INTRO
Hello everyone! just wanted to make a small guide on apples cause I was curious on how they worked. As it turns out, they're pretty simple and for the most part quick to grow. I ran a trial and grew 50 apples to see what i got and how long it took for them to grow. First things first, Apples grow twice when watering them. They grow once after watering them twice, then once again after the fourth time watering them. Something also interesting to note is that once it grows the second time, you'll know exactly what your apple will grow into(unless you haven't seen it yet, then it will be ?????)
Now apples can be watered fairly quick, starting out at about 4-13 seconds before needing water again. It all varies but thats more or less how it starts. After the 4th time though, the time needed between watering changes depending on the apple you're growing. Now for small details about each apple.
TYPES
Malus Domestica is your common apple. You'll be seeing this one more than any other really but its a quick growth. it takes a total of 6 times watering it to be fully grown and it has 3 different colors too. They still take the same amount of time growing no matter the color. Oh one last thing, it still takes the same amount of time(4-13 second to water) after finding out the type!
Now this might be a bit confusing but large and tiny apples have the same name after the second growth(some of them, oddly not all colors have tiny and large versions). The way you can tell which is which, is by the size of the apple on the stem. Tiny apples appear very small on the stem and large apples almost look like Malus Domestica but slightly rounder and slightly bigger. we'll start with the tiny apples
Viri(Green) M. Arbor, Caer M. Arbor(Blue), Rubr M. Arbor(Red) tiny apples- These are the tiny versions of your apples. They actually take a bit longer to grow, needing about 18-24 seconds between each water time. They also need 7 times to water total to fully grow, so one more than normal.
Viri M. Arbor(Green), Flav M. Arbor(Yellow), Rubr M. Arbor(Red) large apples- Now the larger apples take a bit longer to grow and need more time overall. They take 40-50 seconds between each water time and need 8 total before they fully grow. Also not sure if there are tiny versions of yellow or large blues but I haven't seen any out of 50 I've done. Lastly on my trial, I had 1 silver apple grow
Arge M. Domestica (Silver apple)-So this one appeared once while growing the 50 apples. It takes a minute and 20+ seconds between each water time and needs about 8 times to water tho it could be 9 times total. I never ended up growing another to confirm it but once I find out, I'll change this. On a side note, there are other apples (gold, crytal) that didn't appear on the trial. These are pretty rare and don't pop up a lot. I'll probably edit in some basic info on them later once I grow them.
Auru M. Domestica (Golden apple)-Added this one after the trial I ran just to have the info out. Golden apples definitely take a while to grow. Ranging around 2 minutes+ for each time you water it and needing 9 times total before you can harvest it. Pretty long for sure but worth the wait!
Final thoughts
Thats pretty much it, I think its a pretty neat system plus its always nice seeing those rare apples. I'll put the percentages in another post since Its probably a lot already. Just wanted to spread the info and hopefully help some people out. Thanks for reading and good luck on farming!