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Farming Guide

Introduction

To start Farming (Members Only skill) you will need to find a Farming patch. There are different types of patches around the world where you can grow different resources. Their locations and details are explained later on. When you arrive at a patch for the first time it will be overgrown with weeds. You will need to use a rake on the patch to remove the weeds. Then you'll treat the soil with compost (from farmer or you can make your own). Then use a seed on the farming patch, while having a seed dibber in your inventory, to plant it. Use a watering can on the new plant so it will start growing (not needed if you pay a nearby farmer to take care of your plants). But do note that you your plants can get diseased and die if left alone.

If your plant gets diseased you will have to use a plant cure potion on the plant (Flowers can also protect your crops). This can be bought from any farmer that lingers close to most farming patches for 25gp. You can also buy these Plant Cure Potions at Farming Shops, but for 40gp. If you don't use the Plant Cure Potion on your plant in time it will die and you'll have to clear out your patch by using a spade on the dead plant.
Please note that lunar magick offers a level 66 spell to cure disease and a level 83 spell to treat a patch with supercompost.

When you are harvesting some patches you will need a spade as well. You can treat patches with compost to avoid disease and increase harvest yield when you pick the grown plant. The below equipment is suggested:

1 Rake
1 Seed-dibber
1 Spade
1 or 2 Watering cans
Seeds for allotment, hops, herbs, bushes and flowers.
Charged Amulet of Glory
Law runes
An air staff
Earth and Water runes.
Buckets (for compost)
Baskets (used to store up to 5 tomatoes or fruits like apples, strawberries, etc.)
Sacks (used to store up to 10 vegetables like potatoes, onions or cabbages)

The locations of each type of patch, what you can plant, how long they will take and how much xp you receive are detailed below. However the below link might still be useful.

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Farming tools and shops

Before you can start Farming you will need to get some farming tools. These can all be bought in the Farming Shops located close to all allotment patches. They are relatively inexpensive at around a few gp each. Some of them can also be found at various respawning points, such as the shed in Lumbridge swamps. Here is a list of all the farming tools:

Pic	Name	Information
	Rake	Needed to clear weeds from patches.
	Spade	Needed to harvest crops, to remove dead plants, to remove plant roots and bushes, to plant tree seedlings and to pick herbs.
	Watering Can	Needed to start allotment, flowers, and potted tree seeds to grow.
	Seed Dibber	Needed in your inventory to plant seeds.
	Gardening trowel	Needed for planting tree seeds in pots.
	Secateurs*	Needed to cut away diseased branches from bushes and trees.
	Gardening Boots	Dropped by Farmers. Decorative only. Can't be bought in the farming shop.
	Basket	Used to store up to 5 fruits.
	Sack	Used to store up to 10 vegetables. (potatoes, onions and cabbage only).
	Plant Pot	Used to plant tree seeds. Also requires trowel and watering can.

* Secateurs can be blessed during the quest A Fairy Tale Part I - Growing Pains. Magic Secateurs increase crop yields 10% if wielded when harvesting and they can be stored with your leprechaun.

Farming shops are where you can purchase the necessary tools such as sacks, compost, pots and all farming tools. Their locations are detailed below. All farming shops are shown like this on the map:

Name	Info	Name	info
North of Catherby		North West of Port Phasmatys
North of Ardougne		South East of Falador

The Leprechaun's Tool Shed
At each farming patch, you can find a leprechaun dressed in green, as expected. This leprechaun will offer to hold your tools, buckets, and compost in his magical tool shed.

This will allow you to have more inventory spots to harvest your finished crops. When you talk to the leprechaun, his tool shed storage screen will come up (below), which for some reason is called the "Amazing Farming Equipment Store." It shows you what items you can store, how many of each item are in the tool shed at the moment, and the maximum number of the items that the tool shed will hold. The tool shed will only hold 1 of each item, except for compost and buckets. If you have magic secateurs, you can store either them or normal secateurs, but not both. It will hold 255 of both the regular and super composts, and 31 empty buckets.

