Terraria – Are cacti more likely to regrow than to appear

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I'm farming cacti in terraria because I like to use them for building:

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Currently, I leave the cacti "stumps" and only cut when they grow 2 tiles high. Is it good strategy? Are the one tile high cacti more likely to grow than spawn anew?

Note that this question is not limited to mobile version.

Best Answer

No, their growth rate isn't affected by their size. I did a few experiments by leaving my pc running for a while and cacti that are tree blocks high spawn a new block just as fast as cacti that are one or two blocks high. Of course there is a maximum height at which they stop growing.