Dinkum: how to make and use fertilizer

Since Dinkum is a game that is very close to a farm simulator along with other elements, you will often have to use fertilizer. Fertilizers in this game are used to make your plants grow faster. The faster your crops grow, the faster you can harvest them. So, in this guide, let’s see how to make fertilizer in Dinkum and also learn how to get a compost box.

How to make fertilizer in Dinkum

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You can make fertilizer in this game by adding waste like Roo Poo, Shells, etc. to your compost bin. The compost bin turns it into a bag of fertilizer the next day. This is the process for it:

1. Start by making a compost bin. For it you will need:
   • compost pit
     • Hardwood Plank: 8
     • Copper ingot: 3
     • Tin sheet: 1
     • Nails: 15
2. Place the compost bin in a convenient location where you feel accessible.
3. Then add roo poo to your inventory. You can pick it up directly from the animal pen or take it from storage if you have previously stored it.
4. Equip Roo-Poo and approach the compost bin.
5. Left click to insert it into the compost bin. You will need at least 4 Ru-Poo to make one bag of fertilizer.
6. You will see the lid of the basket close.
7. If you need more fertilizer, you can create multiple compost bins to use more.
8. Wait until the next day, as mentioned earlier, it takes a whole day for a compost bin to make fertilizer.
9. You can find a bag of fertilizer near the compost bin. Right click to collect it.
10. This is how you can make fertilizer in Dinkum.

You are not limited to only Roo Poo to make fertilizer in this game. Here’s everything you can add to your compost bin:

• Projectiles: 25
• Bones: 8
• Wombat Poo: 2
• Ru Pu: 4

How to use fertilizer

In this game, you use fertilizer before planting seeds. The process is exactly the same as in our farming guide, but with one extra step.

1. Plow the ground with a hoe.
2. Now instead of using seeds, first use fertilizer on each tile.
3. Then plant the seeds and water them.

That covers this guide on how to make fertilizer in Dinkum, use it, and create a compost bin.