Tree Crossbreeding for Biofuel and Farms

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After struggling to find much information on trees (particularly after 1.5.2) I decided to type out as much information I could find in game with the help of Nei Addons as well as the Treealyzer to create a list of stats for quick reference. I also did some testing of my own in an effort to create the best tree for a biofuel farm.

I want this thread to contain all possible information that could be used for creating the best possible trees for both biofuel farms and wood farms.

Also post your best trees here and how you got them.
If you see anything that is incorrect/outdated or should be added let me know. The information below is from 1.5.2.

After much testing it appears that only apples will drop from a tree farm. Lemons/Plums/Cherrys/Walnuts/Chestnuts will only drop from an orchard, and papayas appear to drop from neither, unsure about dates.

That being said the ideal tree for a biofuel tree farm should at least contain apples both as a source of fruit juice and mulch for fermenting sapplings.

This is the best tree I've gotten so far, http://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeas..._much_cross_breeding_i_finally_got_my/caxgu4k describes how I got it.

STATS: "BEST OF"
Saplings - High (Balsa)
Matures - Faster (Silver Birch, Red Spruce, White Willow, Apple Oak)
Height - Largest (Coast Sequoia)
Girth - 3x3 (Coast Sequoia, Myrtle Ebony, Grandidier's Baobab)
Yield - High (Plum Tree)
Sappiness - High (Blue Mahoe)

FERMENTER BIOMASS SAPPINESS YIELD (with fruit juice and mulch)
HIGH - 2,250mB
AVERAGE - 1,500mB
LOW - 1,125mB
LOWER - 750mB
LOWEST - 375mB

FRUIT JUICE
Lemon - 400mB - Mulch 10%
Plum - 100mB - Mulch 60%
Apple 200mB - Mulch 20%
(note, apparently only apples will drop on a tree farm, plums and lemons require an orchard to drop)

FRUIT TREES
APPLE OAK - (put vanilla oak through Treealyzer)

LEMON TREE
Silver Lime X Hill Cherry 5% chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Smallest/Smallest
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lower/Lower
Sappiness - Average/Average
Effect - None/None
Supports - Pomes/Prunes
Fruits - Lemon

PLUM TREE
Lemon X Hill Cherry 5% chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Smallest/Smallest
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - High/High
Sappiness - Average/Average
Effect - None/None
Supports - Pomes/Prunes
Fruits - Plum

APPLE OAK
Saplings - Average/Average
Matures - Faster/Faster
Height - Small/Small
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lowest/Lowest
Effect - None
Supports - Pomes
Fruits - Apple

NUTS (also fruit juice)
Papaya - 600mB - Mulch 10%
Date - 50mB - Mulch 20%
(note- papayas dont seem to get harvested by orchards or arboretums, unsure how to automate them, haven't tested Dates either)

NUT TREES
PAPAYA TREE
Jungle X Hill Cherry 5% Chance
Saplings - Low/Low
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Average/Average
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle/Nuts
Fruits - Papaya

DATE TREE
Jungle X Papaya 5% Chance
Saplings - Low/Low
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Average/Average
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Low/Low
Sappiness - Low/Low
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle/Nuts
Fruits - Dates

SEED OIL
Cherry - 50mB - Mulch 5%
Walnut - 180mB - Mulch 5%
Chestnut - 220mB - Mulch 2%

SEED TREES
HILL CHERRY
Silver Lime x Apple Oak 10% Chance
Saplings - Low/Low
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Smaller/Smaller
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Average/Average
Sappiness - Low/Low
Effect - None/None
Supports - Prunes/Pomes
Fruits - Cherry

COMMON WALNUT
Silver Lime x Hill Cherry 10% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Average/Average
Girth - 2x2/2x2
Yield - Average/Average
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - Nuts/Prunes/Pomes
Fruits - Walnuts

SWEET CHESTNUT
Common Walnut x Silver Lime 10% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Large/Large
Girth - 2x2/2x2
Yield - Average/Average
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - Nuts/Prunes/Pomes
Fruits - Chestnut

OTHER TREES
SILVER LIME
Silver Birch x Apple Oak 15% Chance
Saplings - Low/Low
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Small/Small
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lower/Lower
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - Nuts/Prunes/Pomes
Fruits - None

MUNDANE LARCH
Red Spruce x Silver Birch 10% Chance
Saplings - Low/Low
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Average/Average
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - None
Fruits - None

