I hope IR can help, or anyone else.
I've setup AgriCraft to complete custom recipes. Tier 1 is working perfectly, normal crops on Forestry Humus Soil. For Tier 2 (Ores) I used Soil from Thermal Recycling with a solid resource block underneath for the other types of seeds.
I'm finding that I can place the sticks, and plant the seeds, but on a block update, all the crop sticks and seeds pop off, indicating to me the soil is not right.
Now, the weird thing is, this is in my modpack called Shattered, and some players have already progressed just fine into the Tier 2 stuff, but one player cannot get started, and I've tested in a creative world and encountering problems too.
Any ideas what is going on?
If it's some weirdness with Thermal Recyclings soil, I need another soil block that will accept crop sticks and any crop. None of the other dirts and soils in my pack allow the sticks and seeds. Could someone make me a mini mod that is basically 1 block of custom soil that will take any crops with no other fancy effects? I can then name and add a recipe to it with minetweaker.
Edit - NVM, I discovered a strange interaction between sprinkler and the soil I was using. I found another mod with a compatible soil and updated accordingly.