barrel Cactus Fern Ponytail Palm Small Palm Century Plant Water Plant Snake Plant Prickly Pear Cactus Barrel Cactus Tribarrel Cactus

Last modified: February 10, 2013

6 Comments to “Cross Pollination”

1. Katana says:

   December 8, 2012 at 12:10 am

   maby my eyes are just going bug eyed trying to figure this out but i would like to present a set of crossings maby you will be able to tell me if it adds up right.
   fern -> elephant ear = fern
   fern -> pampas grass = rushes
   fern -> bulrushes = pampas grass
   fern -> snake plant = small palm
   fern -> lilies = rushes
   fern -> ponytail palm = fern
   fern -> poppies = lilies

   this is just 1 crossing set i did. i also did an additional 10 raised gardens with different combos but that would be way to many to list here. tell me if that set i just showed makes the correct sense

   ps you need a better human verification. i have to fight with the bloody thing for 20 minutes or more every time i try to post here. and usually just give up in complete frustration. I have already completed 15 puzzles and every one has been rejected by it so far no matter how closely i study and type in the answer

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• Francine says:

  March 11, 2013 at 1:24 am

  Katana,
  Sorry this reply might be a little late. They’ve added a few new plants now. It seems crossing cactus doesn’t get you what this chart says it will anymore.

  But, for the most part it’s right. If you have an even number between the two plants you are crossing, in your examples the fern + pampas grass, you have a 50/50 chance of getting either the rushes or an elephant ear.

  Hope this helps
  Francine

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2. Ada says:

   March 14, 2012 at 3:22 pm

   So I’m really new to gardening and am trying to figure this out… what about plant combinations where there’s not an exact halfway point, like, say, a fern and a snake plant? I’m not sure if it would be a small palm or a century plant.

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• Michael says:

  December 1, 2012 at 5:01 am

  It says this above:

  Where plants have an even number of grid squares between the resulting cross has a 50/50 chance of being either of the two central plants between. Example Pampas Grass plus Fern or Lilies plus Ponytail Palm have a 50/50 chance of producing either Rushes or Elephant Ear.

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3. katana says:

   December 7, 2011 at 4:47 am

   great chat but ive the crossings down the right hand side using the fern tried all but the first 2 and i didnt get any of the plants that it said i should ether the seeds are bugged or they dont use that crossing any more. so far i have found 16 different types of plants droping off the boglings and bogthings in the colors of red blue yellow and plain. i have yet to try all the crossing on this chart yet but plan to do so but so far nothing has been lining up except the color crossing. but i wind up with a completely different plant then the chart says.

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• Kayne says:

  December 7, 2011 at 11:52 am

  Katana,

  Not sure on how you are going about the crossings. Remember that if you cross a fern with a Tribarrel Cactus for instance you should get a water plant.

  The table works by whatever plant is halfway between two others is the result of a cross. So fern and small palm should get a ponytail palm.

  Kayne

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