Pip flower pot planting and critter feeding

Hi! Just came here to ask another stupid question. I’ve heard that if you use the pip flower pot exploit and place the grubfruit in a \/\/\/\/ pattern, grub grubs can still pollinate them. So can critters like pips or dreckos that eat plant growth percentages still eat from the potted plants (yes it only works for one type of plant that a type of critter eats so this should be singular but plural sounds better)?