I Let This Flower Spread for 1 Year... (Animal Crossing New Horizons)

[@Dagnel]

Come follow on Twitch! Occasional sneak peaks at WIP videos and general dumbassery: twitch.tv/Dagnel

[@stacey.mccurdie5697]

WoW did it relly take that long

[@thecaffee1065]

These aren’t flowers anymore, they are WEEDS!! XD

[@christian_playzac5599]

if you seen my first vid u can see my big flowers :(

[@crumbly5265]

I thought this game was dead after March pretty cool to see this is my recommendations though

[@thecaffee1065]

@@christian_playzac5599 Flowers just don't die in this game. They have become much more of a weed than the actual in game weed.

[@honeyoceans55]

I’d love to see a flower battle. Plant 2 different flowers on opposite sides of the island and see which overtakes the other by random chance

[@TheMakeupChair]

Yes to this 👍

[@ripples_.]

THIS IS THE SMARTEST THING EVER

[@fridgekirbo5392]

I’d love to see that

[@Sonicxmariifan236]

Blue and red

[@MarieIThink]

Turf war

[@DOCTOR.DEADHEAD]

Dealing with fully grown plants shouldn't be nearly as annoying as it is, if I can fit entire trees in my pocket there's no reason why they can't go into my storage.

[@Dagnel]

good point about the pockets, makes no sense!

[@nigelcarlile1802]

@@Dagnel sooooo funny 😆

[@BlouePickdMan]

@@cedar4539 and in previous games

[@legoferrari14]

I guess that's the price we had to pay for making the stems permanent so that rare-crossbreeds aren't dead forever if you accidentally trample them or neglect your flower patches for a few days.

[@CatCatKitten]

No, you see, your pants have also eaten the steroid filled fruits on your island.

[@kaninekodiak]

not me getting emotionally invested in the red roses struggle against the black rose tyrants

[@Dagnel]

f'd up they didn't teach us this in school fr ✋

[@MM-qy1tl]

they had a pretty slim chance at the beginning. due to (what I’m pretty sure) the genes of the black roses are, the reds would have been done if they got fully surrounded by 2 layers of black roses. this is because the genotype (that i assume) that the black roses had is such that they will only ever produce other black roses when bred with eachother. the reason the reds would be done is because they could try to breed with the closer layer of black roses, but their offspring wouldn’t be able to spawn with the second layer of blacks blocking the open spots. just something I thought I’d go nerd about to highlight this 😁

[@cheiftainvulpix]

LMAO

[@andrewtimberlake]

I had to clean like 50 flowers once and it took forever I cant even imagine this.

[@Dagnel]

Yeah, I might just reset lol

[@cleliaoconnell3705]

@@Dagnel just reset yeah x) Store the items you need in another island and start over :')

[@abritelight7287]

Then there’s me, an idiot who time traveled back and forth many many times on A RAINY DAY. I haven’t even tried to fix my horrid mistake…

[@ThatBlueMew]

@@abritelight7287 OH.NO that’s gonna be hard to clean up. You should just clean it now so that they can’t duplicate and breed when it rains or it may just get even worse lol

[@xxselenaxx2142]

Gotta use those grass paths

[@SupremeIceJD]

Isabelle is probably thrilled. She always goes on about how much flowers we need on the island. You should see how long it takes to every single villager on your island at one point.

[@k00paling]

how to catch a peacock butterfly in the most absurd way possible

[@stompingliger]

This channel has officially turned into ”Animal Crossing for masochists”. No complaints here. Just stating a fact.

[@laudedah]

it’s a good thing

[@janaeck7494]

Video Idea: how long does it take to clean a island full of flowers ;)

[@Dagnel]

Maybe a good timelapse video for a Short!

[@papapie9921]

@@Dagnel let us come to your island and dig them all out!

