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Im assuming that if it says on the soil sampler that this square is overcrowded it means there are too many adjacent plants...

and on the wiki for Huckleberry for example i see "Shrub space occupied: 5", and beans have shrub space 3..

Can someone explain how overcrowding specifically works?

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about 3 years ago - /u/SLG-Dennis - Direct link

Originally posted by badwords

Overcrowding is disabled right now. What it's supposed to do is increase the mineral consumption of crops in a give claim, reduce the viability rating and yields.

Right now all that matters is the viability % should be somewhere above 60% so things don't die and you have your minerals as close to 100 as possible for maximum yields.

That's about it, with the exception that overcrowding for non-player-placed plants, including trees, is still active.