Will a mushroom tree still grow if I pave around it?

[anonny17]

So my farm has some mushrooms trees, and the randomly dropped seeds is making it awkward to get to the tappers, and I'd like to prevent this from continuing, so I have a question: will the mushroom trees still grow if I put cobblestone paths around them?

I've read the wiki and it seems to say that the mushroom trees are very similar to normal trees, but I wanted to check if anyone has any experience on their own farms. And if so, another question occurs to me: would the mushrooms trees spread seeds further than the eight squares of cobblestone surrounding each one?

Thank you in advance for any help and advice you can offer, and I hope you're having a great day.

[Nulien]

I don't know a whole lot about mushroom trees specifically. But assuming they work the same way as oak/pine/maple trees, paving the area around it shouldn't be a problem... tappers continue to work normally on the regular trees. As for dropping seeds, I do know that the regular trees will drop seeds just outside of the 8 squares around it.

I'm pretty sure the only trees you don't want to pave around are fruit trees, since they won't grow if there's flooring around them. But once they're old enough to produce iridium quality fruit, go ahead and pave around them too.

[Toastpiratewilly]

afaik mushroom trees behave identically to any normal tree. They spread seeds, can be tapped, etc. They turn into a stump during the winter but come back next season just fine. I have like 8+ on my farm with no problem

[I Kinda Fail]

I'm fairly sure that they drop seeds up to 2 squares away from them.

This is an older save, maybe 2 years old now, but from a multiplayer file with my friend. You can see, 2 saplings northeast of the mushroom tree, and they left those paths down year round I think...

https://upload.farm/static/images/5/1FXn8m/1FXn8m-m.png

[anonny17]

Thank you all for your answers, they've helped and I really appreciate it.

[Uncoelacanth]

You will need to clear the squares Above, Below, Left, and Right of a Mushroom Tree to allow it to grow fully, like you would need to do with Oak, Maple, and Pine Trees. You can put the tiles back once the tree is fully grown.

You may also want to craft some Tree Fertilizer; It will work on Mushroom Trees, and mature them in five days. Without fertilizer, it's a 20% chance to advance through the states of those five days, resulting in an expected time of 25 days to produce a mature tree.

https://i.imgur.com/hzTcQGT.png

It took me about two game-yearsto fill out the grove of 33 muchroom tres in the lower left.

[Nulien]

Originally posted by Uncoelacanth:

You will need to clear the squares Above, Below, Left, and Right of a Mushroom Tree to allow it to grow fully, like you would need to do with Oak, Maple, and Pine Trees. You can put the tiles back once the tree is fully grown.

That's not correct regarding the regular trees. I always pave around any oak, maple or pine trees I plant, and they grow normally. It's fruit trees that won't grow if the 8 spaces around it aren't open.

[Uncoelacanth]

Originally posted by Nulien:

Originally posted by Uncoelacanth:

You will need to clear the squares Above, Below, Left, and Right of a Mushroom Tree to allow it to grow fully, like you would need to do with Oak, Maple, and Pine Trees. You can put the tiles back once the tree is fully grown.

That's not correct regarding the regular trees. I always pave around any oak, maple or pine trees I plant, and they grow normally. It's fruit trees that won't grow if the 8 spaces around it aren't open.

Huh. The Wiki concurs[stardewvalleywiki.com]. I stand corrected. The issue I apparently misread or misremembered is that standard and mushroom trees planted next to a mature tree will not grow into mature trees.

[TamarLence]

Whatever you do, don't cut it down! I had one on my farm and my first instinct was to chop it down. I haven't seen another one since 8 in game years later....