How to Keep Trees Small and Stop Tree Growth | ACNH - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)

You can plant fruits next to growing trees to stop their growth in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) for the Nintendo Switch.

Find out the steps to stop trees from growing and how you can keep them small or whatever size you want forever with our guide below!

How to Grow Trees

Steps to Grow Trees

Other Tree Guides:

• How to Plant Trees
• How to Get Fruits

Tree Growth Stages

From left to right, Nursery Tree, Small Young Tree, Medium young Tree, Large Young Tree, and a Fully-Grown Tree.

The stages are the same for any kind of tree, including bamboo.

Keep in mind that a tree reaches full maturity on the fifth day, so you can only stop it from growing from the second to fourth days.

How to Keep Trees Small

Plant Fruit Next to the Tree

Once the tree has reached the size you want, plant a fruit next to it to stop it from growing into a Fully-Grown Tree.

We recommend planting the fruit behind the tree to hide it from view!

Use a Shovel to Move the Tree

As long as the tree has not fully grown, you can move it without stamina. This goes the same for shrubs and flowers.

Note that moving a tree to an open space causes it to grow, so be sure to plant a fruit next to it before the day ends!

Other Stamina Guides:

• How to Pull Up Trees
• How to Get Stamina

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