[@DOCTOR.DEADHEAD]

@@papapie9921 Omg that's such a fun idea lol

[@kitkatbreaker1270]

Other video idea: how fast can you reset your animal crossing game

[@altynaytherussianspy]

I had about 75% of my island covered in flowers and it took like five hours 😳😳

[@Buphido]

Fun fact about flower breeding! The colour of a flower is derived from their genes. Yes, they gave flowers genes in this game. Or, to be more game-y, an ID. In particular, the ID of freshly planted red roses is 2001. And if a flower clones itself, so does its ID. Now, if two flowers are bred to form a new one, the new ID is derived from the ID of its parents. And this works by calculating each digit of the ID by halving the respective ID of each parent and adding the results together. So if you had a rose with the ID 2000 (which is a black rose) and a rose with the ID 2002 (which is a pink rose), the result would be 1000 + 1001 = 2001 which is a red rose. However, one thing worth noting is that, if the parent contains a 1 in their ID, it will not in fact be halved when breeding; rather, to add some randomness, a 1 will, in breeding, give a 50-50 chance of either adding 0 or 1 to the respective digit of their offspring. So a red rose 2001 bred with a black rose 2000 will give a red rose 2001 50% of the time and a black rose 2000 50% of the time and two red roses 2001 will give a black rose 2000 25% of the time, a pink rose 2002 25% of the time and a red rose 2001 50% of the time. So. The fact that the island ended up being covered in black roses was pure coincidence, as it could have ended up being covered in pink roses just as well. However, once a patch has completely turned either black or pink, there is no turning back. Also, if you wanted the most colourful carpet of roses, you should start from a pink rose with ID 1111 for the most possible combinations. :P

[@cecilofthesea]

i havent done much terraforming on the northernmost parts of my island, and with all of the rainy days i had in june, the tulips have completely taken over. theres no escape.

[@Dagnel]

There's always transparent patterns that you can surround your flowers with to keep them from spreading but...yeah. Still tedious.

[@sarahveit739]

@@Dagnel omggggg u are a genius

[@vanillapxstry6146]

i chose my island because it had a heart pond, so once i got there, i surrounded it with flowers! *oh, vanilla…* *OH, WHAT A MISTAKE YOU MADE*

[@spleens4200]

Me and pansies…

[@duracellofusa]

lets all just put an f in the chat for this guy, he had to flatten his island and then time travel 1 year and then edit it, i feel bad for you 😔

[@Dagnel]

(it was secretly fun, otherwise I wouldn't do it!)

[@laudedah]

@@Dagnel (props to you)

[@NBazure]

@@Dagnel kudos to you cuz damn, i wouldn't have the patience for this even with time travel! lol

[@organ_saki6969]

@@Dagnel you enjoyed this???

[@Noirflux]

F

[@Radien]

Watching this flower field was like watching a one-sided game of Go. 👍🏻 A few quick ACNH gardening facts: 1. Two reds often produce black together; otherwise they produce more red. 2. Two black roses always produce more black UNLESS they were once watered with a gold watering can (the only way to get gold roses), which explains why they overtook red here. 23. The fact that you got ANY pink roses implies your starting flower had some hidden genes. When grown from seeds (rather than wild roses), red roses can't produce pink without adding white. 4. The more days a flower is watered without reproducing or being moved, the more likely it'll reproduce next time. Hence the slow start. 5. I bet if you tried this with lilies it'd take half the time. They are truly the most weedlike of ACNH flowers.

[@AerCloud]

I've gotten random golds so...

[@pancakes4life804]

I'm sorry, have you *seen* pansies?? My island is caked in them and they just don't stop,,, I may just be unlucky, but they don't breed nearly as fast as my lilies eheh

[@glitteredbrat]

@@AerCloud sure

[@Someone36991]

Personally I think cosmos are the most weedlike. They already took over my island, next stop, the rest of the world

[@theawesome491]

the fact that the island name is Pain-

[@Dagnel]

I knew what I was getting into when I made the island

[@lilbit_]

@@Dagnel i didn't know u like french bread!

[@deltaixe]

@@lilbit_ oui oui je suis un baguette et croissant et le pain blanc

[@starry.nightss]

@@Dagnel pretty accurate name

[@ProfessionalBugLover]

@@deltaixe give me you

[@PixieNekoChan]

10:15 “No no no. Fun isn’t something we do here.” What a great line. 🤣

[@arjc5714]

I’ve been breeding for every single kind of flower, and I’m down to waiting for my first blue rose. I haven’t been throwing away or selling any of the results, because I still haven’t completely decided how I’m going to arrange them on my island. I just dig up the trash flowers and put them elsewhere. I do not have many spaces left.

