The Ultimate Minecraft 1.20 Crop Farming Guide - Tips and Tricks to Efficiently Grow Food

[@GhostVvar]

You forgot to mention that bees flying over your crops (if they're dripping pollen) can also increase crop growth.

[@Eyecraftmc]

I did forget to mention that :(

[@jona7164]

But the speed increase is so low that (if I remember correctly) even Ilmango doesn't care about it

[@dennisshoemaker2789]

I found it to be pretty fast. But that was in my honey farm. 20 bees with flowers on the out side of the crops, two crops fields grew pretty quick.

[@theisgood0]

@@sonix7119 bruh.

[@christapherdane]

These rules do not match bedrock. Light does matter in bedrock and you can plant seeds in a cave where you don't have enough light to actually make it grow and they will never grow.

[@miguelvelez4566]

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[@qhelios]

Adorable

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[@volbla]

Beetroot seeds can be found in end city treasure chests. Because, you know, they're an important end game resource.

[@Eyecraftmc]

LOL forgot about that one

[@volbla]

@Spaggetti Noodles They are not :(

[@theonetruemilkman4894]

@Spaggetti Noodles Good for red dye, beet soup, villager trading, pig breeding, and composting for bonemeal. Very good crop XD

[@Kiertiana]

@Spaggetti Noodles They just changed that - the animal breeding/luring - they added the ability for some animals to be lured or bred with different stuff than previous.

[@YounesLayachi]

Later expansions and additions to terrain generation are prime targets for new content, even when it doesn't make sense : mojang does this to compensate for players who already explored too much of their world, so when they update to 1.9 they can't find any beetroot anywhere in their world.

[@TheTeke0624]

I have used the Asian method of rice farming in the mountains. Without the rice, of course. But with the 1.18 release, and the dramatic increase in mountains and hills, I find it useful in some places. Just use the 4 over method and run a river down the mountain side. It's unique and adds a cool touch.

[@Eyecraftmc]

That must look super cool! those slope farms in real life are super pretty!

[@reuniteireland]

Cool idea

[@Wakeuptorealityman]

We need rice in minecraft

[@locrianphantom3547]

Same, but mine are a bit more messy than real life. I use irrigation tunnels to hydrate everything.

[@idealthinker101]

@@Wakeuptorealityman but it will be very complicated. Rice itself will be very boring. To make biryani, pulav, khichdi, sushi, etc... we would need spices, hence more complications.

[@Masked_One_1316]

10:05 if your location freezes water I recommend doing this the game can’t place an ice block if a slab/stair is there.

[@Eyecraftmc]

That is a really good point!

[@Masked_One_1316]

@@Eyecraftmc thank you!

[@bogart9212]

Is placing water under the crops good?

[@Masked_One_1316]

@@bogart9212 only if it hydrates the soil.

[@hlol1544]

Composters also work

[@danielrhouck]

The way Minecraft detects if you’re growing crops “in rows” is whether there’s the same type of crop to the diagonal. That means that your checkerboard pumpkin field is slower than a checkerboard mixed pumpkin/melon field. Other than that, this seems like a great video with accurate information.

[@ravomino8088]

yeah like he showed, he makes them have 4 spots to grow onto instead of 2, doubling the speed, just gotta make sure you alternate melons and pumpkins so it wont be directly diagonal and cancel the doubling.

[@juleznava843]

@@ravomino8088 it actually doesn't matter, as for the speed of growing the stem isnt as important. so its still double regardless of the patters

[@revenevan11]

@@juleznava843 at least according to the wiki, the diagonal check also influences the rate of fruit production once the vine is grown, in addition to the probability of success increasing with how many adjacent spaces are open for a pumpkin or melon to be placed.

[@tomdekler9280]

A _very_ important part of making a classic 9x9 farm in Minecraft is to use a carved pumpkin, a hay hale and three to four pieces of fence (two banners for style) to construct a Scarecrow that will stand on top of the waterlogged slab in the middle. A farm without a scarecrow can hardly be called a farm at all, after all. Make the fence base two fences high to prevent the scarecrow from blocking your path too much.