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Seeds

You can collect seeds by thieving from Master Farmers or from the Seed stalls. The Seed stalls do not yield herb seeds, while the Master Farmers do. Some monsters drop seeds. You can purchase seeds from other players. You can also buy various seed packets with reward points from the Pest Control mini game. Additionally, picking cabbage will give you occasional cabbage seeds, picking potatoes will give you potato seeds, etc.

You can get tree seeds from a bird nest. Bird nests are randomly dropped from trees while you are woodcutting. A bird nest will drop behind your character and you will have to pick it up. Alternatively, bird nests can be obtained as rewards from various minigames, especially the Miscellania Kingdom. If you search a tree nest, there is a chance you will find a tree seed, a ring, a fruit tree seed or a bird egg. For those more of a Combat type, you may want to consider utilising the Giant Mole. Killing the Giant mole will give you Mole Skin and Claws, and you can trade these to Wyson the Gardener in Falador park in exchange for 1 bird nest per mole item you turn in. Consult the Bestiary data for the Giant Mole for more details.

Pic	Location	Name	Thieving	XP
	Draynor Market	Master Farmers	Lvl 38	43 xp
	North of Ardougne	Master Farmer	Lvl 38	43 xp
	South of Varrock	Master Farmer	Lvl 38	43 xp
	Draynor Market	Seed stalls	Lvl 27	10 xp

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Compost

Patches that have been treated with Compost are less likely to become diseased and will yield a better harvest. Supercompost magnifies both qualities. You can buy compost at farming stores, but not supercompost. To make your own compost or supercompost, you have to fill up your own compost bin with organic material. These compost bins are located at every allotment patch. You will have to put 15 items in them to fill the bins. Then close the bin and wait for 40-50 minutes until it's rotten. When it lets you re-open the bin you can get 15 buckets of compost out of it by using a bucket with the bin. Use an item on the local farmer to find out what type of compost it will make. Weeds are easy to use (for regular compost) because all weeds in your inventory are deposited at once (any other items must be used on the bin one at a time.)

Name	How to make them	Xp for filling buckets from compost bin	Xp for using the compost on the patch
Compost	Put 15 organic items into the compost bin, like weeds, low vegetables and fruits like cabbage or onions, or low herbs like guam leaf and marrentill.	4.5 xp each (67.5 xp total)	18 xp
Super Compost	Put 15 higher organic items into the compost bin, like pineapples, watermelons, jangerberries, whiteberries, tree roots, coconut shells, and herbs avantoe and higher.	8.5 xp each (127.5 xp total)	26 xp
Rotten tomatoes	Put 15 tomatoes in the compost bin and nothing else.	4.5xp (67.5 xp total)	None

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Allotments, Flowers & Herbs

To plant allotment seeds you will need to go to an Allotment patch. At allotment patches there is always a Compost bin, one Herb patch and one Flower patch. The locations of this type of patch is detailed below. You have to have 3 allotment seeds to plant an allotment patch.

Allotment patches - Blue
Herb patches - Red
Flower patches - Yellow

Picture	Name	Route	Information
	North of Catherby	Teleport to Camelot and walk east	There is a farming shop just east of the patch where you can buy everything you need.
	South of Falador (North west of Draynor)	Teleport to Draynor (amulet of glory), and go north west, or teleport to Falador and go through the south gate and then east.	You can go to the west and climb over the stile into the cow field and then walk a little south to get to the farming shop.
	North west of Port Phasmatys	Use your ectophial and go west past the undead farm.	When you arrive it's easier to go to the shop first.
	North of Ardougne	Ardougne teleport, go through the northern gate past the farms, and go east.	Visit the farming shop first. It's a long walk around the sheep.
	Troll Stronghold (Herb Only)*	This patch is only accessible after you finish My Arm's Big Adventure. This patch is best accessed using the Trollheim Teleport (from Edgar's Ruse Quest) and running from the top of the hill to the stronghold.	Visit any bank first before you teleport, as there are no banks nearby. You do not need to bring any cures however, since herbs in this patch cannot get diseased.

