There is a bug involving the sprinkler system at Sunsong Ranch in Pandaria. After purchasing and installing the automatic sprinkler system (for all my 'toons), 1 click is supposed to water all 8 plots on the section. However, intermittently, yet persistantly, 1 plot doesn’t get counted as “watered” (regardless of the 'toon in play). Location: When entering the phased farm to plant your crops it is the one on the far right end of the second row. Directly adjacent to the “master plow” icon. When it happens the only way to water it is to equip the nearby watering can and physically water that plot. This has been a problem since before the new expansion. While minor to most it is very annoying. Respects, Pan.
Took me a while to get a few test parched plants in the spot you mentioned (just next to the master plow on the top-right of the southernmost patch of 8 soil), and I can reliably get the sprinkler to water it every single time (10 tests).
Do you have all the expansions, Pest Repeller included? Maybe something is either missing or it’s bugged for very-recently opened Farms.
I am also having this bug on the same exact plot at the OP. The sprinkler is bugged I have to use the watering can on it cause the sprinkler wont work. Sometimes it does. Most times it does not.
Jan 2019. Same problem. Only seems to happen with one toon…that I’m aware of. Same plot as stated. Same solution works.
Feb 10, 2019. Have been seeing this issue for a while now. Sent several in-game bug reports. Same plot location… happens on all the toons I go there on (Galakrond realm btw).
Feb 13, 2019 I am having the exact same problem on all my characters as well. That very same plot just does not get watered unless I do it with the watering can. I do have all three of the upgrades for the watering, the bug repellent, and the plow. It is so sad that problems like this persist years after the problem is first reported! What ever happened to people taking pride in producing the very best product they possibly can and of a job well done?
I can confirm intermittently experiencing this on multiple characters.
Ya, this has been going on for a long time. Once in a great while it gets watered but 99 out of 100 you need to do it by hand and yes it’s just the one plot, all toons, with or without add ons on.
I’ve had the same issue, no rhyme or reason on the plot either, tried tracking them to see if it was a specific plot, or time of day thing, and it happened on different toons, different plots, different sides, etc.