[@alethea1166]

**cocoa, sugarcane, and netherwart crying together in the corner** But really, great video! Would be awesome to see a part 2 covering the "unconventional" crops.

[@masterblaster2678]

That might be because those crops don't really have any "hidden features" like the ones that grow on farmland, like how it grows faster next to a different type of crop, or the need for light, or the interaction with water. Netherwart for example you can place anywhere as long as it's planted on soul sand, and it's growth rate never changes. Don't think that needs a guide tbh lol

[@Sly-Moose]

Sweet berries and glow berries as well XD

[@pikachufiknight]

@@Sly-Moose and cactus technically

[@shizune_]

In Bedrock, you can bonemeal sugar cane to it's max state of 3 sugar cane. So making an efficient sugar can farm is possible in Bedrock.

[@ManGame-eb3pp]

@@masterblaster2678 well, i think netherwart needs glowstone above it so it grows faster if im not wrong

[@sunnyboi3867]

I always wondered if crops would grow faster when you do rotations just like real life. It's really cool to see they incorporated that into the game.

[@Eyecraftmc]

I love it!

[@morningstar7484]

@@Eyecraftmc Does it have to be different groups of crops for it to grow faster? Or can you do the same with the same group of crops (carrots in one row and potatoes in the other)

[@sunnyboi3867]

@@morningstar7484 It works both ways from what I've seen. All crops grow faster when placed next to any other, welll except for pumpkin and melons.

[@landonmadison2205]

@@sunnyboi3867 they check diagonally, so if you plant them in an alternating X shape, they will grow faster.

[@JaceFincham]

@@landonmadison2205 pumpkins and melons?

[@sharkdentures3247]

I usually use a trapdoor to cover my water. (just a little more decorative) I also didn't know about the "light not needed below a minimum for crops" thing. I feel a little silly for all the lighting up my farms I've been doing.

[@aozf05]

On the plus side mobs won't spawn on them

[@davidlewis3867]

I like to light up my farms in case I do a nighttime harvest/planting. I don't want to get surprised out in the fields. I've also seen monsters just on crops and destroy them.

[@aesthxticheart]

Lily pads are my touch and u can walk on the water

[@lingyanchin9588]

So you put the trap door on yr top of yr water?

[@ThisUnfoldingCrisis]

Immense videos for beginners like me….it’s not often every question you have in your head gets answered within 30 seconds. Superb, thank you.

[@AutodidactEngineer]

10:37 You can actually also use carpet on top of the water source!

[@aesthxticheart]

Lily pads for design

[@AutodidactEngineer]

@@aesthxticheart carpwt looks better and is easier to get but you can also waterlog slabs which works very good too

[@Geographical_EditZ12]

Or trapdoors

[@mochur4788]

Really good video! Didnt know about the fortune part, definetly have to try that out in my survival world. Thanks a bunch!

[@Eyecraftmc]

No Problem!

[@Kiertiana]

I actually learned the fortune thing in a video somewhere else on how to create a good nether wart farm with a rail collection system. I always forget about it though when farming regular crops. *facepalm*

[@Jotto999]

You've drastically changed how I think about farming! I had no idea about alternating rows of different crops and that improving speed. Also I had no idea you could use a Fortune-enchanted item, and that it doesn't use durability. Fabulous!

[@nortalian549]

A few things to note: 1. As another commenter mentioned: bees. 2. Sugarcane 3. Sweet berries 4. Melons can also be found growing in acacia (savanna) villages as well as stockpiled (similar to the way haybales are stockpiled, albeit in much lower quantities)

[@Hyphessobrycon]

m o i s t u r i z e d

[@lilymonet9702]

To cover up the water, you could also use composters, trapdoors, or a chest that contains hoe, seeds, crops, whatever.

[@Eyecraftmc]

That waterlogged chest is a super good idea!

