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Every crop I have planted so far has overcrowded, I figured wheat would grow well in tight spaces since in real life there's literally wheat fields... and it's still overcrowded? I've wasted so many seeds trying to figure this out, and I don't know how to fix it overcrowding when even using crops like wheat.

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Originally posted by ArchonFamily

Overcrowding is massively reduced, not disabled. The mechanic in game is in use, just nerfed for now.. I have confirmed on my server there is an overcrowding effect through testing.. Currently it reduces grow time by about 10%. There is no yield difference, but I hypothesize this will change.

To answer your question: each plant has a "shrub space" value. Look up ecos wiki for the plant. If there is not that much empty space around it, you're overcrowded.

This is true. (Wiki is outdated, though)