Overview
Folgate is one of the six cultivars you can plant at Level 1. Its record describes mid-purple flowers with a notably blue cast, and it is strongly fragrant. The game tags it as a cold-climate candidate with fine aroma, based on Ontario trial and guide records.
Best uses
The cultivar record lists it as best for: Culinary, Essential Oil, Fragrance.
Star ratings
Evidence level shown in the game: Cultivar-informed + modeled. Tags: Cold-climate candidate, Fine aroma.
| Rating | Stars | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Oil | ★★☆☆☆ | Essential-oil potential; changes still recovery when you distill |
| Aroma | ★★★★☆ | Fine-fragrance quality for sachets, sprays and oils |
| Stems | ★★★☆☆ | Cut-stem grade for bouquets and bundles |
| Bundles | ★★★☆☆ | Harvest volume: more stems and flower units per cut |
| Display | ★★★★☆ | Wedding, photo and dried-flower appeal |
| Culinary | ★★★★☆ | Flavor suitability; 3 stars or more can be a culinary lot |
Harvest at full health
These are the game's predicted amounts from one healthy plant (100% health, no Harvest Tools upgrade, no woodiness). Lower health or a woody old plant gives less; the Harvest Tools upgrade gives up to 15% more. The game's yield number for Folgate is 87.
| Harvest use | Amount | XP |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh stems | 9 stems | 6 |
| Drying stems | 8 stems | 8 |
| Distillation crop | 7 flower units | 9 |
| Culinary lot | 4 culinary units | 10 |
Growing it
- Needs one unit of warm-weather growth per stage.
- Needs 10 chill weeks in winter before it can flower. Until then it waits at stage 3.
- Bloom record "summer", peak "summer". Before the game shifts it for your frost dates, the bud-and-bloom window runs from the week of May 27 to the week of Aug 26.
- Well suited in zones 5–9. Outside that range it grows at 72% speed and takes 20% more frost damage.
- After a harvest the plant drops back to stage 2 and regrows from its crown.
Tips
- With 4 Culinary stars it can be harvested as a culinary lot for food recipes.
- Its Oil rating is low, so distilling it gives less oil for the same flower.
- Hardy down to zone 5, so it suits most cold-winter farms.
See also
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