Fruit Tree growth question.

[krunjar]

Hey there I've looked all over the place for some sort of clarification on the exact mechanics of fruit tree growth, space requirements time to grow .. time between crops etc. And I can't find ANYTHING there's like 20 vods on how to plant seed. But there's NO detailed information. I want to know this because i planted some trees on like day 2 .. and now I'm day 15 ish and I still haven't gotten any fruit. I want to know if my game is bugged.

[Bernd das Brot]

Most people just leave 1 tile between fruit trees altho I believe its not even necessary.

It does take around 14-15 days to grow fruit I believe.

Crop growth, just listen to the lady that sells you the crops, she tells you before you purchase them how long and when they grow

[krunjar]

I don't have her on the island yet XD I made massive orchards because she refused to visit lol.

[Piperbird]

Everything seems to take about a week. So with the fruit trees and the flowering bushes, that means a week to grow from seedling to mature, and then another week for the fruit or flowers to grow.

Crops depend on the type of crop, how often you water, and if you're using fertilizer.

[HunterSilver]

Originally posted by krunjar:

Hey there I've looked all over the place for some sort of clarification on the exact mechanics of fruit tree growth, space requirements time to grow .. time between crops etc. And I can't find ANYTHING there's like 20 vods on how to plant seed. But there's NO detailed information. I want to know this because i planted some trees on like day 2 .. and now I'm day 15 ish and I still haven't gotten any fruit. I want to know if my game is bugged.

A lot of things are a bit bugged right now where you need to save and quit out of the game and then come back in to get them to work properly. Fruit trees, ore respawns, animals respawns, etc.. all benefit from you quitting to the menu periodically.

This will be more or less apparent depending on how you play. If you hunt and capture a lot of animals every day, you'll quickly notice that your island is devoid of animal life until you quit to menu and log back in.

[spielerinchen]

Originally posted by krunjar:

I don't have her on the island yet XD I made massive orchards because she refused to visit lol.

maybe you approach to this game is not that optimal, it's not Factorio
Rayne is the farming lady, you are in the very early stages of game if she didn't move in, same with Franklyn, those two are atm the key NPCs
i would say, don't plan at this stage cause you don't have enough experience with the gameplay
get yourself the Buletin Board, try to make as many quest on it as you can, ask Fletch & John DAILY for their daily quests, work on the licences, beautify the town, look up the town's rating (table in base camp to the right next to Fletch), learn to hunt & kill Roos as long you don't have the Copper Spear, learn to trap & deliver Roos (which means you have to have the Metal detecting licence) - that's for the beginning stage you're at, planting a huge orchard won't help you

[Erin the Angry]

Originally posted by spielerinchen:

Originally posted by krunjar:

I don't have her on the island yet XD I made massive orchards because she refused to visit lol.

maybe you approach to this game is not that optimal, it's not Factorio
Rayne is the farming lady, you are in the very early stages of game if she didn't move in, same with Franklyn, those two are atm the key NPCs
i would say, don't plan at this stage cause you don't have enough experience with the gameplay
get yourself the Buletin Board, try to make as many quest on it as you can, ask Fletch & John DAILY for their daily quests, work on the licences, beautify the town, look up the town's rating (table in base camp to the right next to Fletch), learn to hunt & kill Roos as long you don't have the Copper Spear, learn to trap & deliver Roos (which means you have to have the Metal detecting licence) - that's for the beginning stage you're at, planting a huge orchard won't help you

I beg to differ. I have several massive orchards of 60+ of each tree all in rows and it's just free money every few days once they start producing fruit. The tough part is clearing enough space and planting them all but once they are in the ground you can just forget about them and check on them once a day after they are grown and when they have fruit on them it's just free money and energy. I've gotten so much fruit now though I am just lazy and sell it. I used to make it all into fruit salads and sell those but since I have hundreds of those now it's not worth my time. Orchards helped me keep good amounts of food and raised me a lot of money in early game just because once you have them planted you don't have to tend to them like normal crops. Just pass by them every so often and pick them when you notice they are ready.

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by spielerinchen:

that's for the beginning stage you're at, planting a huge orchard won't help you

I greatly disagree with that. Early game fruit salad is a great stat food, cooked bananas are fantastic for stamina regen, and all the cooked fruit sells for a pretty decent amount, especially cooked cactus fruit. Making an orchard as early as possible is one of the best things you can do for early game income and stat food.

