I've finally dabbled into the mk2 farm and its powerful! Big range, lots of trees, can request things by itself. One problem, which everyone else seems to have, is that it floods the lognet with way too much output. The answer seems to be to rig up smart inserters and a conveyor belt. My suggestion ...

My questions: What's the difference between trees and coral trees? Why should I use fertilizer? TreeFarms grow just with saplings, and fertilizer production eats a lot of resources. Coral trees grow better on sand, whereas normal trees are very slow on sand. Fertilizer provides a good boost for you...

Thank you for the praise! As a sidenote to share here, after playing for a good while with this in game myself, it's definitely a slow process with MK1 farms. I can't keep up with my plastic needs using bioplastic. But somethings I possibly will change, since I realized I goofed up somewhere and did...

I guess I should add some pictures to the main post? There wouldn't be much to show, just the trees growing and getting processed, but if that's what is wanted, then I'll get them up! Also, if there should be any changes, let me know. Too much fertilizer for the ingredients? I can fix that, or anyth...

Type: Treefarm Addon Name: Growable Fertilizer Description: Adds a way to craft fertilizer without using those pesky nonrenewable resources. License: GPLv3 Version: 1.0.0 Release: 2016-06-21 Tested-With-Factorio-Version: 0.12.35 Tested-With-Treefarm-Lite-Version: 0.4.2 Tested-With-Treefarm-AC-Versio...