Greenhouse tree issue

[jabbywocks]

Hi! So, every day I get the message that my apple tree wasn't able to grow. When I check my greenhouse, it looks like NONE of my fruit trees have been able to grow. Has something changed about where they can be placed? If not, is there something blocking them that I'm overlooking? Sprinklers maybe?

Screenshot: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1940122928

Thanks for any feedback!

[NekoTiggger]

it looks like from left to right ... trees 1, 3 and 5 each have a sprinkler an adjacent square beside them. the other two trees i do not really see a problem with. The existing (non player placed) items such as the water trough should not prevent the tree from growing...

Basicly the 8 squares around the tree have to be empty of player placed items in order for the tree to grow

[Chompman]

Remove the quality sprinklers completely as they are not needed with your iridium sprinklers in the correct place.

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/File:Optimalgreenhousefinal.png

[ehyder]

In addition to the sprinkler interference there has been some discussion that now some of the decorative items in the back row of the greenhouse can interfere with tree growth. A search on this forum should let you find those discussions. I have not tested it myself but I have seen it come up in several threads now.

[abbi]

i get that message every day and I have no fruit trees. It has been happening since the update.

[Turtleswatter]

I have always planted my fruit trees along the side and had no problems but I can see the attraction of having a wall of trees at the back. As previous posters have said, though, you need to reconsider your sprinkler placement as it will affect tree growth.

[Snowy Sprout]

The trough definitely does count as an object now, and interferes with growth, as does any placed object like a sprinkler.

You can place one tree along the back wall, two spaces to the right of the trough, and it should grow just fine. The tree you have in the far left corner should also grow fine, if you move the sprinkler away.

[NekoTiggger]

Originally posted by Snowy Sprout:

The trough definitely does count as an object now, and interferes with growth, as does any placed object like a sprinkler.

You can place one tree along the back wall, two spaces to the right of the trough, and it should grow just fine. The tree you have in the far left corner should also grow fine, if you move the sprinkler away.

Interesting... I started my latest four-corners farm with the latest vanilla version 1.4 on my PC and the game updates are current and up to date. I have one apple tree and one orange tree at the back of the greenhouse in the middle where the water trough is and they are growing and producing fruit just fine since the beginning. They are located in the exact same position as is shown in Chompman's diagram at this link:

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/File:Optimalgreenhousefinal.png

So maybe Snowy Sprout is using a different farm or update?

But mine works fine with the four tiles occupied by the background drawing of the water trough directly behind the trees...

[bbfloyd]

The mod Lookup Anything will allow you to check almost any occupied tile's information, and will tell you somewhat why something is not growing.

[jabbywocks]

Thanks all!

It's been ages since I've played and couldn't figure out why my sprinkler's weren't working correctly. I put the quality ones there as a temp solution and intended to go back and tweak things again, but just forgot.

I'm not using mods or cheats, so buying fruit trees takes a bit of time and if I need to destroy any, just wanted to make sure I place them down correctly the next time.