Grass...
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technoxmaniac
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its spring in my town right nowJas0n said:
the grass looks a smidge better
technoxmaniac
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no but you can come see it if you want...Jas0n said:Do you actually notice it regrowing? It's barely noticeable in Winter.technoxmaniac said:its spring in my town right nowJas0n said:
the grass looks a smidge better
I posted a thread similar to this on AXA and this was one of the replies I got. It sounds interesting and I might give it a go and hope it works xD
By the time I began noticing the grass wear in my town it was too little too late--it was already on its way to desertification.
I ended up creating an elaborate brick sidewalk pattern which I placed on the ground all around town. The sidewalk can take me from any point A to any point B (house, Nook's, gate, neighbors, etc).
At first I wasn't too keen on having patterns lying all over town, but once I tweaked my pattern to the point where it looked good, I got used to seeing the brick paths everywhere--now, I can't imagine my town without them. @_@
I was nazi about nobody deviating from the paths. LOL I only stray from the paths to dig up a dig spot or to check on hybrids or any other daily tasks. Other than that, I stick to the path.
My strategy was to buy out Nook's flowers and plant them around town like crazy. The first places I planted them were along the edge of my paths. I also planted trees along or near the edge of my paths. In other areas, I planted trees like crazy. Trees act like band-aids for the ground. You cannot walk on the ground below them, therefore that area is protected against further wear.
Every few days I walk around town and press the up arrow to look up at the sky--when I do this behind a tree, they will temporarily become transparent (I'm sure you all know this), and I check to see the progress the grass is making below it. When there is enough grass regrown below the tree to my satisfaction, I then chop down the tree and plant a new one beside the grass spot left behind by the old one. I plant flowers on the old tree-sites to preserve the new grown grass.
To be honest with you, for the first two weeks of this I was seeing no improvement at all. In fact, I was sure that the grass was STILL thinning out, despite my not walking on it.
About a week ago, I started noticing a difference.... There are now larger and larger spots of grass emerging in the flower/tree rich areas. The tiny flecks of grass eventually get bigger and bigger. I'm beginning to think grass wear/growth occurs at an exponential rate.... Once you start growing grass around flowers and trees--provided YOU DON'T KILL THE TEENSY 1ST DAY FLECKS--the grass starts getting happy.
Keep in mind, the tiny flecks of grass that appear WILL DIE WHEN YOU WALK OVER THEM. If you keep killing them, grass will never grow there. If you give those tiny little flecks of new grass a few days to grow, they will be more resilient to being stepped on (not that you should go around stepping on grass just for the hell of it).
It might seem like a lot of effort to go through, but it's pretty much just become my daily routine--along with checking dig spots, watering wilting flowers, etc. What else are you gonna do?
I just sucked it up and bought an Orange Jumpsuit and construction helmet from the Able Sisters and declared myself supreme town caretaker, lmao.
Yeah this sounds like a good idea, except that most of my trees now are foreign fruits, so I don't want to just cut them down right away.Jas0n said:I posted a thread similar to this on AXA and this was one of the replies I got. It sounds interesting and I might give it a go and hope it works xD
By the time I began noticing the grass wear in my town it was too little too late--it was already on its way to desertification.
I ended up creating an elaborate brick sidewalk pattern which I placed on the ground all around town. The sidewalk can take me from any point A to any point B (house, Nook's, gate, neighbors, etc).
At first I wasn't too keen on having patterns lying all over town, but once I tweaked my pattern to the point where it looked good, I got used to seeing the brick paths everywhere--now, I can't imagine my town without them. @_@
I was nazi about nobody deviating from the paths. LOL I only stray from the paths to dig up a dig spot or to check on hybrids or any other daily tasks. Other than that, I stick to the path.
My strategy was to buy out Nook's flowers and plant them around town like crazy. The first places I planted them were along the edge of my paths. I also planted trees along or near the edge of my paths. In other areas, I planted trees like crazy. Trees act like band-aids for the ground. You cannot walk on the ground below them, therefore that area is protected against further wear.
Every few days I walk around town and press the up arrow to look up at the sky--when I do this behind a tree, they will temporarily become transparent (I'm sure you all know this), and I check to see the progress the grass is making below it. When there is enough grass regrown below the tree to my satisfaction, I then chop down the tree and plant a new one beside the grass spot left behind by the old one. I plant flowers on the old tree-sites to preserve the new grown grass.
To be honest with you, for the first two weeks of this I was seeing no improvement at all. In fact, I was sure that the grass was STILL thinning out, despite my not walking on it.
About a week ago, I started noticing a difference.... There are now larger and larger spots of grass emerging in the flower/tree rich areas. The tiny flecks of grass eventually get bigger and bigger. I'm beginning to think grass wear/growth occurs at an exponential rate.... Once you start growing grass around flowers and trees--provided YOU DON'T KILL THE TEENSY 1ST DAY FLECKS--the grass starts getting happy.
Keep in mind, the tiny flecks of grass that appear WILL DIE WHEN YOU WALK OVER THEM. If you keep killing them, grass will never grow there. If you give those tiny little flecks of new grass a few days to grow, they will be more resilient to being stepped on (not that you should go around stepping on grass just for the hell of it).
It might seem like a lot of effort to go through, but it's pretty much just become my daily routine--along with checking dig spots, watering wilting flowers, etc. What else are you gonna do?
I just sucked it up and bought an Orange Jumpsuit and construction helmet from the Able Sisters and declared myself supreme town caretaker, lmao.
In the process of replacing native fruit trees with foreign fruit trees, I did uncover a few spots of grass and stuck flowers on them, and it does seem to retain the grass a little better. I've also made a more conscious effort to avoid walking on them whenever possible.
Anyway, it's a solid idea. It just sucks for anyone trying to make a living off massive amounts of foreign fruit, because it means walking between and around trees every 3 days.
megaman369
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I heard somewhere on the forums that you can use patterns to protect the grass from trampling and it let's it grow back... :r You should try that and see...Jas0n said:
megaman369
Member
Cool, and thanks, my grass isn't in a bad situation, but my route to nook's and to the bridge from my house is getting worn >.<Dominic said:
the patterns over the grass don't protect it - if you have a pattern over grass, the grass underneath will still wear at a normal pace. the patterns are there until you get used to your new paths and have grass regrowth to the point where you can take up the patterns and have visible trails throughout the town.megaman369 said:
megaman369
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All dreams, shattered :'(Nedrian said:
MrChuckman64
Senior Member
i thought it only went away when you ran.