[@Dagnel]

I did that too for a while before realizing that either breeding them/cloning them/trading for them again is easier than half of your island being ruined.

[@thetragedyofcommons]

i don’t care much for breeding flowers but i’ve gotten a blue rose by accident via rain and random flower placement

[@arjc5714]

@@thetragedyofcommons then you are EXTREMELY lucky, because this is taking me FOREVER, even with time travel. (To be fair I didn’t start outbreeding my purples until after I had every other flower finished.)

[@catboy_tylerr]

if you’re looking to get rid of some flowers, I’m still missing a few hybrids of certain kinds of flowers and would be willing to pay for them!!

[@JuliaBeatriz-th3ol]

I've been trying to get a blue rose for MONTHS now, and it seems impossible lol (and since I don't have NSO I can't just trade for it). I've already completed a few other flower hybrid collections, I have golden roses and lilies of the valley as well, but the blue rose is giving me an extremely hard time

[@joenamath5480]

I can barely breed single flowers, let alone entire patches. And you somehow got the entire island covered in flowers. Congrats to you man, you did what I couldn't.

[@Dagnel]

Thank you!

[@-duckcreates-8288]

Isabelle: Maybe try adding more greenery like *flowers* and trees! your island might get a better rating after tha- Dagnel: *Challenge A c c e p t e d*

[@crumblekoala]

I took her advice and still got it

[@thekavehfanatic]

@@crumblekoala lol

[@Kai-1138]

I have like 261 flowers and trees from my knowledge

[@Kir-bea13]

@@Kai-1138 do you have a 5 star island yet

[@Steadyy.v]

@@Kir-bea13 not with Isabel's standards

[@andytyler444]

i’m pretty sure 90% of my island is just flowers at this point

[@adrianmonthly]

Everytime it rains I have to bust out the hood shovel

[@isabellalobo1062]

Same

[@leslie48069]

Same

[@randomperson3629]

I left my island alone for the first couple of months, then the flowers got so bad that I ended up just leaving them alone again

[@wowjennawow]

same, i’m rocking the flower forest look

[@mrssodapopstar]

That’s why I liked New Leaf because you could dig up flowers and drop in your house.

[@Pigmedog]

id like to draw your attention to the fact that your first set of miles is Pain Miles and that's honestly such a big mood

[@Liasisws]

That was great! I love how the Preying Mantis was there in the beginning and came back for the end!

[@Dagnel]

He stuck with me to the end :)

[@danielinverso5869]

Here’s an idea for a video: How long does it take to pay off your debt completely just by using items given to you from villagers? The rules are that you are not allowed to make money any way except by selling the items given to you by villagers whether it be by completing a task for them or when they give you something in return for something you gave them.

[@jpg-mw1vc]

I love how in the 1st day it was nice weather and one red rose but at the last day it was cloudy and the island was covered in black flowers It probably represents the pain during this challange

[@plumdutchess]

I recently cleared my island of all the flowers. They had been spreading since the beginning and the top two layers of the island were covered. I had been dreading it and been postponing it. It's took me 6 hours and 13 shovels to do. It's now so beautifully clear. I love it! I did go down a star in my rating, though. Isabelle said I need more nature...

[@maxidy1498]

I'm curious on your town rating. It would be hilarious if Isabelle gave it 5 stars.

[@Dagnel]

It's 2 stars, just checked. Weird

[@cleliaoconnell3705]

For 5 stars you need trees, fences, flowers, and I think you also need to place stuff outside... doesn't really matter whether it is actually pretty to look at

[@Plut0TheCrypt1d]

@@cleliaoconnell3705 well we definitely got one of those covered

[@sofia.hendry]

Dagnel: fills whole island with flowers Isabelle: MORE FLOWERS

[@kojikakoifish2862]

You've taken the War of the Roses far too literally. I love it!

[@starspeculation]

I wish flower stems/ plants could stack. It would make clean up a lot easier.

