So while I like how the whole quality raises and lowers if plants of the same type are planted within 5 hours of each other. I find the range is far too massive. Basically within a 250x250 range I Have to make sure no one plants their plants within the same 5 hours as I do.
For example if we have two farmers in our village and both would like to try to push the same plant (for the sake of this example a quality 20,20,20 carrot) but dont want to risk both carrot crops dropping quality then you would need to go roughly 250 tiles away so both crops dont have a chance to drop quality, or one could increase their quality by a extra few points.
I love the idea, and it is a great idea, however I feel the range should be lowered. Say to 50x50, as I dont see many villages having a bigger personal plot then that.