[@jackdean2509]

I’m Stealing that chest thing

[@PlatinumTales]

@@jackdean2509 stealing it too

[@That_Wise_Sage_]

Consider it done lol

[@LalzJeNeSuis]

Yeah but for movement and seed placement purpose, a slab is the optimized way of covering water

[@MyUsersDark]

I remember wondering if Fortune worked on crops, and until now I believed it didn't. I learned something new. I love your guides, getting straight to the point and no unneeded information on the side. Earned a sub! I bet many more will follow : )

[@RockSleeper]

you can grow sweet berry bushes (thorn bushes) in farmland and it will yield more bush drops than harvesting it from regular grass. So you can grow a lot of bushes to push around your base and protect it.

[@Quandale96]

Yeah, but not so much hunger is replenished by them

[@cocco3268]

Underrated channel, Im gonna use these crops in my survival world. Thanks for useful guide.

[@Eyecraftmc]

No problem, I'm glad its helpful!

[@zechariahdsiler]

Been looking for some 1.18 farms and builds and stuff. Thanks for the video. I’m going to do the tower farm, that seemed pretty cool

[@Eyecraftmc]

Yeah its quite efficient and a nice way to save room but have a lot of farming area.

[@Hellnogizmo]

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[@HEARTFULL_13]

I have an alternative pathing to melon/pumpkins. I do lanes for it but lane 1, 4, 6, and 9 (going left to right..lane 5 is water) those are the tilled dirt, leaving lanes 2-3 and 7-8 for the blocks made by the seeds. And I replace grass blocks with coarse dirt to give it a more farm feel to it. As best as possible for demonstration Ex. [=++=~=++=] [ ] are fences or whatever you choose = are tilled dirt + are product ~ is water

[@R3TXD]

bro explains so good😭🤍

[@quinntaylor1170]

I actually used mangrove roots for my water source in my 1.19 world because it honestly looks really cool and you can still see the water

[@ivansgirl144]

Thank you for this. I redid all my farms and they grow much faster now. Time to visit that village with a wagon full of carrots 😁

[@Eyecraftmc]

Glad to help :) Good luck trading

[@SK1N_WALK3R]

aw hell nah bro gonna buy 5 emeralds with two stacks of carrots.

[@memelord705]

​@@SK1N_WALK3Rthere's a reason why you take advantage of cured villagers

[@SK1N_WALK3R]

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[@Marcos-yd5cc]

great video man! your channel is so underrated. also, a nice way to cover water in crops is using carpet (blue gets it real nice)! they cover it perfectly and you can even put a light source down in the water

[@Eyecraftmc]

Yeah it really does blend in well :)

[@bragwell7636]

Also, waterlogged upside down slab would work

[@DirtyMaryAnTheLAMBS]

I'm slowly, but surely getting into Minecraft. I've seen quite a few videos where people have one hole of water watering their farms and I've always wanted to know how to do that and you've showed me. TYSSM!!!!!

[@sndr.]

Great vid man! Returning player and you have a great and simple guide

[@volbla]

I didn't need this guide, but i still have to say it was a very good guide! Informative and accurate.

[@jay-tp8vh]

Great video but you forgot to mention that melons spawn with savanna villages and pumpkins spawn in spruce villages.

[@Eyecraftmc]

Your right I did forget :(

[@hugglesnz]

I love your videos covering these basics - there's always something I take away from them that I had no idea about. Just wonderful, thank you

[@bowlofstrawbs2863]

This man takes a game with farming to an interesting level. I like his enthusiasm, no goofs and no stupid things just farming

[@cheyenne1188]

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[@Yappy_94]

Really good video, you can however use Fortune on Melons, you have a chance of receiving 9 slices which you normally would not, since its capped at 7 without Fortune III

[@Eyecraftmc]

That is true, if you want to get the most melon slices and not whole melons.

[@Changecangs]

Or just use silk touch on your axe, and get full melon!

[@volbla]

For when you need healing potions!

[@landonmadison2205]

@@Changecangs don’t you have to eventually break the melon to eat it anyways? Also, what happens if you fortune a melon, craft a melon, and fortune mine it again? (In case anyone in this thread knows)

[@landonmadison2205]

I believe you get 4 if you mine a crafted or silk touched melon, just checked and silk touching melons is kinda useless.

