I don't understand how my herbs aren't done half the time.

 

 

 

Planted at 3:30 EST, it's 4:55 and they aren't done yet. I thought herbs take 70 minutes to grow? Happened to me last night also..taking longer than 70 minutes. Why?

Why make the same post in two different help forums?

 

I posted on the other one.

Ya, the same thing happens to me a lot. I'll go to check it 70 mins later and it'll end up taking over 2 hours... I suppose 70 mins is just an approximate time, can't be guaranteed.

Invest in an Amulet of Nature and you'll always know when your herbs have grown or has been diseased. I exclusively use the Trollheim disease-free herb plot and I've "attached" my Amulet of Nature to it. Then, whenever I'm skilling somewhere and my herbs are fully grown, I go to the nearest bank, grab the runes I need to teleport, an herb seed and replant my herb patch.

 

 

 

Hassle free herb farming was worth the 50k gp I spent buying a Magic Tree root to make my Amulet of Nature :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: You'll be growing herbs one patch at a time but you'll have an herb harvest 100% of the time.

Just in case anyone doesn't know, doing the quest "My arm's big adventure" will give you a fifth herb patch, one where the herbs never die. So you can grow your best stuff there and leave it a good 2 or 3 hours to make sure it's grown and have no worries.