# Farm Poppies? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Bunker\ **Created:** [September 4, 2016, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/farm-poppies/12493 "2016-09-04T08:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![Pandromidal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pandromidal/32/430_2.png) [@Pandromidal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pandromidal)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/farm-poppies/12493/1 "2016-09-04T08:47:10Z")

My character wants to make inordinate amounts of medical mutagen. It seems that my main option for gathering the necessary ingredients is poppies, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to plant and grow more poppies, only to consume the poppies found out in the wild. A few other random questions: Is there a way to plant trees? Is there a craftable item similar to caffeine pills? vitamins? ---

**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/farm-poppies/12493/2 "2016-09-04T09:23:00Z")

There is no way to plant poppies and dahlias. No technical reasons, just not implemented. There is a technical reason for not being able to plant trees, though it could be done with hacks. ---

**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/farm-poppies/12493/3 "2016-09-04T10:56:09Z")

So THAT’s what dahlias are for? I was curious how to get medical mutagen… ---

**Author:** ![BeerBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BeerBeer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BeerBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/farm-poppies/12493/4 "2016-09-04T15:45:48Z")

Could specific (fruit) tree species be copied and added as farmable plants? Would harvesting destroy the tree? Is that where the hack comes in? Is it in real-life possible to rip out a tree with roots intact and everything and replant it at another location, using suitably heavy machinery? I mean, like, who has time to grow saplings. It probably takes AT LEAST a few years before any sapling would grow and yield fruit… Tree relocation could be a multi-skill operation. Construction 3 & Mechanics 3 & Survival 3? First you’d have to dig around the roots and expose them, and try to minimize the damage… On caffeine or other stimulants… All I can think of is coffee, but that requires coffee beans. Not sure if tea is equally strong stuff in the game. I think makeshift vitamin pills is called food. 😛 You could basically designate a container strictly for foods that contain each of the specific nutrients. A food rich in vit-C, a food rich in vit-A and so on. ---

**Author:** ![deoxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@deoxy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deoxy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/farm-poppies/12493/5 "2016-09-04T18:35:49Z")

[quote=“BeerBeer, post:4, topic:12493”]Is it in real-life possible to rip out a tree with roots intact and everything and replant it at another location, using suitably heavy machinery? I mean, like, who has time to grow saplings. It probably takes AT LEAST a few years before any sapling would grow and yield fruit… Tree relocation could be a multi-skill operation. Construction 3 & Mechanics 3 & Survival 3? First you’d have to dig around the roots and expose them, and try to minimize the damage…[/quote] Yes, I’ve seen it done, but it is very hard on the tree, so they die afterwards sometimes. Also, for anything more than a sapling, the machinery involved is VERY large. Try mechanics 8 or so.