Plant arent tick updating

Hey everyone, I saw that someone else had posted a similiar problem as mine about 5 months back, but had gotten no responses, so I thought Id try my hand instead.
Ive got a 3 stage growth plant thats not calling its growth procedure. I know the growth procedure works, because I tested it by making its activation event "player right clicks", and it worked PERFECTLY. But the plants arent calling it on a tick update. And yes, I DID make sure the "force plant ticking" box was checked in the plants advance properties, and the growth procedure is set to "update tick" in the triggers section.
But no matter how hard I try, these cotton plants REFUSE to obey my commands, and do as their told. >: ( Any help would be appreciated!!
If you need the growth procedure, Ill do my best to type it out for ya, as I dont know how to post the pic (or even take a screen shot)
if= is (x) (y)-1 (z) the same block as "farmland block"
do;
      if= is (x) (y) (z) the same block as "baby cotton plant block"
      do; Remove block at (x) (y) (z)

            Place "teen cotton plant block" at (x) (y) (z)

The next stage is the same procedure, so no need to retype it.

Edit: I believe Ive resolved this actually. Apparently, making a plant with the actual "plant" element, is not the way to go, but to make it an actual block.
Edit Edit.: Mcreator team, could we possibly add crop like plants to the "plant" element section, I think it might help out in the long run. :3