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Re: [ARCHIVED] Quality of plants not/very slowly progressing/ No evolve

All plants are evolving, they are just VERY slow if you don't use certain methods. Say for example, if you grow strawberries and use the strawberries to fertilize, it'll take a LONG time to evolve.

Certain things can make them evolve faster, using Fish as fertilizer works better than say using Strawberries, daisies, or snapdragons as fertilizer.

The BEST fertilizer is Grow Fruit. Which you can STILL purchase from the automated supply vendor in Granite Falls. Just go on vacation to Granite Falls for a day (or four and enjoy the scenery) buy a single grow fruit, take it home and grow the Grow-Fruit tree. It will spawn in ALL seasons so you can safely put it outdoors.  Pick the fruit and use them as fertilizer.

You can also put down Burtie’s Bee Box nearby. It has a range of a 10x10 grid with the bee box at the center and will fertilize ALL plants within range. The Bee box is great because it STACKS with your regular fertilizer. Between the grow fruit and the bee box, your plants will evolve a LOT faster. However, you will need to Bond with the bees twice a day and periodically Apply Mite Treatments to keep them calm in order for them to keep fertilizing. But there's also the added bonus of harvesting the Honey. You can sell it once every few days for cash and keep some on you to help stave off Freezing to death or Burning to death in the cold/heat.

Plus there is the lot trait "Great Soil" and the aspiration reward store trait "Super Green Thumb" which will both stack with the rest to further increase your plants' growth and evolution rates.

I tried using all four methods once, I haven't use them all together since because it made my plants evolve WAY too fast.

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  • yuk75's avatar
    yuk75
    6 years ago

    Some of mine have only evolved once even with a gardener there daily they've been through my whole sims life and never gone past nice some of them. The lot has the good soil trait I thought that would help but it's not.

  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @yuk75 That's strange. Mine evolve real fast. I never fertilize any more. The bee-box does an incredible job fertilizing. Just need to deal with the box once a day. Plus you get honey out of it.

    In order for them to evolve, they need to be fertilized. Either use the bee box or fertilize it manually.

    With the new tiny lot trait and the bee box, my plants evolve EVERY DAY. It's way too fast. That's not even using fertilizer. I never use it any more.
  • Sid1701d9's avatar
    Sid1701d9
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago

    Actually I haven't had a problem with evolving plants.  You just go to find the right fertilizer.  If you can find grow fruit and plant it, I believe it is available in OD retweet to buy.  That is the best fertilizer and its special effect allows to plant to go to one level.  I hope the update didn't change it, but I haven't tried it after the update. 

  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @Sid1701d9 I used to use Growfruit before the updates that increased the evolve rates. You can get them from the vendor stand in Granite Falls. AFAIK It's the only place to get them. Ever since the updates, Growfruit, or any fertilizer is useless.

    I have a size 2 tiny lot that I usually start new sims in, before I work them up to purchase a better house. I put down a bee box and in about a week they always have perfect plants.

    I'm thinking about removing the "tiny lot" from the house, the gardening is more than a little OP there.
  • yuk75's avatar
    yuk75
    6 years ago

    Since you said this I've been trying the bees. It's been almost 30 sim days and my roses which get bee action are still stuck about 10 pixels shy of leveling up from excellent. Most of the plants are not budging at all, I had one plant evolve since the bees and they pretty much go several times a day. I think this is a real bug I don't know why some of us have it and some don't they do not improve at all.

    Mine are sheltered if that makes a difference.

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