Talk:Mulch

Or does it...?

Does it double/half the growth time? I did an experiment yesterday and my Sitrus and Oran Berries became fruit-bearing at different times, not the same. TTEchidna^G_SDS! 08:20, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

• veekun.com alleges a 25% time reduction for Growth Mulch: http://veekun.com/dex/items/growth%20mulch -Tsanth 19:57, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Update to that: I planted a Wiki in Growth at 0822 PST; it went to next stage somewhere between 1200 and 1204 PST. I'll try to keep track of when it changes stages. -Tsanth 20:09, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Another update: I watched the next stage. Mine changed at 1550 PST. Perhaps it's 75% time plus an alpha? -Tsanth 23:54, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
      • This time I saw the actual change to next stage. You get the sparkly animation (I saw half of it before, but wasn't sure if I saw it correctly), and the new sprite replaces the old one. The next stage procced at 1939. This data isn't proving very predictable, as of yet. -_- -Tsanth 03:47, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
        • My final stage came about at 2343 PST, right before the time switched to 2344: maybe the Growth Mulch reduces each stage's length by ~1hr? I re-verified the sparkly animation and harvested 5 berries for every one planted. Perhaps the berry yield is dependent upon total growth time? I watered every stage; the soil went light only once. -Tsanth 16:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Wiki grows in 20 hours, with 5 hours per stage. It should have grown in around 15 hours with the mulch, which it seems to have. Normally, you'd have to have harvested those things around 4:20 AM. TTEchidna^G_SDS! 08:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)