Editing Flower planting

'''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 (unless that feature is turned off).

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.

Having flower planting on also 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. In addition, [[expedition]]s will be found more frequently while walking around if flower planting is turned on.

For the purposes of flower planting, the world is divided into a grid of cells of around 5 by 5 meters. 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. The range in which this occurs depends on the number of Pikmin in the [[squad]]. This will only happen if the player is moving less than 15 kilometers per hour, to prevent players from being able to plant lots of flowers from within a vehicle.

During flower planting, flowers are set down around the player in a rectangular area, which is longer along the north-south axis. As the squad size increases, so too does the flower planting area. For every 10 Pikmin added to the squad, the grid will increase by one square along both dimensions. The amount of [[petal]]s consumed per minute will also increase along the same parameters, though this does not outweigh the benefits of increasing the planting area.

[[Big Flower]]s count the small flowers within their radii slightly differently to how the counter at the top of the screen counts them. The only practical difference is that the receptive planting area is slightly larger, and square.

!Planting area

!Big Flower planting area

|[[File: Big Flower Planting Area 2x2.png|x50px]]

|1

|10

||[[File:Big Flower Planting Area 3x3.png|x60px]]

|1.5

|20

|[[File:Big Flower Planting Area 4x4.png|x70px]]

|2

|40

|[[File:Big Flower Planting Area 5x5.png|x80px]]

|2.5

|60

|[[File:Big Flower Planting Area 6x6.png|x90px]]

|3

==With Others==

{{game help|pb|Describe the "With Others" setting.}}

==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===

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!Color

!White

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

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

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

!Red

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

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

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

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

!Blue

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

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

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

!Yellow

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

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

==See also==

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

*[[Vegetation]]