"quote author=Zorgn link=topic=76.msg654#msg654 date=1225168162]
As for the comment on red plots above, I believe that happens when your farmers can't find seeds.
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As for my red plots, I always have lots of seeds available. By lots, I mean 100 - 200 for each type. The red shows up for every single plant species, on every plot. It often seems to happen near the end of winter. I wonder if for some reason the growing seasons end in mid-winter and nothing is allowed to happen until spring. There's not even crops standing in the fields to be harvested.
At any rate, I'm not short on seeds, so that's not it.