Why Can't I Plant More?

[LovelyLavender]

I am doing a major tree planting in my town. But after 4-6 planted trees the game wouldn't allow me to plant anymore trees. Is there a max tree planting per day? And if so how many trees?

 

[HHoney]

I have never seen a maximum. Are you trying to plant them right next to each other?

Also, there are invisible "dead zones" where the villagers walk. You won't be able to plant bushes or trees in those exact spaces because those are reserved for them to walk. You may have gotten unlucky and planted in those spots.

I am so sorry to hear about your wilted trees. What a bummer! I hope planting goes better for you.

 

[daynapapaya]

Is there a reference for the "dead zones"? I never knew about these!

 

[LalaPenguin]

Hmm are you following the 13 tree rule? If you plant 13 trees in a line/diagonally the 13th one will always die. Here's an example: https://www.google.com/search?q=acn...uS7psDDyAIVAfxjCh2MVgeH#imgrc=76mKPxBBgoX2UM:

 

[Zandy]

I have never seen a maximum. Are you trying to plant them right next to each other?

Also, there are invisible "dead zones" where the villagers walk. You won't be able to plant bushes or trees in those exact spaces because those are reserved for them to walk. You may have gotten unlucky and planted in those spots.

I am so sorry to hear about your wilted trees. What a bummer! I hope planting goes better for you.

There's actually no specified "dead zones" restricted specifically for villagers to walk. There's only 3 main rules if a tree/bush isn't growing:

1. A tree/bush cannot be placed directly next to any house/building/edge/ledge/river/pond (to ensure that the player cannot trap themselves) and cannot be placed within 2 spaces vertically from any door.

2. A chain of bushes of length greater than 12 is not allowed to prevent users from trapping themselves.

3. In any 7 x 7 plot of land there can be at most 15 trees/bushes, once again, to prevent users from trapping themselves in without having a shovel.

 

[Raffy]

sometimes you can't plant too many in one sitting, because of the sun or something?
it's the same with bushes, you can't plant a whole orchard or a whole maze in one sitting, you kinda need to do it gradually.

 

[visibleghost]

sometimes you can't plant too many in one sitting, because of the sun or something?
it's the same with bushes, you can't plant a whole orchard or a whole maze in one sitting, you kinda need to do it gradually.

yeah this. sometimes, even though it seems like you follow the rules of tree planting they won't grow. if thqt happens you need to check so that you're really following the rules and then try to plant everythiing over a few mord days, I usually plant like 5 bushes next to each other or something in one day just to make sure that I don't mess anything up

 

[Reese]

There's actually no specified "dead zones" restricted specifically for villagers to walk. There's only 3 main rules if a tree/bush isn't growing:

1. A tree/bush cannot be placed directly next to any house/building/edge/ledge/river/pond (to ensure that the player cannot trap themselves) and cannot be placed within 2 spaces vertically from any door.

2. A chain of bushes of length greater than 12 is not allowed to prevent users from trapping themselves.

3. In any 7 x 7 plot of land there can be at most 15 trees/bushes, once again, to prevent users from trapping themselves in without having a shovel.

Mostly correct, but you can actually have more than 15 in a 7x7 area as long as you plant them one row at a time (I've experimented with this before!)

 

[Dorian]

Wow, this thread was highly informative, especially since I am in the process of landscaping my new town. I wish I had known all this when I was planting trees in Cocoplum, lol.

 

[LovelyLavender]

sometimes you can't plant too many in one sitting, because of the sun or something?
it's the same with bushes, you can't plant a whole orchard or a whole maze in one sitting, you kinda need to do it gradually.

Yea, that sounds about right. It would be kinda weird to have a whole orchard of trees in just 3 days. Also promotes people to play the game in a series of days, not in one big long sitting. Thanks

 

[LovelyLavender]

I have actually a new theory. The day that I couldn't plant more than 4-6 trees, I also had cut down a lot of trees as well that day too (probably 10-14). Before, I believed there was a max number of planting trees per day. But today I could plant many more trees (than 5-6). So I think there is a max number of times you can alter the landscape per day (cutting down trees and/or planting trees).

 

[LovelyLavender]

Sorry double post. Internet is a weird place.