*The Tools leprechaun here also sells farming supplies, although the supply is best used for patches elsewhere.

Here is a list of what you can plant at Allotment patches, together with some information on how much xp you will receive, and their healing values.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for picking	Healing	Result
	Potatoes	Lvl 1	40 mins	8	9	Heals 1 (See Cooking guide for baked potatoes)
	Onions	Lvl 5	40 mins	10	11	Heals 1
	Cabbage	Lvl 7	35 mins	10	11.5	Heals 1
	Tomatoes	Lvl 12	40 mins	12.5	14	Heals 3 (basket heals 15)
	Sweetcorn	Lvl 20	55 mins	17	19	Heals 10% of your hp. (must cook first)
	Strawberries	Lvl 31	55 mins	26	29	Heals 6 (basket heals 30)
	Watermelon	Lvl 47	75 mins	48	54,5	Heals 12 (must use knife)

You can either take care of the plants yourself, as explained in the Intro or you can let the farmer close to that patch take care of them. However this is going to cost you something, not money but another farming product. Here is the list of farming products you have to pay to let the farmer watch your crops.

Name	Payment to Farmer
Potatoes	2 buckets of compost
Onions	1 sack of potatoes
Cabbage	1 sack of onions
Tomatoes	2 sacks of cabbage
Sweetcorn	10 jute fibers
Strawberries	1 basket of apples
Watermelon	10 leaves of curry

Flowers are located in the middle of all allotment patches. Some are meant to protect your crops from getting diseases, others are meant for herblore. You can just check Allotment if you want the exact locations of the flower patches (they have been marked yellow). You always plant flowers one at a time (one seed), and you always harvest a set amount. This means you will always harvest 1 nasturtium, 1 marigold, 1 rosemary, 3 limpwurt roots and 3 woad leafs (note you only get the exp as shown in the table and not 3 times that exp).

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for picking	Result
	Marigold	Lvl 2	17,5 mins	8,5 exp	47
	Rosemary	Lvl 11	17,5 mins	12	67
	Nasturtium	Lvl 24	17,5 mins	20	111
	Woad	Lvl 25	17,5 mins	20,5	115,5
	Limpwurt	Lvl 26	17,5 mins	21	120

Some flowers are used to protect your Allotment by attracting away insects; here is a table which shows what protects certain crops.

Name	Protects
Marigold	onions, tomatoes and potatoes
Rosemary	cabbage
Scarecrow	sweetcorn
Nasturtiums	watermelon

Herb patches are found in the same location as Allotments and Flower patches. For locations of herb patches click here (herb patches have been marked red). Herbs cannot be protected in any way or be looked after by the farmer, so you will have to do it all by yourself. If they get diseased you have to use a plant cure potion on them. If they die, use a spade to dig up the patch. Herb patches do not need to be watered. Here is a list of all the herbs, the levels, and the xp you get from them.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for picking	Result
	Guam leafs	Lvl 9	75 mins	11	12.5
	Marrentill	Lvl 14	75 mins	13.5	15
	Tarromin	Lvl 19	75 mins	16	18
	Harralander	Lvl 26	75 mins	21.5	24
	Goutweed	Lvl 29	75 mins	105	45
	Ranarr Weed	Lvl 32	75 mins	26.5	30.5
	Toadflax	Lvl 38	75 mins	34	38.5
	Irit Leaf	Lvl 44	75 mins	43	48.5
	Avantoe	Lvl 50	75 mins	54.5	61.5
	Kwuarm	Lvl 56	75 mins	69	82
	Snapdragon	Lvl 62	75 mins	87.5	98.5
	Cadantine	Lvl 67	75 mins	106.5	120
	Lantadyme	Lvl 73	75 mins	134.5	151.5
	Dwarf Weed	Lvl 79	75 mins	170.5	192
	Torstol	Lvl 85	75 mins	199.5	224.5

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Scarecrows

Scarecrows are used to protect sweetcorn from getting eaten by birds (which is a disease). You have to build scarecrows first and then put them on a flower patch. When you are finished with them, they can be dug up and banked for future use. Here are some instructions on how to make scarecrows and where you can find what you need.

