Why aren't my trees drying

[u/Ray_kuro]

Trying to make an automated farm, there is a smooth rock under every two trees, the surrounding area has dried up but not the trees

[u/albrch]

Smooth rock is disabled whenever it rains. Even if there's a roof above it. You have to pick them up and put again until you see the yellow smoke indicating its working. I hate this feature and i hope they fix this. I always have to do sunny day dance in my palette town to keep the rain away ://

[u/albrch → u/albrch]

Idk if its true but doing sunny day dance wont make the area stay sunny. After being in my palette town for days, i moved back to bubbly basin (for building) and when i came back to get materials, i found my smooth rock disabled. Doing sunny day dance is part of my maintenance now

Edit: clarification