i second Bawdy this is very balanced

Just this morning I was thinking of finally removing Tilled Soil from my modlist which it has been included for years. I found that it was removing too much of the early challenge and removed much of the need for hydroponics as it didn't require power and plants grew easily fast enough at 200% fertility that the upgrade to a hydroponics basin was not worth it. I think this is a much better balance which helps show that working the soil produces better plants like in the real world, but doesn't break the challenge of the game.
Cheers!

actually huge. i always knew tilled soil was broken, but i liked how it looked too much to get rid of it