Liquiducts and BC gates: is there an easier way?

[heavy1metal]

Ah I've been calling the plain farm without a circuit upgrade an orchard, sorry for any confusion I may have added.
http://forestry.sengir.net/wiki.new/doku.php?id=farms:programming&s[]=orchard

 

[Westingham]

After doing some experimenting yesterday, my 3x3x4 managed farm supplies with apple oak saplings and only a one block ring of mulch around the farm supplied three stacks of apples in the time it took my 5x5x4 orchard with apple oaks planted on the greatest number of dirt blocks possible (17x17 arrangement http://forestry.sengir.net/wiki.new/doku.php?id=farms:structure) to produce six apples.

Am I doing something wrong? I thought orchards were supposed to kick some serious ass in apple production.

 

[abculatter_2]

That probably has something to do with the fact that cutting down leaves is instantaneous, but the fruit takes time to mature.
I'll ask Sengir about that on IRC...

EDIT: According to Sengir himself,
"- Bugfix: Made fruits with random drops instead of ripening useable in orchards. (Apples)" (2.0.0.4 changelog.)
So yeah, seems you'll just have to wait for the next FTB update, or update Forestry yourself.