I found a way around most of the issues. #1> I updated my Graphics card driver on my PC, check your computer for the latest graphics card driver and update it. Seems to work against dead trees and plants "out there in the world" (strange but true on my PC) #2> I build a nice green house with every lot and use "hydroponics" planters for everything except trees which will not grow in a hydroponics unit. You may have to use debug search for the hydroponics? not sure. I use Tmex Better Build Buy mod. 3> start trees in the yard or open area of your lot then move them into your green house in a "Grow pot challenge" pot and keep them watered. Despite all of this the "live edit" or "Free" landscaping plants will die during inclement weather but grow back in spring and some plants in the green house will turn black but are still viable and productive. I just delete all the landscaping plants that are freebies when I purchase a lot. Makes more room for a green house. Most plants last me about 2 years of game play, a few will die after 2 years unless you have level 10 gardening and the plant lovers trait which helps maintain healthy plants. And of course, all plants listed spring/fall will be black during summer/winter etc. I am satisfied with these results since I have been able to reach into the millions just by growing plants. Best scenario, splice a snapdragon and dragon fruit plant, grow cowberries and sell them, big bucks. Grow a Money tree and splice it to Apple trees, lemon trees, etc. and then you get money tree berries and can sell them as well for big bucks. Or, you can plant about 50 money trees and just watch the clouds and stars roll by and harvest the money trees pretty much every day at 6 am year-round, they never die unless they get bugs or you don't water them. 10 perfect money trees is 330,000 simoleans each harvest. Plant 50 trees thats 1.65 million a day. Just splice a money tree with a perfect lemon tree, that never dies, get 5 to 10 money tree berries a day, plant them, a few days of that, poof, ten million in your pockets. You can do what ever your sim wants to do. I have one sim that is going for all careers and aspirations. I have skinny green houses, big green houses, tower green houses. Towers have 4 hydroponics per floor, 4 floors plus the roof for 16 plants times 5 levels. 80 plants. splice plants, I have tomato garlic onion plants (you get tomatoes, garlic and onions from one plant, etc.
