Money Tree

[Sportsfan]

I just harvested my first money tree today, and I was wondering, to get more of them do I have to go out looking for the special seeds? Is there no way to plant the money bags that I harvested?

[MoonsAreBlue]

I think when a money tree reaches perfect quality, it drops a seed. You can't plant a money bag, though. The plus side is that the trees never die, but I think a tree will only drop one seed and that's it.

[Pam]

You can still hunt for special seeds.  There are others besides the money tree seed.  You can find special seeds that produce Death Flower bushes, Flame Fruit bushes, Life Fruit plants, and Plasma Fruit plants.  You cannot plant the money bags.  However, once your money tree reaches Perfect, it will drop a seed.  It will take a bit of time because the quality of the money tree increases each time you harvest it.  Once you have a decent sized orchard of them, it seems like they drop seeds every day and you can increase the size of the orchard substantially.

Edit:  Moons beat me to it!  However, money trees can die if they don't get enough water.  And when they die, you get charged a whopping amount of money.  It's the reverse of when the money tree is living and giving you money.

[Sportsfan]

Okay. Thanks. Is the seed that gets dropped then perfect quality? Also, I have no idea what plasma fruit is. It probably comes in an EP I don't have. Does it come in Late Night?
Also, list on carls guide for gardening about the perfect quality money tree? It says that the average bag is worth something like 500-800 but mine that I harvested for the first time each bag was only worth about 150.

[Pam]

The seed you pick up will be normal quality.  Each money tree has to climb through all of the levels to reach Perfect.  Plasma fruit did indeed come with Late Night.  It's what vampires eat if they don't drink from another Sim.  Your money bags will increase in value over time as you continue to harvest the tree.  Don't let them just sit there for days on end.  You have to harvest the money bags regularly, then they will increase in value.  In my current game, the largest money bag harvested so far was worth $606.  She has 8 mature trees and 2 saplings.

[Noodles]

...does the money tree ever drop bills?

My sim had a few money trees at her backyard garden. The mailbox was on the front by the road, and if the mailman ever dropped bills they would be there. One day I found three bills on the ground under the money trees. They were all different value, too. My sim picked them up and paid them like normal. It has never happened since, but it seemed like as they dropped from the tree.

[TheChronicR]

...does the money tree ever drop bills?

My sim had a few money trees at her backyard garden. The mailbox was on the front by the road, and if the mailman ever dropped bills they would be there. One day I found three bills on the ground under the money trees. They were all different value, too. My sim picked them up and paid them like normal. It has never happened since, but it seemed like as they dropped from the tree.

As Pam said in her earlier post, if you don't water the tree for a long amount of time, it will drop bills, and you have to pay those in addition to your regular ones, otherwise the repoman will come to repossess your stuff.

[Noodles]

D'oh!
And I thought I read each message. Sorry for that, and thanks Chronic for pointing that for me.

[TheChronicR]

D'oh!
And I thought I read each message. Sorry for that, and thanks Chronic for pointing that for me.

You're welcome Noodles.

[Euler]

I didn't see this explicitly mentioned.

If you are playing on a long time scale, every money tree will spawn a seed eventually.  So your first money tree hits perfect, drops a normal seed.  That money tree will hit perfect, and drop a seed.  Ect.

It's a (very slow) linear growth unlike most plants that can generate lots quickly, but it is very useful.

[glacier777]

Okay. Thanks. Is the seed that gets dropped then perfect quality? Also, I have no idea what plasma fruit is. It probably comes in an EP I don't have. Does it come in Late Night?
Also, list on carls guide for gardening about the perfect quality money tree? It says that the average bag is worth something like 500-800 but mine that I harvested for the first time each bag was only worth about 150.

Yeah, I agree with everyting you said. Guys, how do you increase the value of the money bags? I'm guessing using perfect lobsters to fertlize is the best way. Also, I can fertlize my money tree every day. Is that normal?

[MoonsAreBlue]

yeah I agree with everyting you said. Guys how do you increase the value of the money bags? I'm guessing using perfect lobsters to fertlize is the best way. also i can fertlize my money tree every day. Is that normal?

When I fertilize my trees with life fruit, I don't have to do it very often, maybe just once a week. They increase by themselves over time as long as you keep them healthy.

[Pam]

Yeah, I agree with everyting you said. Guys, how do you increase the value of the money bags? I'm guessing using perfect lobsters to fertlize is the best way. Also, I can fertlize my money tree every day. Is that normal?

The value of your money bags goes up each time you harvest.  The quality of the tree also goes up as it's harvested.  If you're fertilizing your money trees every day, you're probably not using the best fertilizer.  Some will last 3 days or so.  Life fruit and Vampire fish are probably the absolute best fertilizers.

If you haven't already, you should check out Carl's Gardening Guide.

[sinbadjackson]

Sorry for digging up an old topic, but I am still a bit confused about the rate at which the seeds that are dropped.

I have an orchard currently of 12 trees, 6 are from original "found" seeds, and the other 6 are from seeds that have dropped. And thats all I have had from my very original tree, is one seed.

Look it is great orchard am I am not complaining, on target to harvesting over 80, more like 90 bags this week, and it is the fisrt week for a full harvest of the orchard. Currently 70 bags for 30K so far.

The trees are 6 perfect, 3 outstanding and 3 very nice. The feritiliser I am using is Outstanding, mainly flame fruit as I have so much of it. I do have plenty of life fruit so I might give them go on the next round of fertilising the trees.

From what I have read should I expect another 6 six seeds from the six trees that arent perfect? or is outstanding better than perfect?

Also is there a way of getting them to drop seeds again? Would it be by getting the tree to drop below pefect by nnop watering and no fertiliser? or would i just have to negkect them totally? no tending, no harvesting too?

[Ricalynn]

A money tree will only drop a seed once.  The cycle for a money tree is like this: Plant seed > Grows to perfection > Drops normal seed > Plant seed > Grows to perfection > Drops normal seed.

If you don't water them, you're going to get bills but it doesn't decrease the quality of the plant.   If you read Carl's Guide to Gardening, it tells you the exact sequence of quality.  Perfect is the best that a harvestable can be though.  Carl's Guide also talks about money trees but as it was said in some of the original posts, these trees grow in quality unlike other plants so they will always eventually hit perfection.