Can't tell you how dumb I feel, but I'm going to ask anyway because either I'm misreading the how-to or just am too stupid to get it. I know how to stick a seed in the dirt, pollinate it, reap the seeds, etc. - but obviously I must be cross-pollinating because I started coming up with some really strange plants right off the bat and really none of the original plants once I had used all the seeds I got the first time.

Can you go through the process of single pollination and then cross-pollination? I hate to think that I'm the only one out here who's obviously gotten off to an interesting, but somewhat shaky start!

Thanks!

Sure! Self-pollination is simply using the pollen from a mature plant to pollinate itself (select a plant, grab the pollen, and drag it to the same plant). Cross-pollination is the process of pollinating a plant with the pollen from a different plant. If the two plants involved are identical, you will get seeds that will grow more of that kind of plant. If the two plants are different in any way, you will get seeds for a new type of plant. The difference may be only in the type of flower, the type of plant, or both.

Cross-pollinating is the only way to discover new plant species. You have to be careful when cross-pollinating, though. The hybrid species produced by cross-pollinating may be too fragile to survive in the lower-level soils. I recommend that you plant only one seed in a "batch" of seeds obtained by cross-pollination, to make sure that the plant will survive, before planting the rest of them.

So what I must have been doing is either selecting a plant and grabbing the pollen, then pollinating another plant with it, or not selecting and just using the pollen? If that's right, then I've got it! Doh! and THANKS1

Oh! Light bulb!!! The pollen you grab is from the last plant selected?!?!?!? Man, oh man - do I feel dumb!

Yes, the pollen you grab belongs to the plant with the white circle around the base of the pot (you'll see its information displayed on the left).

Story of my life - not reading the fine print and dashing ahead to tilt at those windmills! lol Now I'm off to (gulp) delete my game and start over the Barbara way! Thanks so much!!!

I am so glad someone asked before me I am just playing the BF download until LDW release it. A huge thank you to everyone at LDW for this game.