MC-1762352x2 spruce don't grow
2x2 spruce don't grow from saplings. Tried Taiga and snowy tundra biomes. Plenty of space, time, and attempts. I've done this many times before and very recently. 
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2x2 spruce don't grow
2x2 spruce don't grow from saplings. Tried Taiga and snowy tundra biomes. Plenty of space, time, and attempts. I've done this many times before and very recently.
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Problem found...Snow ground-cover counts as a blocking block next to sapling. Clearing snow from around saplings allowed them to grow normally. Not a bug???
Not a bug according to the wiki FWIW. "...requires the 4x4 area centered on the saplings at the same level to be empty."
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We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-8187, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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