I've noticed that in areas with many weeds only 1 or 2 (if any) will grow past their initial stages. I don't know of a way to for sure keep them from growing though /:
I've noticed that in areas with many weeds only 1 or 2 (if any) will grow past their initial stages. I don't know of a way to for sure keep them from growing though /:
Basically, new weeds will not spread/spawn if there are already 150 or more weeds on the island. That's to prevent weeds from taking over the island. However, I'm not sure if this is a part of this mechanic or a bug, but current weeds also won't grow taller if there's also 150+ weeds on the island.
So what'd you have to do is this. Plan ahead and make sure that you'll plant at least 150 weeds across the island. Plant all the weeds you want to be at stage 3. Wait for them to grow. Then plant all the weeds you want to be at stage 2. Throughout all of this, make sure that you don't exceed 149 weeds. Wait for all of your stage 2 weeds to grow and hope that none of them accidentally grow to stage 3. Lastly, plant all the weeds you want to stay at stage 1 and ensure that your weed count now exceeds 150. Now, the weeds you just planted will stay at stage 1 as long as you no one picks them. If you want all of them to stay at stage 1, you'll just plant all weeds at once.
I've noticed that some of my weeds remain their shortest, but I'm not sure what the actual cause is. They are planted next to custom designs or objects and somehow they don't grow or spread at all. I believe there must be some sort of mechanism behind this.