Use a empty sack on a straw bale (you can buy empty sacks at any farming shop; there are straw bales and haystacks at every farm, such as just above the farming shop in Ardougne).
Then use the hay sack on a bronze spear (you can kill goblins for spears).
Now use a watermelon on the bronze spear and hay sack as a head (you can only buy watermelon from other players).
Finally use the scarecrow with the flower patch.

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Hops

Hops patches are not in the same locations as allotment, flower and herb patches. You will need 4 seeds to plant a hops field. Jute is an exception, it only requires 3 seeds.

Here is the list of all locations of the hops fields.

Picture	Name	Route	Information
	North of McGrubor's Woods	Teleport to Camelot, go west and when you reach a fence, go north of the coal tracks.	You will pass Camelot bank on the way.
	Yanille	Teleport to Watchtower and go east, around the fence, and go west past the Wizards Guild.	An agility shortcut through the wall is north of the farming patch. Bank is east of the patch.
	North of Lumbridge farms	Lumbridge teleport, cross the northern bridge, and go north past the farms.	Bank in the Lumbridge castle - top floor, or in the Lumbridge basement after completing at least the first part of the Recipe for Disaster Quest.
	Entrana	Teleport to Draynor, go northwest through the fence, then south to Entrana Monks' boat.	Entrana does not allow weapons, armour, or staffs. You can take runes, amulets, and rings for teleport.

Here is a list what you can grow at hops fields, together with xp and growing times.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for picking	Results
	Barley	Lvl 3	35 mins	11	9.5
	Hammerstone	Lvl 4	35 mins	9	10
	Asgarnian	Lvl 8	45 mins	11	12
	Jutes	Lvl 13	45 mins	13	14,5
	Yanillian	Lvl 16	55 mins	14.5	16
	Krandorian	Lvl 21	65 mins	17	19.5
	Wildblood	Lvl 28	75 mins	23	26

You can either take care of the plants yourself, as explained in the intro or you can let the farmer closest to the patch take care of your plants. However this is going to cost you something, not money but another farming product. Here is the list of farming products you have to pay to let the farmer watch your crops.

Name	Payment to Farmer
Barley hops	3 buckets of compost
Hammerstone hops	1 marigold
Asgarnian hops	1 sack of onions
Jutes	6 barley malt (to make barley into barley malt, use barley on a range)
Yanillian hops	1 basket of tomatoes
Krandorian hops	3 sacks of cabbage
Wildblood hops	1 nasturtium

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Trees

To plant tree seeds, you will need to use your trowel to plant the tree seed in a plant pot. You can buy both from the farming store, or you can use an empty plant pot on any gardening patch to fill it with dirt. Water the pot, and very soon it will grow into a sapling. You will need a spade to plant the sapling in a tree patch. Tree patches do not need to be watered. If a tree gets a disease you will have to use your secateurs on the diseased tree. After you have checked the health of your tree you can chop it down. Once it is gone you will see the tree stump like you normally do when woodcutting, but now you can use a spade on it to clear your patch for a new tree. You will receive tree roots for this, these are used for several things. Oak roots are used for brewing an ale. Magic roots are used to make the Amulet of Nature.
Alternatively, you could pay a gardener 200gp and (s)he will clear the patch for you, but you won't get the tree roots this way.

Here is a list of all locations of the 5 tree patches.

Picture	Name	Route	Information
	Falador park	Teleport to Falador and walk east until you reach the park.	Falador east bank is south of the park.
	Taverley	Teleport to Falador, go north through the members gate, and turn south.	Falador west bank first if needed.
	Varrock Castle Courtyard	Teleport to Varrock and walk north into east side the castle courtyard.	Varrock west bank is closest.
	Lumbridge forest	Teleport to Lumbridge, go northwest around castle, then southwest.	Bank in the Lumbridge castle - top floor, or in the Lumbridge basement after completing at least the first part of the Recipe for Disaster Quest.
	Gnome Stronghold	Glory Teleport to Al Kharid, and take the Glider to the Grand tree. Alternatively Glory teleport to Edgeville and run to the Spirit Tree north of Varrock, and use it to get to the Gnome Stronghold.	There is a Bank right beside the tree patch.

