Why shouldn't I plant trees in Winter?

I've read a couple different posts on various forums that say forester camps should not plant trees in the winter, but instead focus on cutting for additional firewood resources.

Is this so the cutting will happen faster (to produce firewood faster)?

I've got a pretty bare spot with not much more than saplings around my forester camp now, as a result of this tactic. Am I missing something?

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Best Answer

The usual advice given is to set all foresters to plant only.

Every couple of winters use the chop wood tool to highlight the planted forest, this will then allow any laborers you have to be used as your wood gathering workforce (also farmers as during winter they act as laborers), allowing a quick resource collection.

Following the collection, you will have a large collection of wood, and the planting of the forest can begin again.

I cant remember the growth time for planted forests, but I remember someone mentioning it being a few years. Therefore this technique would best be used when you have multiple forester lodges, allowing for a rotation.

This method also requires user intervention, rather than setting foresters to plant and cut so that you have a constant trickle of wood.