[@Dagnel]

Yeah, me too :(

[@chandler2581]

I have a ton of flowers on my island, including a dedicated flower garden that takes up a huge chunk of the northwest corner. Every time it rains, I groan and immediately go buy an extra shovel to prepare for the following day.

[@jackf1003]

I wish I had your patience. Mad respect ✊

[@Dagnel]

Thanks!

[@phyllojoe5346]

1:20 Deeply upset with the lack of quality content, 98% aint gonna satisfy me! Seriously though you've got some patience!

[@Dagnel]

i am sorry, apology video coming tomorrow

[@germanguy2]

We didn't get any I will cancel you​@@Dagnel

[@Businessman_Justin]

I know I'm a sick man watching this video and enjoying all the pain and hours put into it... but it was a damn good 12 minutes of my life lmao!!

[@Dagnel]

Glad you enjoyed, that's all that matters lol

[@PokemonTrainerAriel]

My friend gave me a good tip for containing flowers: Line the border with blank transparent custom tiles.

[@MartiganzYT]

the icard: more acnh torture, i felt that

[@pillowmoment]

I think this would be cool if you did this watering them with a golden watering can instead. Watering black roses with a gold watering can, I’m pretty sure it’s the only way to get gold roses, though it’s a small chance. It would be faster, and I wanna see how many gold ones pop up

[@AerCloud]

I have gotten random gold

[@miko9409]

sometimes when it rains black roses breed gold roses

[@KenShiraishiPlease]

Honestly you'd be amazing on the radio, your voice isn't too deep but it's very soothing making it pleasant to listen to, watching this video was very entertaining.

[@vubzs]

The amount of patience you have 😩 i would have chucked my switch out the window, you sir deserve an award. Awesome video as always!

[@Dagnel]

Thanks so much!

[@sierrajohnson717]

You can put houses on the back rock part of the beaches I think. For future acnh torture

[@Dagnel]

I should've tried that! Maybe they were big enough, not sure

[@Crazy56U]

Video idea: Filling up a maxed out house storage with one of every (non-fish and non-bug) storable item in the game. How long?

[@Dagnel]

I might do this, good idea!

[@russianvalkyrie2358]

YES super interested to know this!

[@mianotmiya]

i remember for the three months of my island i just completely ignored the 2nd floor and by the end i had a ton of pansies. im pretty sure i went through 20-25 printed design shovels cleaning it all up

[@madsahren2208]

Now I wanna see a flower war- plant 4 different colored flowers in 4 different corners (not necessarily on the edge of the island, just like, 10-20 spaces from the other flowers in a diamond or square shape) and see which one dominates the other 🤔 maybe it can be done with different types of flowers instead of colors since the OG flowers will breed to make new colors and it'll be hard to track which original flower is winning

[@Sweetlittlehugs]

Video idea: paying people on nookazon to clean up flowers

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Me when I want the flowers to spread: flowers don't grow Me when I don't want the flowers to spread: flowers grow all over the place.

[@femalepapyrus]

You get gold Rose's when you water black Rose's with a golden watering can

[@violet-pn7fo]

you can get them when it rains too

[@mintbrownieangelfish-6114]

Sir, my respect for you is insane. Hardly anyone would do this but it's fascinating. Maybe other people could do this with other rose colors or different flowers. See if there's a big difference or not

[@emilyb6002]

Not the video I was expecting to watch today but 10/10 for both your dedication and your commentary. This was very much worth the time you put in

[@Dagnel]

Thanks! I'm glad people enjoy it, makes it well worth the effort

[@TENMATSUKASA88]

Hey, bonbon! Let me give you a tip; you can make a transparent custom path, and put it around flowers to stop them from spreading, without making a visual difference

[@fox__fire]

Man, I didnt even know that flowers could breed on their own. I always thought that they needed at least 1 other flower to spread. I am learning so much from your videos! ^_^

[@Hippster21]

It would be neat to do this with one of each flower variant in the cardinal directions and see which one takes over most of the island/gets to the center first. If only we could move resident services.

[@xaul2632]

Ha, "cardinal" directions. Nice flower joke there

[@Forstrei.]

Hey, at the end it finally started to look like my island lol. I covered the entire thing with flowers so the fossils would only spawn in my "quarry"

[@amusedcats2050]

The fact that this man reads every comment is so amazing, mad respect dude

[@Dagnel]

Thanks, I try my best!

