Do fruit trees in greenhouses age?

Slypenslyde

Slypenslyde

Tiller
The wiki is a bit unclear. It implies all fruit trees gain 1 level of quality per year. I planted six fruit trees in my greenhouse (Switch version) on 15 Spring Year 2. It's currently 9 Summer Year 3 and I'm still getting normal quality fruit. I sort of get it if fruit trees don't age in the greenhouse, but I don't see anything to indicate this is the case. What's up?
 
ShneekeyTheLost

ShneekeyTheLost

Farmer
The answer is: Yes, but usually no.

More specifically, yes fruit trees in the greenhouse will produce higher quality fruits, if other necessary conditions obtain. However, one of the things that stops fruit trees from aging is having stuff next to them, and the greenhouse tends to be pretty cramped quarters. Stuff that prevents the fruit quality from progreesing include, but is not limited to: other crops, floor tiles, and sprinklers.
 
imnvs

imnvs

Local Legend
They will, but they age from the day they first started fruiting. You planted 15 Spring, they started fruiting on 15 Summer, so you'll have to wait until 15 Summer to see silver-quality tree fruit.
ShneekeyTheLost said:
However, one of the things that stops fruit trees from aging is having stuff next to them, and the greenhouse tends to be pretty cramped quarters. Stuff that prevents the fruit quality from progreesing include, but is not limited to: other crops, floor tiles, and sprinklers.
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My fruit trees, once mature and fruiting, in the greenhouse made it all the way to iridium quality while having garden pots with tea bushes in them taking up all wall space between the trees. I'm pretty sure that your assertion that such would prevent the tree aging is incorrect.
 

Ereo

Helper
imnvs said:
They will, but they age from the day they first started fruiting. You planted 15 Spring, they started fruiting on 15 Summer, so you'll have to wait until 15 Summer to see silver-quality tree fruit.

My fruit trees, once mature and fruiting, in the greenhouse made it all the way to iridium quality while having garden pots with tea bushes in them taking up all wall space between the trees. I'm pretty sure that your assertion that such would prevent the tree aging is incorrect.
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They said they planted the trees in year two and they are in year three now, so the trees should have aged.
 
imnvs

imnvs

Local Legend
Ereo said:
They said they planted the trees in year two and they are in year three now, so the trees should have aged.
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Yes, I'm aware, and it doesn't change my answer.

They planted Spring 15 Year 2. They started fruiting Summer 15 Year 2. They will age at Summer 15 Year 3. It is only Summer 9 Year 3.
 
imnvs

imnvs

Local Legend
Ereo said:
I've had fruit trees age one quality each season. The ones in the green house always age much faster than the ones outside.
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That would be a bug.

I've only ever done my fruit trees in the greenhouse (until now, with Ginger Island). They are always planted Fall Year 1, and then fruit Winter Year 1, and then I see them go silver quality Winter Year 2, gold Year 3, iridium Year 4.
 
PoppyForPenny

PoppyForPenny

Farmer
What I've noticed, which may not be accurate, is that in the greenhouse each season passes as a year for fruit trees age & quality. From the date I plant them, 28 days to bear first fruit. Then two cycles of 28 days until they go silver (two years but condensed into 2 seasons). Then 28 days more and they go gold, then 28 more and they are iridium! Which makes sense because the trees grown outdoors become iridium in their 5th year, or 5th bearing season. I only notice because the different qualities don't stack in my inventory.
 

Ereo

Helper
PoppyForPenny said:
What I've noticed, which may not be accurate, is that in the greenhouse each season passes as a year for fruit trees age & quality. From the date I plant them, 28 days to bear first fruit. Then two cycles of 28 days until they go silver (two years but condensed into 2 seasons). Then 28 days more and they go gold, then 28 more and they are iridium! Which makes sense because the trees grown outdoors become iridium in their 5th year, or 5th bearing season. I only notice because the different qualities don't stack in my inventory.
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Yes, that is exactly what I have been noticing.
 
ShneekeyTheLost

ShneekeyTheLost

Farmer
imnvs said:
They will, but they age from the day they first started fruiting. You planted 15 Spring, they started fruiting on 15 Summer, so you'll have to wait until 15 Summer to see silver-quality tree fruit.

My fruit trees, once mature and fruiting, in the greenhouse made it all the way to iridium quality while having garden pots with tea bushes in them taking up all wall space between the trees. I'm pretty sure that your assertion that such would prevent the tree aging is incorrect.
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This has not been my observed experience. In the greenhouse guide I posted, with 74 hops, 30 ancient fruit, and 30 pomegranate fruit trees, the trees on the perimeter not near the other crops gained in quality, while the ones intermingled with other things did not. This is what currently happens on several save files.

Not that I particularly care, as everything gets processed anyway, but that's the way it's been on every save I've been on so far. If that has changed recently, then maybe I need to go revisit some of those saves and start playing to see if the internal trees do start growing in quality.
 

Elenna101

Farmer
ShneekeyTheLost said:
This has not been my observed experience. In the greenhouse guide I posted, with 74 hops, 30 ancient fruit, and 30 pomegranate fruit trees, the trees on the perimeter not near the other crops gained in quality, while the ones intermingled with other things did not. This is what currently happens on several save files.
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imnvs said:
My fruit trees, once mature and fruiting, in the greenhouse made it all the way to iridium quality while having garden pots with tea bushes in them taking up all wall space between the trees. I'm pretty sure that your assertion that such would prevent the tree aging is incorrect.
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I don't think these two things are necessarily contradictory? My understanding is that imnvs is talking about fruit trees planted around the perimeter of the building, with garden pots next to them, while Shneekey is talking about trees planted in the hoeable area in the center (intermingled with sprinklers, other crops, etc).

So you (probably?) both agree that a tree planted in the hoeable area with a crop or sprinkler beside it will not age. Shneekey, it's been a while since I've looked at your greenhouse posts, I'm not sure if you've tried putting stuff in garden pots next to the trees on the edges of the greenhouse?
 
PoppyForPenny

PoppyForPenny

Farmer
I've also done ~30 fruit trees with ancient fruit and sprinklers, and the trees definitely all aged. I play on iPad, maybe it's different?
 
LRangerR

LRangerR

Local Legend
Ereo said:
I play on PC, and all my trees are at the perimeter of the greenhouse, not in the middle.
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I'm quite the opposite of a min/maxer, so i'm not entirely sure what that means....sorry if that makes things difficult for you. I play on Pc as well.
 

Ereo

Helper
I don't min-max either.

I mean that all my trees are at the edge of the greenhouse, not on the tillable soil in the middle.
 
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