[@LordTaos]

Great video. Thank you. Just recently got back into minecraft and I never knew that if you alternated crops it would grow faster (I did use a checkerboard pattern though.) Also, haven't tested it since coming back, but if you planted only pumpkins (no melon) it used to be that sometimes 2 vines would connect to the same pumpkin. I always left 2 spaces in between my pumpkin rows to prevent that. (I don't care for melon as a food source, but I love pumpkin pies.)

[@TickFlicks-You.got.it7]

I’ve been playing this game since 2011 and you still managed to teach me a few things! Well done.

[@amos999999]

Narration was smooth and easy to understand. What a gem of a video and content creator. Looking forward to more useful tips from you!

[@georgeynwa9414]

Haven’t played this in years so I’m struggling to know what to do haha Thanks for the video

[@j0rhn]

Didn't know about the planting in rows, excellent tip!

[@Irdanwen]

Excellent video! Good work. A well-formatted overview of all things farming. Learned a few things, like the darkness. Bonemeal helps with growth and hoppers with collecting. Nice job I liked the video.

[@AdamSmith-rp9ej]

Wonderful video! You explain things so clearly and make it so easy to follow. I had no idea about the lighting effect or vertical farming.

[@rebeccaleah2737]

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[@Eyecraftmc]

Thank you so much!

[@rebeccaleah2737]

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[@magicwordxyzzy]

I haven't checked to see if it makes a speed difference, but you can plant pumpkins and melons in rows, and I figured out a way that keeps the pumpkins and melons that emerge right where they need to be. Have a 9x9 grid with a cobblestone border (or any other block that pumpkins and melons can't "land on." Rows: Dirt (or course dirt in mushroom biomes), pumpkin plants, melon plants, dirt row, cobblestone row with water source in the middle, dirt row, melon plants, pumpkin plants, dirt row. This gives me neat rows of pumpkins and melons to harvest, in the same 9x9 grid as the rest of my farms, with just 6 blocks unused due to the water source row not being used for planting to keep from plants competing for "landing space."

[@jobassett7395]

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[@hectorzambrano4092]

I am a veteran MC player with over 12 years of experience (started out with Xbox 360 Edition), and it's always fascinating how I am learning new things everyday that add to the enjoyability of this game. In fact, it's the first time I've learned about the lily pad, slab, and stair trick on water. Thanks for this amazing & informative vid!

[@kiddsanction]

Very clear and informative

[@bsherman8236]

With melons i like to make 2 block rows, easier to organize

[@Titaniumashes88]

Thank you for making these videos! You do an amazing job ☺️

[@DOOMPREDATORMAUS]

Thank you so much for the new methods, I will remember this the next time I am planting my crops, I am leaning how to make an automatic farm, and this is a very helpful way to plant many crops at the same time. as well as I know how efficiently how to grow melons and pumpkins and how to grow Potatoes and carrots, as I've been trying to figure out how to grow those two, and I soon had a theory they grow like the real things, and I was right.

[@hey_tonyyy]

super wholesome, loved the calmness of your voice throughout the video. you gave me a few ideas for some of my worlds. never change, hope you can reach 1 mil sometime soon. cheers!

[@laddz6554]

Trapdoors can also be used to cover water sources

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Wow a MC channel that's isn't going "ToDaY In MiNecRaft WE aRE GOing tO ShoW yoU hOw....." *Loud music* *High usage of edits, effects*

[@SnowAshes818]

Never knew about the tick speed when planting in rows! Been the designated farmer for years lol. Thanks for your videos, they’ve helped me a lot returning to 1.19 especially ❤😊

[@TranAran]

I'm sorry if this is a dumb question. When planting in rows, do the crops have to _align_ with the *_farmland texture,_* or is it that as long as they are in a _line formation_ that they would get the growth bonus? Ex: [ll] [ll] [ll] instead of [=][=][=]

[@ttrobin96]

I believe it doesnt matter since the game checks the corner blocks to see if ur farm is in a patch or in a row

[@Eyecraftmc]

Either is fine :)

[@TranAran]

Ah, thanks a bunch guys!