[@Kin-bd2vd]

Flowers grow quicker than the debts I have with Tom Nook.

[@sevenfortyfour]

Fascinating, but must have been an exercise in extreme tedium. Even *playing the game normally* is more entertaining than just watering flowers! And there's nothing to do in the actual game either!

[@Dagnel]

It was less tedious with streams/videos/the Euro 2020 Final on in the background

[@double_illusions2121]

don’t remind me of that final 😭

[@duckmustard]

11:26 “Pain” what a fitting name for this island.

[@quetzalpretzel9679]

How many coconuts to get 10 framed villager photos would be a cool video.

[@catspawcreates]

This made my inner goth chuckle with delight. I had so much trouble getting my first black rose and then you get almost a whole island of them. Love your dedication.

[@avocadofox736]

the constant black roses everywhere are SO annoying to clean up and WOW that is a lot in a year

[@Dagnel]

Seems like the easiest hybrid to get in the game by far

[@_Kuma_]

My island is also taken over by black roses and black tulips… 🥲 I didn’t want roaches so I put the beautiful island initiative or whatever it’s called but now my flowers are going even crazier

[@jaeggirl]

subbed, thank you for making such interesting videos. And your sense of humour is right up my alley. Laughed a lot at the random closeups.

[@pipp0ba_]

when isabelle asks for more flowers this is what she means

[@apollorobin]

Man the patience this must've taken. This video was really interesting and entertaining to watch, amazing job!! Gonna subscribe :)

[@Autumn_Vibez]

On an app there is this Umm.... Thing. That basically tells you how to make hybrids. It says that 2 red roses make a black one and every other mix, it's called "Animal Crossing Planner" I think :P

[@ChadtuvaQueen]

“The neurons in my brain are only a few more days of watering away from withering up and dying” Dagnel, 2021

[@riverrees4044]

WOW surprised by the quick black roses

[@user-cb2hy5yq6v]

pov: isabelle said you need more flowers on your island

[@JustCallMeMeghan]

And yet again, a great reason why the lawn mower item needs to be functional to mow down all of the extra flowers.

[@Dagnel]

If they don't add a way to store them or pick them up quicker, then I agree completely!

[@MM-qy1tl]

even though nobody asked, here’s a quick (not really) rundown of what went down in the field in terms of genes. The first rose, according to what I think, had the same genes as ones from seed bags. This is the case for the flowers that *initially* spawn on your island. In this case, the genotype is RR-yy-ww-Ss, or 2001. It cloned, producing a genetically identical flower, and the first black rose produced has the genotype 2000 (RR-yy-ww-ss). then, the 3 of the roses present had a pair produce another black with the same genotype, (which is the only genotype of black present) and more black roses were produced. this is where the black rose mob originated, because this genotype of black rose (2000) is homozygous, and as such, when bred with another of the same, will only ever produce the same genotype (in acnh). The reds were lucky to create that much of an impact in the area they did. the first pink rose came from a pairing of 2 reds, which are the same as the original even though it could have bred with black roses. 2001 (the reds) and 2000 (black) only make more 2001 and 2000, red and blacks. anyway, these pinks roses are genotype 2002 (RR-yy-ww-SS). 2001 can make both 2000 and 2002, so that’s why there were still some black roses mixed with the red and pink swathe. The reason for some of the pink “blocks” is the same reason for the huge amounts of black roses. the pinks are homozygous, producing only more of themselves when bred with eachother. the rest is down to rng, but it wasn’t super unlikely that the reds died out anyway, because a pairing of reds has a 50% chance to make the same red, and 25% chance to make either pink or black. that should be everything, let me know if anyone wants to know anything else about this case

[@v1nce502]

Based as fuck

[@harrypotterfan197]

No the flower had a hidden gene not present in seed bags, that's how pink was made

[@saplingarcher7713]

Dagnel: "We've all had rainy days on our islands which pretty quickly leads to your flowers breeding out of control." Me: YES! And it's glorious! Dagnel: "And without proper maintenance they can slowly spread across all areas of your island making for a time consuming cleanup effort." Me: Why would i ever even WANT to do that? I love flowers! :D

[@malignantmelanomar]

you put so much work into your videos! its honestly inspirational. i could watch these all day :)

[@Dagnel]

Thank you! I'll keep doing my best!

