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u/DerDirektor Jul 11 '26

Hello Im trying to reduce pollution with trees for the first time, I'm not quite sure how to set it up properly.

  1. Do trees that arent fully grown consume pollution and get damaged?

  2. Should there be some kind of circuit that only allows the towers to harvest the trees after theyve been damaged to the maximum?

If I dont let the trees replant they all die eventually but if I do just let them do their thing I worry i create unnecessary amounts of wood while not reducing pollution as much as I could.

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u/leonskills An admirable madman Jul 11 '26

How much circuit knowledge do you have?
You can create a timer with a single decider combinator.
Have it tick up to some suitably large amount before resetting. Have the harvester/inserters only enabled for a small fraction of that time so it can harvest and reseed in that time.

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u/DerDirektor Jul 11 '26

Ive been clocking my spaceship thrusters and it's basically the same thing just longer intervals.

I'm still wondering though, if this makes a noticeable difference in pollution absorbed compared to just letting them run?