Anyone else have large dead spot areas?

[sporkchop]

I relocated my orchard yesterday only to discover this morning that the entire middle row plus a few more trees near the center WILL NOT GROW. I've had dead spots before, but never this big of a space. Honestly, I would probably be devastated if I wasn't already planning to tear my whole island down and redesign it. lol

 

[sunset_succulent]

that’s odd... how are dead spots created? it seems like a pretty harmful glitch if nothing can spawn/grow.

 

[Le Ham]

I haven't come across dead spots per se, but I have noticed that if you plant trees close to each other in a row, sometimes the ones in the middle won't grow because I guess the bigger trees on the end are blocking out the sunlight for them. Happens with bamboo as well. Try switching the trees in the middle with the ones in the outer edges of your area, they should grow.

 

[sunset_succulent]

I haven't come across dead spots per se, but I have noticed that if you plant trees close to each other in a row, sometimes the ones in the middle won't grow because I guess the bigger trees on the end are blocking out the sunlight for them. Happens with bamboo as well. Try switching the trees in the middle with the ones in the outer edges of your area, they should grow.

huh. i have thickets of trees and they all grow fine! although they are fully grown whenever i plant them.

 

[Fendi]

that’s odd... how are dead spots created? it seems like a pretty harmful glitch if nothing can spawn/grow.

I believe they occur when a tree is too close to another tree or body of water. I think trees need to be spaced at least one block from one another in order to grow. Plus, trees cannot be directly next to water as they will not grow either.

Also from what I learned, trees will not grow if they are next directly next to the sandy area in the beach. There has to be a one block space between the grass and the sand in order for it to grow.

Also edited to add that trees will not grow either if they are too close to buildings, there has to be a one block space between!

But regarding the main topic, this has happened to me when I didn't know better and I thought trees would be able to grow directly next to bodies of water. I initially had this plan of creating a lake that had trees surrounding it, and that entire idea had to be scrapped, and I just used azalea bushes to create that gap, and then plant the trees next to them.

 

[Le Ham]

huh. i have thickets of trees and they all grow fine! although they are fully grown whenever i plant them.

Yeah I don't know the specifics of it, but I have had it happen when trying to grow my cherry trees in a line, as well as making a very tight grid of bamboo trees (with a one space buffer around all of them mind, I do know how to plant trees lol) back before I learned they only reproduce once. The ones on the outside of the group grow but the ones on the inside either don't or stop partway. It may depend on which trees you planted first - if you start at one end and plant them one at a time along the line, you might be able to avoid it entirely.

 

[Venn]

You may just have to grow them in a different area then just replant them later when they're fully grown.

 

[June]

might be safer to do the eat fruit > dig tree > plant full grown tree method too o: i plant in varied spaces far apart first to make sure they grow and just landscape with a set of full grown trees haha

it's kinda tedious but i prefer that than discovering i planted in the "wrong" spot and it wouldn't grow

 

[sporkchop]

I believe they occur when a tree is too close to another tree or body of water. I think trees need to be spaced at least one block from one another in order to grow. Plus, trees cannot be directly next to water as they will not grow either.

Also from what I learned, trees will not grow if they are next directly next to the sandy area in the beach. There has to be a one block space between the grass and the sand in order for it to grow.

Also edited to add that trees will not grow either if they are too close to buildings, there has to be a one block space between!

But regarding the main topic, this has happened to me when I didn't know better and I thought trees would be able to grow directly next to bodies of water. I initially had this plan of creating a lake that had trees surrounding it, and that entire idea had to be scrapped, and I just used azalea bushes to create that gap, and then plant the trees next to them.

I have plenty of space, and they're not next to water. I've been playing since New Leaf, so I know all the general tree rules. The strange thing is that it's basically the same layout I had used in the other location, but this time, they just don't want to grow. lol

 

[Fendi]

I have plenty of space, and they're not next to water. I've been playing since New Leaf, so I know all the general tree rules. The strange thing is that it's basically the same layout I had used in the other location, but this time, they just don't want to grow. lol

Ahh, that's so strange! I would take one of the user's advice here and simply grow them elsewhere, and then just manually add them in afterwards. I've never experienced that at all!

 

[sporkchop]

Ahh, that's so strange! I would take one of the user's advice here and simply grow them elsewhere, and then just manually add them in afterwards. I've never experienced that at all!

Yeah, it's not a big deal since I made the decision last night that I'm going to do a complete redesign of my island anyway. (Ugh!) Just thought it was odd.

 

[Mimi_]

That happened to me too, when I tried to plant a huge orchard in stages. They wouldn’t grow in the middle of a line of trees, I guess it makes sense, though, because of sunlight. Good luck on your redesign!

 

[sporkchop]

That happened to me too, when I tried to plant a huge orchard in stages. They wouldn’t grow in the middle of a line of trees, I guess it makes sense, though, because of sunlight. Good luck on your redesign!

Thanks! I've decided to put literally all of the buildings on the beach temporarily so I can adjust things freely. Unfortunately, I do not time travel at all, so it'll be a whole two weeks before I can start really working on the island. I guess that gives me plenty of time to come up with design ideas though. lol

 

[Splinter]

I relocated my orchard yesterday only to discover this morning that the entire middle row plus a few more trees near the center WILL NOT GROW. I've had dead spots before, but never this big of a space. Honestly, I would probably be devastated if I wasn't already planning to tear my whole island down and redesign it. lol

I've had these, they wouldn't grow no matter how many times I replanted them. I had to transplant the trees I wanted there from another spot.

 

[Uffe]

You may just have to grow them in a different area then just replant them later when they're fully grown.

This is also what I do. I'm glad you can dig up full grown trees and replant them, because this was not possible in previous Animal Crossing games.