[@malignantmelanomar]

@@Dagnel take a break sometimes though :)

[@rowan464]

That kimi bwoah moment did not go unnoticed, never expected to see something f1 related in an animal crossing video

[@Dagnel]

I think you're the first one to point it out! Only took 9 days!

[@blualice9426]

@@Dagnel saw a screencap of this on r/unexpectedf1 lmao "bwoah flowers"

[@SketchingWithSarah]

You named the island Pain and I'm here for it LOL

[@Gir0Fan0Number01]

Reminds me of the flowers I still have to get rid of on my own island. Been ignoring that chore for a while now... there's so many...

[@peppycrossing2796]

I love how you named the island pain 😂

[@reggie3744]

id love to see what the full flower field would have looked like if u had used a different color as the starter flower

[@shayalay2595]

tip: whenever you customize the tools (except for the axe), it restarts its durability

[@Leispada]

July 11th is my birthday, and I decided to consider this a gift You have my gratitude

[@russianvalkyrie2358]

Youre a madlad Dagnel! The work put in this vid is insane. I wish I could subscribe twice!!

[@Dagnel]

Thank you, I appreciate just the one subscription plenty!

[@drakokronus]

i'm always amused by the random zoom-ins in your videos like the one on the koala

[@loubfroeschli8684]

I would love to see, what happens if you plant one of each of the base color roses...

[@jamiestirling9088]

I did enjoy this. Thank you for the sacrifice of your finite time on this planet. Bless your soul.

[@sushirabbit167]

I enjoyed this way too much! Now do a competition with all the basic flower breeds to see who wins!!

[@Dagnel]

Thanks!

[@Zipesthemanokit]

I left my flowers grow for 8 months once, I thankfully had a friend who was willing to help me clean them up, (tysm Olivia)

[@boop_beep_sheep4876]

This is why I surround my flowers with clear patterns

[@JB-ew1mu]

I like putting weeds in the bare spots, makes it feel natural and full

[@romrom83]

Imagine you're anabelle, you come back from a year vacation and instead of a big, nice town, you see just flowers

[@eliasa4549]

so invested in the flower war

[@Branwat]

You were so close, wish you had finished it out. None the less thanks for the time and dedication!

[@peppycrossing2796]

Flower cloning is not a joke folks. I will never get back the hours I spent clearing up after just I let them breed for months

[@anacondaitalien8611]

Broooo your channel is so cool you put so much effort into every single video i dont understand youtube anymore i hope you have however many subscribers you wish to have because dang thats such quality content

[@Dagnel]

Thanks! I don't worry about subs too much, as long as people enjoy watching

[@wolfsonic]

Curious how much easier this would be with the new beautiful town ordinance

[@organ_saki6969]

this is what isabelle meant with the "Making your island more natural" advice.

[@SB-io7rw]

Ah yes, the type of content I subbed for.

[@bighearted6118]

Tip: if you don’t want your flowers to clone out of control, put a transparent custom path around it. (You can’t make a completely transparent path, so just put down like one pixel)

[@kermitthekitten]

Isabelle: I think we need more flowers.

[@kaiadarlene6669]

Your commentary is everything

[@christineeleonorepoppe6745]

I saw videos with pretty complicated breeding patterns and there I wander around on my daughters island and without doing anything she had black roses and on my island i had a black tulip..on my previous island i tried everything and the flowers i hoped to breed never popped up🤷‍♀️

[@jennalgreer]

at first I thought you did this without time traveling then you mentioned it and I was like “holy moly. this person isn’t as crazy as I thought” cause it would just take FOREVER to do it without

[@Dagnel]

Oh i'm still crazy I assure you!

[@WestKai]

I did this once but I had no idea it would grow so much

[@drawnwithlove3499]

I know this is five days ago but Gold roses only spawn from watering black roses with the golden watering can. You only obtain the golden watering can DIY from Isabelle when you get 5 stars

[@snow3pea]

this was my island in a nutshell .w.