Greenhouse

Sprinkler Arrangement

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If you intend to use automated sprinklers to water crops, some soil tiles must be sacrificed to place the sprinklers. The growing area is too large for any sprinkler to water the center from any edge. In addition, the 12-by-10 shape of the farmable area cannot be covered only with the square shapes of sprinkler watering.

The many possibilities yield various optimal sprinkler placements that cover the soil tiles while using the fewest possible sprinklers in plantable locations. Some sprinklers are inevitably placed on the wooden border. With iridium sprinklers, only 4 crop spaces (3.3%) must be taken, while with quality sprinklers, 12 crop spaces (10%) are occupied.

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  16 Quality Sprinklers. 12 crop spaces are occupied by sprinklers (-10%), leaving room for 108 plants.

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  6 Iridium Sprinklers. Only 4 crop spaces are taken by sprinklers (-3.3%), leaving room for 116 plants.

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  4 Iridium Sprinklers with Pressure Nozzle upgrades. Only 2 crop spaces are taken by sprinklers, leaving room for 118 plants.

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  5 Iridium Sprinklers with Pressure Nozzle upgrades. Only 1 crop space is taken by a sprinkler, leaving room for 119 plants.

Fruit Tree Arrangement

Fruit trees can be grown on any tile in the exterior region of the greenhouse that is unoccupied by decorations, so long as other tiles adjacent to each tree are empty of items the player has placed there. Neither the greenhouse walls nor the wood border around the crop rectangle alone impede fruit tree growth. Fruit Trees cannot be planted in the corners of the Greenhouse.

It is possible to grow as many as 18 fruit trees inside the greenhouse. One possible optimal placement is shown below.

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  6 Iridium Sprinklers and 18 Fruit Trees placed to maximize planting space and trees.

Gallery

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  Initially

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  Repaired

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  Inside

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  18 Trees

History

• 1.0: Introduced.
• 1.07: Trees can no longer be planted on perimeter tiles around the soil area.
• 1.1: Trees can once again be planted on outside perimeter tiles.
• 1.3: Trees can no longer be planted on top of decorations in the greenhouse border, or in the corners of the greenhouse.
• 1.5: Once unlocked, the greenhouse can now be moved at Robin’s shop. Fertilizer in the greenhouse no longer disappears on season change in some cases.