Solid Fertilizing

There are not many crops you can farm on the mountains, flying in the sky.
But with correct preparation and procedures. It is hard but possible.
However, no matter how easy it may seem.
Never substitute Solid Flow with its Blossom counterpart...

Description

Without a proper ecosystem, the Atocites are barely receiving all the nutrition necessary to grow certain crops over and over.
To provide the missing nutrition for the very limited selection of crops, the Solid element of The Flow is utilized.   Using the Solid element allows for shortcuts or alternative methods of fertilizing in areas where accessibility to normal methods of fertilization fails.
   

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Process

People hearing about this ritual at first assume that the Solid crystals are crushed into fine dust, which they then sprinkle throughout the ground they wish to fertilize. Which is not how Flow works.
For fertilization, it is the Solid element and its effect of creation of various materials, minerals, and metals in trace amounts that fertilize the ground.
  There are two ways one can approach this ritual.
Through the very patient and slow approach, where the Flow is connected to the sample and made to slowly dissipate. Creating a copy of the sample area.
A more rapid method requires deep knowledge regarding the fertilizers and which materials, and minerals are necessary for the specific crop. This method is rarely seen used, as the understanding required for it is hard to achieve.   The correct procedure follows these steps.

1. The Solid crystals are completely crushed to release The Flow.
2. The person leading the ritual uses the dedicated sample ground as a source for what they want to achieve.
3. They then use their sharp focus, to guide the Solid Flow through the sample, then into the ground they wish to fertilize.
4. Covering the whole area in the fog of Solid flow, and selecting which method of the ritual will be used next
5. Slow and patient method: Connecting the Flow to the sample allows for the area to become the same as the sample throughout the ritual.
6. Fast and knowledgeable method: Proactively concentrating the Flow in clumps and making it generate specific nutrients needed.
7. Any assistants make sure that the focus of the person performing the ritual is not shattered during this period, as such interruptions could lead to waste of resources or destruction of the ground.
8. After the Solid Flow dissipates into the ground, the field is ready.

   

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Resources needed

This ritual luckily does not require much, but the quantity of crystals needed can very quickly grow impractical if sizeable fields are to be affected.

• Enough Solid crystals to generate Flow to cover the entire field.
• Sample of ground in its fertilized state for the slow, patient method.
• Understanding and knowledge regarding the specific needs of the crop.

   

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...And if you do find yourself in such an emergency that such a substitute is necessary...
At best, your crops will be the ones to disintegrate.
The second best option is your quick death.
Regarding the worst option... Having parts of your body slowly disappear is a painful way to go.
 

- Grandpa Gzhongk

Expectable side effects

It does not matter which speed was used to perform this ritual, both of them carry their respective risks.
  While the patient and slow method ensures the most consistent result, it also ensures the most consistent side effects.

• Specific or random parts of the body get dirt inside or under the skin similar to the sample used.
• A longer period during which the user has issues changing a line of thinking, or moving from one task to another

The fast conjuration method may avoid the prolonged exposure and risks of side effects, but it still has a price to pay.
However, compared to the slow variant, it gives much more control and affects considerably smaller areas. But the effect is a bit stronger in the chosen location.

• Random material, metal, or mineral deposits itself inside a chosen place on the user's body.
• A shorter period of strong rigid thinking, during which the user is practically useless in mental tasks.

In a case, where Blossom Flow has been used instead of Solid. The side effects of Solid are eliminated and instead replaced by an increasingly higher risk of Blossom ghosting.
The risk of Blossom ghosting is tied to the amount of food made out of produce grown on a field fertilized by Blossom Flow.