WHITE WILLOW
Apple Oak x Silver Birch 10% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Faster/Faster
Height- Average/Average
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Low/Low
Effect - None/None
Supports - Nuts/Prunes/Pomes
Fruits - None

SUGAR MAPLE
Silver Lime x Mundane Larch 5% Chance
Saplings - Low/low
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Average/Average
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - Prunes/Pomes
Fruits - None

WHITE POPLAR
Silver Birch x White Willow 5% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Slower/Slower
Height - Small/Small
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Low/Low
Effect - None/None
Supports - Pomes/Prunes
Fruits - None/None

BULL PINE
Red Spruce x Mundane Larch 10% Chance
Saplings - Low/Low
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Average/Average
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - None/None
Fruits - None/None

COAST SEQUOIA
Mundane Larch x Bull Pine 5% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Slower/Slower
Height - Largest/Largest
Girth - 3x3/3x3
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - None/None
Fruits - None/None

GIANT SEQUOIA
(UNKOWN)

TEAK
Silver Lime x Jungle 10% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Small/Small
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle
Fruits - None

KAPOK
Jungle x Teak 10% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Slow/Slow
Height - Large/Large
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Low/Low
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle/Prunes
Fruits - None

MYRTLE EBONY
Kapok x Teak 10% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Slower/Slower
Height - Average/Average
Girth - 3x3/3x3
Yield - Lowest/Lwest
Sappiness - Low/Low
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle/Prunes
Fruits - None

YELLOW MERANTI
Kapok x Myrtle Ebony 10% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Slow/Slow
Height - Large/Large
Girth - 2x2/2x2
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Low/Low
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle/Jungle
Fruits - None/None

BALSA
Teak x Silver Lime 10% Chance
Saplings - High/High
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Large/Large
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle/Nuts
Fruits - None

DESERT ACACIA
Teak x Balsa 10% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Small/Small
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lowest/Lowest
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle/Nuts
Fruits - None

WENGE
Desert Acacia x Balsa 10% Chance
Saplings - Lowest/Lowest
Matures - Average/Average
Height - Small/Small
Girth - 2x2/2x2
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lowest/Lowest
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle/Nuts
Fruits - None

GRANDIDIER'S BAOBAB
Balsa x Wenge 10% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Slow/Slow
Height - Large/Large
Girth - 3x3/3x3
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lower/Lower
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle/Nuts
Fruits - None

BLUE MAHOE
Silver Birch x Desert Acacia 5% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Slowest/Slowest
Height - Small/Small
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - High/High
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle/Pomes/Prunes
Fruits - None

SIPIRI
Kapok x Yellow Meranti 10% Chance
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Slow/Slow
Height - Large/Large
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Low/Low
Effect - None/None
Supports - Jungle
Fruits - None

VANILLA TREES
APPLE OAK
Saplings - Average/Average
Matures - Faster/Faster
Height - Small/Small
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lowest/Lowest
Effect - None
Supports - Pomes
Fruits - Apple

SILVER BIRCH
Saplings - Average/Average
Matures - Faster/Faster
Height - Small/Small
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lowest/Lowest
Effect - None/None
Supports - None
Fruits - None

RED SPRUCE
Saplings - Average/Average
Matures - Faster/Faster
Height - Average/Average
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lowest/Lowest
Effect - None/None
Supports - None
Fruits - None

JUNGLE
Saplings - Lower/Lower
Matures - Fast/Fast
Height - Larger/Larger
Girth - 1x1/1x1
Yield - Lowest/Lowest
Sappiness - Lowest/Lowest
Effect - None
Supports - Jungle
Fruits - Cocoa
 
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ThePokepika99

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Nice! This what I was looking for! I just got Pure Oak Tree sapling with High and High sappiness.
Now I just need to add those another traits like Balsas high Saplings. :D
(This is tedious work)
 

tryple5soul

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wow man if people knew this was here! this is incredible information! You could write into the ftb wiki
 

Omicron

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Nice! I saw your breeding guide abum and your tree species album on imgur.

Did you eventually move away from making your trees a 3x3 trunk? I've been testing a bit lately and noticed that 3x3 trees grow significantly more slowly than their speed trait would indicate because so many adjacent saplings must be fully mature all at the same time. I had already earmarked to look for an opportunity to discuss this ;)