Generic seeds

[valeriesusanne]

Here's my idea - I didn't see it mentioned, but admit I didn't read all 300+ pages of ideas

How bout a mechanic where you can combine seeds from different crops into generic "seeds" useful only for planting grass, or maybe recipes that call for "crop seeds."
There is a similar mechanic where different types of milk (cow, goat, etc) when mixed, become simply "milk" so the idea is not so far fetched or complicated.
Seems like it would be a fairly easy mechanic to throw in for those of us who like to plant grass

I like this idea, because I always end up with large amounts of leftover seeds from different crops that I like to save to plant grass, and it would be
nice to be able store them all in one barrel.

Thanks for considering!

[valeriesusanne]

(and, it would also prevent you from accidentally planting a crop in a space you meant to plant grass in; maybe I'm the only one stupid enough to have done this?)

[Sephiron]

(and, it would also prevent you from accidentally planting a crop in a space you meant to plant grass in; maybe I'm the only one stupid enough to have done this?)

I mean... Can't you already put seeds in barrels? Or do you mean you'd like to mix them to save on storage space? Yea, I could see that being helpful. One issue that I can see though is, if you go to plant them like regular seeds (Not "plant grass"), what kind of plant would it produce? And also, if it doesn't plant anything, I can see the potential for griefing or accidents when someone comes by and drops a single poppy seed into your barrel of cucumber seeds, effectively transforming 100L of cucumber seeds into "seeds"
Mixing milk is relatively harmless considering that all milk serves the same function. I think some kind of contraption to convert seeds into specifically grass seeds would serve the purpose better - that way you could still keep a barrel of seeds only for grass, but they have to be processed first

[valeriesusanne]

Ok, well, you put a lot more thought into this than I did! I hadn't thought about the griefing issues, or accidents. I'm very accident prone -
I could absolutely see myself turning a whole barrel of nice flax seed into grass - no griefer required! Good point.
I was just trying to think of a convenient way to store large quantities of low q and leftover seeds in such a way that didn't involve eight barrels or three granaries.
Thanks for the input