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There are a wealth of different types of crops for you to plant and play with inCoral Island. Whether you’re into good old-fashioned til-the-earth kind of farming or you prefer tending and nurturing a grove of gorgeous trees, you’re bound to find a crop you adore. But sometimes, trying to find the right way to plant a crop can be a little difficult.
Fruit trees, unlike most other kinds of crops and produce, take a little bit of finessing to figure out, and it can be frustrating at first to find the right method and locations for placement. Here’s everything you need to know to nurture a grove of gorgeous trees.
What Are Fruit Trees?
While the term ‘fruit trees’ may sound self-explanatory (trees that grow fruits) there are actuallytwo different types of fruit ‘trees’ in Coral Island. Both Fruit Plants and Fruit Trees look like trees, but only one of them is classified as such.
Until you know how to spot the difference, the distinction can be difficult to make. Despite both looking like trees, there are a few key differences betweenFruit Trees and Fruit Plantsto help you determine which ones you need and how you should plant them.
Fruit Trees
Fruit Trees can bebought from Sam’s General store once you reach Town Rank C.They look very similar to Fruit Plants but cost a heftier amount of Coral Coins.
Fruit Trees are called saplings, while Fruit Plants are called seedlings. Confusing, right? It doesn’t help that they look so similar, either.
Saplings look like little green trees in a brown bag,and they’re marked with a little tree symbol.
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You can alsowin the Apple Saplingby gettingfirst place in the Apple Bobbing Minigameat the Harvest Festival.
Fruit Plants
Fruit Plants can be bought much earlier on than Fruit Trees, and can first be found at Sam’s General Store at Town Rank E.Fruit Plants are called seedlingsand look like a green tree in a white pot marked with a sprig of two leaves.
You canwin the Pear Seedling from the Harvest Festivalandbuy the Snake Fruit Seedling from Ratih’s Floating Marketduring the Spring Season, as well asbuy the Cocoa Seedling at the Harvest Festivalshop.
There are twelve different kinds of Fruit Plants for you to plant, but some of them are only unlocked after reaching Town Rank C.
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How To Plant Fruit Trees
Fruit Trees can be planted in any season, but they will only produce fruit in their active season. Fruit Trees take 28 days to mature before they begin producing fruit.
Once planted, your Fruit Trees will not wither when the seasons change. However, they will still only produce fruit in their designated season. So, if you plant an orange tree on Winter 1, it will become a mature tree in time for Spring 1 and will produce fruit for the full spring season. Come Summer 1, the orange tree will go into hibernation and will no longer bear fruit until the next Spring.
Fruit Treesbear three fruits every four days.
On top of the amazing perk of not withering out of season, Fruit Trees also don’t need to be watered. That means that they are a completely hands-off crop. Once you put your sapling in the ground, you don’t have to tend to it until it’s time to harvest your first fruits.
However, what Fruit Trees make up for in convenience, they lack in space requirement.Fruit Trees will take up a full 3x3 square of un-tilled tiles, meaning that they’ll occupy roughly twice the space that Fruit Plants occupy, but you won’t have to till the earth first.
Fruit Trees can only beplanted in an unoccupied space surrounded by eight tiles of empty space. You cannot plant Fruit Trees unless the entire 3x3 square you want to plant them in is completely unoccupied.
Furthermore, you can’t clutter the eight-tile space around the trunk of your tree until after you plant the tree. You have to wait until your tree has been successfully planted in the ground before you can put chests or ground tiles in the surrounding area. You also have to ensure that there areat least two tiles of buffer space between your Fruit Trees in any directionif you plan to plant an orchard.
Fruit Trees can beplanted in the Greenhousefor year-round production. No more waiting a full year before you get your apples and oranges!
How To Plant Fruit Plants
Fruit Plants take a lot more work than Fruit Trees. First, you’ll have totill a 2x2 square of tilesto plant your seedling in. Second, once you’ve planted your seedling in the tilled four tile square,you have to water all four tiles that your Fruit Plant occupies.
Furthermore, you need to keepwatering all four tiles under your Fruit Plant every single day. Your Fruit Plants also take a full ten days to reach maturity, so you’ll need to water them even while they’re growing. If you skip a day of watering, it’s like adding another day onto the growth period, further delaying your harvest.
If you forget to water even a single tile, the Fruit Plant won’t get the nutrients it needs and won’t progress to its next growth stage.
Fruit Plants, unlike Fruit Trees,won’t survive the change in seasons. All Fruit Plants have two seasons in which they are viable, meaning that a single plantwill produce for 56 days. After the designated seasons are up,the Fruit Plant will wither and die.
Fruit Plantsbear two fruits every four days.
Luckily, you canplant your Fruit Plants in your Greenhouseand avoid the withering process. As long as you remember to water your Fruit Plants every day or keep them in range of an active sprinkler, they will continue to grow out of season in the Greenhouse. This is the most effective way to get the most bang for your banana.
How To Use Fruits
The uses of each fruit will vary, butmost fruits can be used in either the preserving jar or keg. A few fruits (likealmonds and olives) can even be used in the oil press and mill. You can also use fruit juices in the aging barrel to make delicious (and lucrative) artisan wines.
Here is the breakdown of which artisan machines each fruit can be added to.