Here is a list of all trees, xps and times.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for checking health	Result
	Acorn (Oak Trees)	Lvl 15	140 mins	18	467.5
	Willow Trees*	Lvl 30	220 mins	25	1,456.5
	Maple Trees	Lvl 45	300 mins	45	3,403
	Yew Trees	Lvl 60	380 mins	81	7,069.5
	Magic Trees	Lvl 75	460 mins	145	13,768.5

*You can use secateurs on grown willow trees to get willow branches. This gives you no farming experience, but the branches can be used to make baskets.

You can either take care of the plants yourself as explained in the intro, or you can let the farmer that is close to the patch take care of your plants. However this is going to cost you something, not money but another farming product.

Here is the list of farming products you have to pay to let the farmer watch your crops.

Name	Payment to Farmer
Oak trees	1 basket of tomatoes
Willow trees	1 basket of apples
Maple trees	1 basket of oranges
Yew trees	10 cactus spines
Magic trees	25 coconuts

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Fruit trees

Fruit trees are planted on special fruit tree patches; there are four. The same planting procedure for regular trees applies to fruit trees. Here is a list of the four fruit tree patch locations.

Picture	Name	Route	Information
	East of Catherby	Camelot teleport, go southeast through Catherby, then east of the fishing spots.	Catherby bank is on the way.
	West of Tree Gnome maze	Walk from Ardougne or use a Spirit Tree to get to the Gnome Maze, then ask Elkoy to take you out of the maze, right near the patch.	No bank close by - use Spirit Tree to bank at Gnome Stronghold.
	North west of Brimhaven	Ardougne teleport, boat to Brimhaven, just southwest.	Visit Ardougne south bank first.
	Gnome Agility Course	Use Spirit Tree to Gnome Stronghold and it's one click east.	There is a bank southwest, or in the Grand Tree.

Here is a list of all fruit trees, xps and growing times. Each tree will produce 6 fruits. If you pick them and leave the tree, it will produce more.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for checking health	Xp for Picking Fruit	Result
	Apple Trees	Lvl 27	14.6 hrs	22	1,199	8.5
	Banana Trees	Lvl 33	14.6 hrs	28	1,750.5	10.5
	Orange Trees	Lvl 39	14.6 hrs	35	2,470	13.5
	Curry Trees	Lvl 42	14.6 hrs	40	2,907	15
	Pineapple Trees	Lvl 51	14.6 hrs	57	4,605.5	22.5
	Papaya Trees	Lvl 57	14.6 hrs	72	6,147	27
	Palm Trees	Lvl 68	14.6 hrs	111	10,100	42

You can either take care of the plants yourself as explained in the intro, or you can let the farmer closest to the patch take care of your plants. However this is going to cost you something, not money but another farming product. Here is the list of farming products you have to pay to let the farmer watch your crops.

Name	Payment to Farmer
Apple trees	9 raw sweetcorn
Banana trees	4 baskets of apples
Orange trees	3 baskets of strawberries
Curry trees	5 baskets of bananas
Pineapple trees	10 watermelon
Papaya trees	10 pineapples
Palm trees	15 papaya

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Bushes

Bushes can only be planted at bush patches. Bush patches never need to be watered, but can still get diseased. Here is a list of the four bush patch locations.

Picture	Name	Route	Information
	West of Champions Guild	Varrock teleport, then go south out the gate and walk south west to the Champions Guild.	Varrock west bank is convenient.
	Rimmington	Teleport to Draynor or Falador and walk to Rimmington. Alternatively you can set your house in Rimmington and use House Teleport to get to the patch faster.	Pretty remote, so bank first in Draynor or Falador.
	South West Etceteria	Use enchanted lyre, go north west to Fremennik harbour and take the east boat; go north, then east over the bridge, then south.	There is a bank north of the castle.
	South of Ardougne	Ardougne teleport, go southwest past the bank. Keep going south-southwest.	Bank at Ardougne south first.

