In a technique known as companion planting the three crops are planted close together. Plants raised from seed start bearing two years after planting. The women were in charge of planting, weeding, and harvesting the crops. This includes things like planting rows of native vegetation in between rows of crops. By middle summer, many of these people were planting crops and doing other farm work. Most of the rice planting and harvesting are done by hand. Moisture levels before planting and flowering impact yield most. The player must find optimal planting, watering and harvesting patterns. They were not planting crops, nor trading with the natives or catching fish. Nitrogen fertilizer is needed at the beginning of every planting year. They are skilled in agriculture such as paddy planting & cultivation of gingers. Cuttings below need to be rooted and raised in a separate nursery before planting. Since then he has been planting trees. Seeds were taken from sacred bundles for the spring planting ritual. She took part in the women's seasonal planting and intermittent weeding.