Editing Flower planting

[[File:PB Flower Planting Tutorial.png|thumb|250px|Flowers being planted behind the player.]]

'''Flower planting''' is a game mechanic in {{pb}}. When it is turned on, small flowers will be planted in a trail behind the player, and will appear on the map screen as the player walks around the real world. Planting flowers consumes [[petal]]s of the type that is being planted. Planted flowers on the map are visible to all players. Planted flowers are used to bloom [[Big Flower]]s. While within a Big Flower's radius, players can plant flowers in the circle to encourage growth and allow the Big Flower to bloom once 300 flowers are planted.

While planting flowers, a widget appears at the top of the map screen showing how many total flowers have been planted so far, how many coins have been earned so far, and how many more flower need to be planted before the next coin is earned. Below this, a smaller widget labeled "Accelerate" appears, which can be tapped to quickly open the confirmation menu to use a [[#Flower Planting Accelerator|Flower Planting Accelerator]].

Flowers last for 7 days and then vanish, though they can vanish a few days earlier<!--needs more testing--> if approached by the player while planting more. Flowers within the radius of a Big Flower instead last until the Big Flower wilts.

Changing the selected petal type during planting will change to planting that flower type without interrupting the session, though doing so will immediately spend a petal and start the spending timer from there, so it will always be slightly less efficient. Running out of selected petals while the device is asleep will cause the flower planting session to immediately end.

Flower planting also provides additional boosts to various aspects of the game:

* Having flower planting on grows [[seedling]]s faster. If a player is planting flowers, seedlings will reach maturity faster with an automatic step-count bonus. Initially, it starts with a 10% bonus, and eventually reaches a maximum of 30% as the player's flowers are continually planted.

* For every 250 flowers that are planted, one [[coin]] is earned, with up to 60 coins available to earn every day. Progress towards the next coin is reset when planting ends, and all coins earned from flower planting are rewarded.

For the purposes of flower planting, the world is divided into a grid of cells that are around 5 by 5 meters.{{cite web|https://www.reddit.com/r/PikminBloomApp/comments/rk5385/flower_planting_speed_and_hidden_mechanics/|Post by u/connection_lost|Reddit|published={{date|19|December|2021}}|retrieved={{date|9|June|2024}}|rname=flower_planting_speed_and_hidden_mechanics_reddit}} These cells are determined by a grid of larger cells sized at 0.00036 decimal degrees across both dimensions. These larger cells are then divided into a number of smaller cells, depending on their respective latitiude. At the equator, as well as for the majority of the populated ranges of the earth, the division is into 64 smaller cells, each with edges sized at 0.000045 decimal degrees.{{cite web|https://www.reddit.com/r/PikminBloomApp/comments/zwibwq/comment/j1xlk6l/|Comment by u/Cirrus_Aeltir|Reddit|published={{date|27|December|2022}}|retrieved={{date|9|June|2024}}}} The cells are not shown to the player, but are used to calculate many features of flower planting.  

One flower can be planted in each cell, and once a flower is in a cell, another one cannot take its place until 5 minutes have passed. As a player walks with flower planting turned on, they will plant flowers in nearby grid cells. This will only happen if the player is moving less than 16-20 kilometers per hour (10-13 miles per hour), to prevent players from being able to plant lots of flowers from within a vehicle. This maximum speed seems to vary between players/locations.

 

Not all flowers are rendered on the map screen. When flowers are directly adjacent to each other, only some will be shown, and the density shown depends on how far in front of the camera they are, as well as the performance of the device being used to play the game. Flowers are also not rendered when they are on top of roads. However, all flowers, including non-rendered ones, are counted in the banner at the top of the screen that says how many flowers have been planted in a session.

 

During flower planting, flowers are set down around the player in a rectangular area, which is longer along the north-south axis. The size of the player's [[squad]] controls the size of this planting area. For every 10 Pikmin added to the squad, the rectangle will increase by one cell along both dimensions. The rate at which [[petal]]s are consumed will also increase, though this does not outweigh the benefits of increasing the planting area. {{cite web | rname=flower_planting_speed_and_hidden_mechanics_reddit}}

!colspan="2"|Planting area

!Petal use interval (seconds)

|30

|7

|20

|9

|15

|15

|12

|55

|10

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== Badges ==

* '''Apprentice Flower Badge''': Plant 1,000 flowers.

* '''Novice Flower Badge''': Plant 20,000 flowers.

* '''Enthusiast Flower Badge''': Plant 500,000 flowers.

* '''Expert Flower Badge''': Plant 1,600,000 flowers.

* '''Master Flower Badge''': Plant 3,000,000 flowers.

== Gallery ==

=== Screenshots ===

=== Flower types ===

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! !!White!!Yellow!!Red!!Blue

!Basic

|[[File:Red poinsettia flowers icon.png|75px]]

!Camellia

|[[File:White camellia flowers icon.png|75px]]

|N/A

!Cosmos

|[[File:White cosmos flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow cosmos flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Red cosmos flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White windflower flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow windflower flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Red windflower flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Blue windflower flowers icon.png|75px]]

!Calla Lily

|[[File:White calla lily flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow calla lily flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White frangipani flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow frangipani flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Red frangipani flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow mum flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White convallaria flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow peony flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White water lily flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow water lily flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Red water lily flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Blue water lily flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Blue bougainvillea flowers icon.png|75px]]

== History ==

 

== See also ==

* [[Fruit (Pikmin Bloom)|Fruit (''Pikmin Bloom'')]]

* [[Vegetation]]