Here is a list of all Bushes, their xps and times. Each bush will produce 4 berries. If you pick them and leave the plant, it will produce more.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for checking health	Xp for picking	Result
	Redberries	Lvl 10	90 mins	8.5	64	4
	Cadavaberries	Lvl 22	110 mins	18.5	102	7
	Dwellberries	Lvl 36	130 mins	31	177,5	12
	Jangerberries	Lvl 48	150 mins	50,5	284,5	19
	Whiteberries	Lvl 59	150 mins	78	437	29
	Poison ivys	Lvl 70	150 mins	120	674	45

Name	Payment to Farmer
Redberry bushes	4 sacks of cabbage
Cadavaberry bushes	3 baskets of tomatoes
Dwellberry bushes	3 baskets of strawberries
Jangerberry bushes	6 watermelon
Whiteberry bushes	8 mushrooms
Poison Ivy bushes	15 coconuts

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Specials

All special patches require a decent farming Lvl of 53 and higher. Special patches all have their own locations and for most of them there is no farmer to take care of your crops. It won't happen often, but your special patches can also get sick. You can however pay a farmer to watch over you spirit tree, after having completed Monkey Madness Quest and having at least started Lunar Diplomacy Quest. The required payment consists of five monkey nuts, 1 monkey bar (both bought from the food stall on Ape Atoll) and one Ground Suqah tooth (on Lunar Island).

Picture	Name	Location	Route	Information
	Spirit tree	South East Etceteria	Use enchanted lyre, go northwest to Fremennik harbour and take the east boat. Go north, then east over the bridge, then southeast past the bush patch.	There is a bank north of the castle.
	Spirit tree	West of Draynor (east of Port Sarim)	Draynor teleport and walk west through the fence, then due south.	Bank at Draynor bank.
	Spirit tree	Northeast of Brimhaven	Teleport to Ardougne, take the boat to Brimhaven, and follow the coastline south east.	Visit Ardougne south bank first.
	Cactus	Al-Kharid	Al-Kharid teleport (amulet of glory), and walk north east next to the crafting shop.	Bank is just west of the palace.
	Belladonna	Draynor mansion	Draynor teleport, go north inside the gates of Draynor Mansion, and go northwest from the quest icon.	Use Draynor Bank. You will need to wear gloves when harvesting this plant.
	Calquat Tree	North of Tai Bwo Wannai	Ardougne teleport, take the boat to Brimhaven, then go south until you see a general store, then go southeast until you see an anvil.	Bank in Ardougne south before you board. This is a long walk.
	Bittercap mushrooms	West of Canifis	Use your ectophial, go west through the fence, south over the slayer master bridge, then west of Canifis.	Bank is due south of the slayer master, and west of the tavern.

Here is a list of all specials with xp and growing times. Please note that belladonna and mushrooms do not grow back once you harvest them. The cactus and calquat tree do grow up again and you can pick their fruits again after few hours (like any other bush or fruit tree). The items picked from the plants are useful in herblore or cooking.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for checking health	Xp for picking	Result
	Bittercap Mushroom	Lvl 53	220 mins	41	None	57 (*6)
	Cactus	Lvl 55	550 mins	57	374	25 (*3)
	Belladonna	Lvl 63	280 mins	91	None	512
	Calquat Tree	Lvl 72	1200 mins	130	12,096	48.5 (*6)
	Spirit Tree (only 1 at a time)	Lvl 83	3680 mins	199.5	19,302	N/A

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Amulet of Nature

Amulet of Nature is used to help you keep track of one of your farming patches. But do note that you can only have one amulet of nature at a time. You can bind the amulet to any patch simply by using it on the patch itself. You can manually check the status of your crop in this patch by rubbing the amulet. If you are wearing the amulet, you will receive a message (and if on high detail, a distinctive tone) telling you whenever your plant is either diseased, dead, or ready to pick. Note that your plant will only die if you do not react rapidly enough when it tells you the crop is diseased, or if you are logged out and miss the opportunity. Here are some instructions on how to make the Amulet of Nature:

First smelt a gold bar from some gold ore and then use an emerald on the furnace (carrying the gold bar and an amulet mould), and make an emerald amulet.
Now use a spun magic root on the amulet to finish it (magic roots require Lvl 75 farming to grow).
Use the spell that is normally used for enchanting Lvl 2 amulets (emeralds) on it.
Amulet of Nature is non-tradeable, but you can buy an emerald amulet strung with a magic root before it is enchanted (note that the string will look different.)

