Question regarding fruit trees

[Kron Krian]

Will my fruit tree grow if I planted it next to the border fence of the farm?

Pic related, I am standing on top of the sapling: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3205018408

[bzcharkl]

As far as I am aware the answer is no, the surrounding 8 tiles need to be completely vacant in order for them to grow. As of 1.6 you can move it though, just chop it down and it will return the sapling so you can replant it somewhere else.

[Janina]

If you're able to plant the tree there i think it'll grow just fine, like inside the greenhouse!

[Radiosity]

It should, yes. It's the same as planting right next to the river/pond. If the game allows you to place the sapling, then it'll grow fine. Note that I have a save with multiple fruit trees placed right next to the water and they're growing just fine.

[EleventhStar]

the game will tell you in the morning if your tree failed to grow overnight.

but fruit trees are pretty good with not being allowed to be placed in spots they can't grow.

[Crater]

Originally posted by bzcharkl:

As far as I am aware the answer is no, the surrounding 8 tiles need to be completely vacant in order for them to grow. As of 1.6 you can move it though, just chop it down and it will return the sapling so you can replant it somewhere else.

Why would you think this if since way back fruit trees were growable in the greenhouse on the edges?

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/mediawiki/images/8/86/Greenhouse18Trees.png

[bzcharkl]

Mostly because I've never planted trees in the greenhouse, I suppose. I remember ages back before I had the Gold Clock I tried planting a fruit tree and surrounding it with gravel paths to prevent random wild tree seeds/etc spawning near it and it never grew, I assumed that if a path was no good then something which physically blocked movement would also be no good, but fair enough.

[Stardustfire]

the greenhouse is a very special case, there is a matter so many pics exist how to plant fruittrees in greenhouse (and no, normaly you cant place fruittrees near the walls there, you can only ignore some of the premade obstactles)
normal fruittrees can not even share the same free slot, so you must leave 2 free tiles betwen them instead of one, instead of the mechanic of other trees where one free slot betwen both is enove.
if the tree on the pic is a fruittree it woud be a new change that let it grow.

[Crater]

Originally posted by Stardustfire:

the greenhouse is a very special case, there is a matter so many pics exist how to plant fruittrees in greenhouse (and no, normaly you cant place fruittrees near the walls there, you can only ignore some of the premade obstactles)
normal fruittrees can not even share the same free slot, so you must leave 2 free tiles betwen them instead of one, instead of the mechanic of other trees where one free slot betwen both is enove.
if the tree on the pic is a fruittree it woud be a new change that let it grow.

What do you mean "normally you can't place free trees near the walls there" ?

https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/7lev6t/the_greenhouse_fits_twenty_20_fruit_trees/

This is from 6 years ago

The mechanic of 3x3 around each tree, those 2 in-between trees, is exactly what this does:

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/mediawiki/images/c/cf/Optimalgreenhousefinal.png