Sow Beans
When there is Soil in the Field, Farmers can lend their Beans to Beanstalk for an interest rate known as the Temperature.
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- 2.Navigate to the “Field” page.
- 3.The Available Soil is displayed in the “Field Conditions” component. The Soil supply is set by the Beanstalk peg maintenance mechanism. See Soil Supply for additional information.
- 4.In the “Sow” tab, there is a dropdown menu to select the token you would like to use to buy and Sow Beans.
- 5.Enter the amount of the selected token you want to use to buy and Sow Beans.
- The Soil available when preparing to buy and Sow Beans may not still be available at the time the transaction is confirmed by the network. If a transaction is submitted to Sow a greater amount of Soil than is available, the remaining Soil will be Sown, and all remaining Beans from the transaction will be sent to your Farm Balance.
- 6.A transaction preview will appear below the inputs. Select the “Transaction Details” dropdown to review each step of the transaction.
- 7.You may select a slippage tolerance by selecting the gear icon. The default slippage tolerance is 0.1%.
- 8.If you are buying and Sowing Beans with ETH or have previously approved the asset being spent, skip to Step 10. For all other assets, select “Approve [Token]”. This allows the Beanstalk contract to spend the asset, but does not use it to buy and Sow Beans yet.
- 9.Confirm the approval transaction in your wallet, and your hardware wallet, if applicable. You should verify that the transaction is interacting with the correct contract before signing it.
- 10.Select “Sow”.
- 11.Confirm the transaction in your wallet and your hardware wallet, if applicable. You should verify that the transaction is interacting with the correct contract before signing it.
- 12.After the transaction has been confirmed by the network, your Pods will appear in the “Pod Balance” table at the bottom of the “Field” page.
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