[spielerinchen]

Originally posted by Piperbird:

Originally posted by spielerinchen:

that's for the beginning stage you're at, planting a huge orchard won't help you

I greatly disagree with that. Early game fruit salad is a great stat food, cooked bananas are fantastic for stamina regen, and all the cooked fruit sells for a pretty decent amount, especially cooked cactus fruit. Making an orchard as early as possible is one of the best things you can do for early game income and stat food.

i think Orchards are only useful if that's your prefered way of playing this game. i prefer to explore & while i'm doing it i collect, especially in the early stages Bush Lime, it's plentiful to be found on the map & it's already growing, i don't need to wait 3 weeks to get to it. if i need money early on, i collect Wattle Flowers, in one run i can collect easily 30-50 worth 5,000 Dinks.
& yeah, sure cooked fruits, early on cooked bush lime, later on cooked banana for stamina, cooked apples for health are good, but i don't really need an orchard, few trees planted on a side of a farm or somewhere else is enough. in my first save i have exactly 4 apple trees, i never run out of apples, that's not an orchard. though i need way more bananas by now, looks like i will have to plant a banana orchard since atm the Keg is bugged & i would need at least 2 more to make enough wattle brew

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by spielerinchen:

Originally posted by Piperbird:

I greatly disagree with that. Early game fruit salad is a great stat food, cooked bananas are fantastic for stamina regen, and all the cooked fruit sells for a pretty decent amount, especially cooked cactus fruit. Making an orchard as early as possible is one of the best things you can do for early game income and stat food.

i think Orchards are only useful if that's your prefered way of playing this game. i prefer to explore & while i'm doing it i collect, especially in the early stages Bush Lime, it's plentiful to be found on the map & it's already growing, i don't need to wait 3 weeks to get to it. if i need money early on, i collect Wattle Flowers, in one run i can collect easily 30-50 worth 5,000 Dinks.
& yeah, sure cooked fruits, early on cooked bush lime, later on cooked banana for stamina, cooked apples for health are good, but i don't really need an orchard, few trees planted on a side of a farm or somewhere else is enough. in my first save i have exactly 4 apple trees, i never run out of apples, that's not an orchard. though i need way more bananas by now, looks like i will have to plant a banana orchard since atm the Keg is bugged & i would need at least 2 more to make enough wattle brew

Maybe it's just the definition of orchard. Planting a couple trees for easy access near your home would be an orchard for me. Instead of wild foraging. It doesn't have to be huge. I had 5 of each apple, lime, [blue fruit? I just call them corn dogs because the name kind of sounds like that] and 10 of the banana because they only produce 2. And then I have a couple more apple and corn dog trees planted around town because they are pretty decoration trees as well.

[spielerinchen]

in my first save i planted a row of Bush Lime & row of Quandong ^^, i never need as many of their fruits as they produce, i have way to many of both, the only fruit that's constantly too few are bananas, maybe i just should start buying them from John
i've seen orchards in other peoples games, several rows of the same tree, at least 12 trees, in most cases more, often double. in my second save i have behind John's Shop a small Banana orchard, maybe 10-12 trees, it's very slow but it's already enough

what i wanted to get across in my previous post is, if Rayne has not moved in, then is planting trees not really helpful, to get Rayne & Franklyn asap should be the priority, fruit trees only distract from what moves a new player forward. cause that bit of stamina & health you need in that early stage you can get from just collecting in the wild & at first not even cooking.

[Dragorin]

In my 2nd game I planted an orchard (first week) that would produced 94 fruit salad every harvest. I lived on cooked bush lime until this orchard started producing. Then I planted a second orchard of just apples 125 trees, nets 600 apples per harvest. Then I doubled the fruit salad orchard. I also have a whattle farm of 100 each type of flour.

Jimmy loves me when I show up.

[Erin the Angry]

Yeah I would say if you are just starting, plant maybe 10 or so of each tree nearby and they should take good care of you for a long time. They'll never stop being useful and they are a 1 time effort. You'll find much better ways to make money quickly but the free foods always helps. Fruit salads are OP. heh.

[krunjar]

I appreciate the advice. How do you make fruit salad? And frankly I can't really understand why you WOULDN'T plant some orchards early on. You literally just need to bury fruit. There's zero maintenance involved. And if what you're talking is right you're looking at a 12 day setup. So it's best to get a head start on it asap. You can always downsize/relocate later when the colony is doing better. It's true that cooked meat does seem to be the best earner. But it requires you to actively spend time hunting. Whearas after a little time setting it up .. Orchards require basically zero input.

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by krunjar:

I appreciate the advice. How do you make fruit salad? And frankly I can't really understand why you WOULDN'T plant some orchards early on. You literally just need to bury fruit. There's zero maintenance involved. And if what you're talking is right you're looking at a 12 day setup. So it's best to get a head start on it asap. You can always downsize/relocate later when the colony is doing better. It's true that cooked meat does seem to be the best earner. But it requires you to actively spend time hunting. Whearas after a little time setting it up .. Orchards require basically zero input.

Craft the cooking table. Fruit salad is two of each fruit. Cook and sell any extra fruit (or keep the cooked bananas) and you can eat or sell the fruit salad.