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Tips

Farming multiple patches at once will raise your Farming levels much faster than staying put and watching one patch. Despite that, some players prefer to stay near one patch to watch that it doesn't become diseased, training other skills while waiting for it to grow (eg., fishing in Catherby, thieving in Ardougne). If you farm multiple patches, try to design a travel routine that will take you to all 4 allotment, all 4 bush patches, and whatever else you can squeeze in. Travelling farmers will lose a few crops to disease, but will level very fast. Here are a few tips to help make travelling farmers more effective.

First, ALWAYS use supercompost. You will get much better harvests, and it decreases the chance for disease tremendously. Since you can't be everywhere at once, this is very important. Pineapples are easy to pick in the Karamja jungle just north of the dungeon to Iron Dragons. They can also be bought from Charter Ship crew members; two are conveniently located just south of Catherby Bank. Jangerberries are on the ogre island just short walk east of Castle Wars. Stock up on these while you wait for your crops to mature.
Also, stock up some supercompost in your bank or with the Leprechauns. It's vital when you are planting bushes and trees if you are not paying the farmers to watch your crops. When you go to plant trees, bushes, and specialty crops, make sure you have your own supercompost, as farmers don't sell the good stuff (if you are using farmers to watch your bushes and trees, you don't need any compost).
Don't wear heavy armour or weapons. You will be running around a lot, and you will want your energy to last as long as possible. Wear Boots of Lightness if available.
Plan your travel routine to be most efficient. You should arrange the order in which you will go to the patches so that you can plan ahead for your bank stops. Think it through, pick your banks, and hit all the patches, and soon it will become habit. Keep track of planting and growing times. For example, while you are in Ardourgne, farm the allotments, bush, and two fruit tree patches with one bank stop.
Don't forget your crops grow while you are logged out, too. Do a farming round before logging out in the evening. The next day when you log back in you'll find your crops ready to be harvested.
Bring everything with you. Have all your tele runes, seeds, and tools with you. The fewer detours you have to make for banks, the faster you can go.
If you save your harvests, you will have to bank more. Plan ahead, and bring baskets/sacks to store the appropriate harvests. Using the leprechaun tool shed to store your tools will also help minimize bank trips.
Always replant your bushes. Check health xp is much better than picking xp. But don't dig up bushes unless you're replanting them. Picking xp is better than nothing.
Some patches are far from water sources. Fill your watering can every time you walk by a fountain, sink, or well. (Use bucket on well, use watering can on bucket.)
When you get good at your traveling farmer routine, you'll have enough time to steal seeds and collect pineapples as you wait for harvest.
You can also get some farming experience by gardening in your house - check the Construction guide for more details.
Be aware of the Farming clock. Every five minutes your allotment and herb crops "tick" to the next "stage" of growth. This is a "cycle". The cycle for trees, fruit trees, bushes, and specialties is much longer. The cycle for flowers is half of the allotments. If you plan your seeds before the clock ticks, you will gain a little time, and you can water both stages in one visit. If your plants are diseased, you will have longer growing times as they will not evolve from the previous stage until you heal them. You will only need to water your allotments once during each stage.
If you are in search of that little bit more of farming experience, after the completion of Garden of Tranquility, you may pick a fruit from the White Tree you have planted in the castle garden; it's 12 xp per fruit picked.
Garden pies and cider give a temporary farming skill boost. Garden pies give +3, normal cider +2, mature cider +3. For more information please refer to our cooking guide.

Happy Farming!