Crops withering even when watered

[BeepBoop]

I'm currently in Year 2 Summer, and sometimes my crops randomly wither. This even happens to crops which are being watered by sprinklers, so its not because my crops aren't being watered. Is this a summer exclusive thing or something?

[Zorlock Darksoul]

If lightning strikes a crop, it causes it to wither. Have you had thunderstorms recently?

[BeepBoop]

Oh, I see. Guess I shouldn't have my lightning rods all in one place to farm battery packs. Didn't know that lightning can do that, thanks.

[-Na Shagul-]

Originally posted by Shirt:

Oh, I see. Guess I shouldn't have my lightning rods all in one place to farm battery packs. Didn't know that lightning can do that, thanks.

That's actually negligible, I have all of my rods clustered up in two places and have no problems. Depending on how many rods you have, it might just be the luck of the draw. Say if you have 10 rods and lightning strikes 12 times, there's a chance those last two strikes will nail a crop or tree because it takes 24 hours for a battery pack to charge out of a rod and they will be unable to absorb any other strikes until that time.

[ctroi]

Isn't there a small chance that growing crops (I think the second stage, I read) have a chance to wither? To me it seems fairly small, like 5-10%. I haven't kept track.