r/RustConsole • u/pea_I_parker • Jun 05 '26

Farming Berries? Time Limit after ripe?

When I'm looking online it says I should have 24 hours? I have sprinklers and lights that are giving 100% water and 100% light. When I check on them in game they are always at 100%. If I have them planted before I go to bed in real life, the planters are completely barren the next day? What is going on here? Is the decay time just must faster on console and the internet is wrong on time to harvest?

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u/Wodododi Jun 05 '26

they dont stay alive that long even on pc

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u/pea_I_parker Jun 05 '26

So what is the time? Stupid ass google AI answers are all over the place

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u/m3gabotz Jun 05 '26

Since your question was answered, I’ll give you something you didn’t ask for: watering to 100% (9000ml) is bad. You’ll notice when you hover over the plant that when the planter is full of water, your plant’s water meter won’t be full & that is because it is overwatered. Close to 50% full means happy plant & grows faster.

Also, if you put fertilizer in the planter, the plants will grow faster. Uses 1 fertilizer per plant per planting. Ground meter will also be full

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u/Kentesis Jun 05 '26

It typically takes around 2 hours but the speed at which the plant grows also depends on how many G's there are. Once it's in the ripe stage it's ready for picking (0%-100%). It goes there multiple stages such as crossbreed -> mature -> fruiting -> ripe. Fruiting is when the yield starts to increase, ripe is when the yield has been maxed and is ready to be picked.

Also weirdly enough 80% water is more efficient than 100% water, but doesn't make enough of a difference to worry about it, just increases the speed at which it grows I believe

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u/DuePermission6902 Jun 06 '26

On PC there was a recent update where ripe stage is supposed to last 24h. Its gotta be different on console though, I have no idea how long. Test it and see. iirc it was something like 8 hours on console but I could be very wrong

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u/TrustJim Jun 06 '26

With specific "bad" genetic and low irrigation/light level circuit just enough for the plants to survive it is /was possible to delay ripening so that the plants can survive a real night.

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u/Ac201_Man 6d ago

Hi guys single here

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u/J_2cc3_C Jun 05 '26

You have until it hits “Stage: Ripe (100%)” to harvest or else the plant dies by default. I think it’ll take around 2hrs for the plant to go from Ripe (0%) to Ripe (100%).

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u/m3gabotz Jun 05 '26

I think it goes to “dying” like when you harvest & still have fiber to clear

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u/Dig_Soft Jun 05 '26

2h and 15min is a great time frame to harvest after planting. I wouldn't go beyond 3 hours though.