Snuffles Sunflower Farm - Farm Your Own Food - Sell Food To Earn Linden Version B2.2

I lost my plant for a minute but all good now )

I gave a 1 star review a few years ago due to not being able to get materials even though I had paid for them. This time around, Willi Clip provided me with a new Sunflower Farm to test out and a parcel of land to test it with (since I no longer have land). He did go above and beyond to have me try it again, and he was very pleasant. The extra 2 stars are because of his Customer Service and Politeness. The Sunflower Farm is still almost 4k lindens and each time you get materials (you can spend up to 200L to get materials) it provides 800 seeds. It takes a week to get the seeds once you have the materials. I can buy 1000 seeds for 50L. I would suggest that the Sunflower Farm gives 5k seeds to balance it out and make the cost more understandable. He has worked hard to make the rest of the system seem easier and more rewarding, but the Sunflower Farm is still lacking that same feeling.

there's a huge imbalance in the market for the seeds - there are way more farmers then snuffle growers, to the point that seed is going for .029 each (as of 2/12/14). this means the 600 seeds per flower you get won't even feed a single snuffle a day. If you are getting this to cut your cost on food for your snuffles, don't bother.

If you want to farm and sell seeds at a loss (the prim on this varies so you need at least 14-16 prims in reserve) then by all means help yourself.

I got one of these as a gift because I am breeding snuffles. I was excited at first, but disenchanted now after about 3 weeks of having the flower. I still have to shell out 500+ L a week for seeds even if I do get 600 a day from this thing (and you have to buy water and bio for it, and use up energy crystals - all of which costs L to get). I don't have an army of snuffles either - only 10 or so (5 breeding pairs). The lower the market values go on the seed the more the snuffles eat - and if I buy at .029 a seed now - then the price goes .025 I've lost money. Since seed is consumed by the 1000's a day, this 600 value from the flower is like a drop in the ocean.

I hope this gets fixed before snuffles move out of beta, but given the issues with human nature abusing things even if they take a loss doing so, I kind of doubt that will happen.

I am very impressed with this product. The primary purpose of growing sunflower seeds is to feed your Snuffles. But one can also sell their seeds on an exchange and turn a profit. We might not be talking about a vast fortune, but if you farm on a sufficient scale you should see a decent return. Plus, these things are fun to water, provide opportunity for others to earn Linden from watering them, and most important, they are very simple to care for. I would definitely recommend these Sunflower Farms!

...one farm at a time! LOL Great item, seeds are in high demand!