By Mira Chen — I lost roughly 400 gold worth of strawberries to aphids in my second week because I did not know ladybugs act as natural pest control. Here is everything I have learned about protecting your garden.
Common Threats (And Their Fixes)
Weeds: Appear in empty plots. Pull them daily. Takes 2 seconds per weed. I lost about 3 hours of growth time across my first two weeks because I ignored weeds.
Aphids (spring, strawberries): Release ladybugs near affected plants. Ladybugs come from bug catching. I keep 3 ladybugs in storage specifically for aphid season.
Caterpillars (summer, leafy greens): Pick them off manually. Takes about 30 seconds per plant. Annoying but simple.
Slugs (autumn, after rain): Craft copper strips at your workbench and place them around garden plots. Permanent solution, tedious to set up.
Wilt Disease: Rotate crop positions every 3 harvests. I lost 4 strawberry plots to wilt because I planted in the same spots for two weeks.
Mira learned about ladybugs the hard way after losing 400 gold in strawberries. Garden defense tips at discord.gg/heartopia-players.