how big a plantation do i need?

[CryptoCrash]

im close to stripping all of the trees off of my island, I have the research lab V finishing off the tech tree and a population of just over 2000 (but expect to grow a lot soon). what forrestry setup do i need? how many planters? how many farms producing saplings? and how big an area do i need to designate for it? the game gives you no info on this topic so i cant crunch any numbers to work it out

[Tregon]

How many harvesters you have needed so far to maintain your lumber levels? Same amount of harvesters. Single farm goes long way for saplings, as they will take time to grow.

[Kajsa_Kavat]

Take the number of wood you need, then decide on the cycle you want to go for growing trees. I prefer 9 years which gives 15 wood, so having 9 trees would average 15 wood per year (not a lot). Then go on from there, check many trees you need for your wood demand, then setup your farm to produce enough sapling so trees can always be replanted.

If you're not using "show per 60" yet, I highly recommend that, bc 60 is simply a month, so x12 you got your year.

PS: For wood demand you got two ways
1 - check the production overview where you get last year's consumption
2 - just add up every machine that uses wood at 100% production (<- this is the safe but overproducing way)

[jamiechi]

In mid game, I placed an area around 4x8 of the larger squares (40x80 of the tiny squares?) with two planters. 1 or two tree cutters with 2 trucks assigned to each. In later game I am guessing 2 to 4 times that.
Haven't played for a few days so It might take me awhile to confirm this in Late game.

[Ootlander]

Here's what I've found works best, this is for a tree farm with max grid space, 3 planters and 2 large harvesters w/ as many trucks as needed so the harvester doesn't sit idle, I'd recommend a close storage, that way 2 trucks per harvester is enough.

[Wanderer]

JD Plays recently did a YouTube on the numbers and volume. I'm just quoting here for reference, he did the work, and I recommend you watch his video for the why and how.

The biggest plot is 49x49 dig plots, and that'll fit, average, ~800 trees. On Captain Difficulty, that'll net you between 1.6-1.9 wood/year/tree, depending on your cut rates, and cost you between 1 to 2 sapling farms. Getting it organized? Watch his stuff. :)