[@lithepear9129]

Really cool and informative video! The fortune part actually surprised me 😯 but unfortunately I don’t need a farm because I have an iron farm which I can use to get emeralds and thus golden carrots

[@cristinaemcrise948]

I've been watching your videos lately and there's so much stuff I've never thought of! Keep up with the good work, you're awesome!

[@Eyecraftmc]

Thanks! Will do!

[@Enzed_]

Your tutorial videos are super great. Good in depth info.

[@Eyecraftmc]

Glad you like them!

[@matt69420]

Great guide! I didn't know that about light. Good to know.

[@unknownmusicguy8637]

I play this game for more for almost a decade and just now i learned that planting in rows is faster. You are a life saver, subbed.

[@TheHoodAmbassador]

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[@0canofbeans_417]

I knew most of these but the pumpkin farm with checkered pattern one I didn’t know👍🏼

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Been playing since beta 1.8 and I definitely learned something

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This guy is actual legend. I took a break from minecraft for a year and this really helped refresh my memory plus some myth busting stuff. So under-appreciated.

[@cuboembaralhado8294]

Hey, you can also put villager to work on crops, just fill its inventory with the seeds or crop that you want (they inventory hold 8 packs to be exactly) and put a composter there, for collecting the crops you can make some rail under the farm so a hoppaer in a minecart can take it

[@user-rm5jh5ee7e]

Thanks man, i’m still just getting into Minecraft and I needed some help with some stuff including how to grow crops. You made it simple to understand and I am one step closer to becoming a Minecraft master! 🤩 Definitely dropping a like! 👍

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[@xvleonel]

This man is the Minecraft Sage 🙏

[@allahuakbar7717]

This is how every informative Minecraft video should be.

[@Bored_Barbarian]

Thank you, I haven’t seriously played since like 2015-16. Playing again with gf and been at a loss with all the new stuff and trying to remember stuff

[@dannymac653]

I'm a new subscriber and after watching several of your newer videos, you sound absolutely giddy in this one in comparison to your newer stuff, LOL

[@planetfall5056]

Really helpful and succinct. Thank you :)

[@DevinJuularValentine]

Wow what a great video, nobody in all those famous yt Minecraft tips channels has ever mentioned fortune and farming. Really useful to know

[@Eyecraftmc]

Glad to help :)

[@chadicusmaximus6404]

bruh legit underrated channel i really like how you use the play bar thingys in the videos

[@AudunRoald]

You forgot to test out crop growth using pollination by bees. Can you do a video about these?

[@Eyecraftmc]

I will look into it :)

[@allenpaluszewski4030]

Great videos Could you do video of Villager job stations? basically getting specific items from Villagers for best enjoyment of the game. Cause a certain item or book would be preferable.

[@jakobandreasson927]

I have played Minecraft for 10 years and have thousands of hours played and I still didn’t know all of this, thank you. This will be useful in my next world

[@Eyecraftmc]

Np!

[@christinasieger5940]

Bro your channel is about to blow up

[@08virtual_64]

I put a shroomlight or glowstone block below my water source and a trapdoor that you can atleast party see through above the water :D

[@mr._otis9840]

No joke, your vids have been helping me so much with my most recent survival world

[@joeturner7959]

Farming ... I butt my plots against each other, but had a hard time harvesting the inner line over the water blocks, so... I increased the number of water blocks to 3, spaced them out, so that I could grow bamboo, and that makes it even more productive. It would make the strip of water, having grown bamboo in it. I plant in a checker board pattern w/ crops arraigned in a checkerboard pattern so they are not constrained by having crops growing up next to them, and then go plant in the other checkerboard so they can grow up next to mature crops half the time. Also for melons, your melons are all over the place, I plant them on alternating sides of an alley with dirt spacing, so they grow all in a line, and I can harvest them all in one direction. WahZee referred me here for a few updates.

[@thesilentkiller306]

Thank you for the video. I ask too much questions around games, so this helped a lot!

[@nickolasverano1864]

dood dat updates us from time to time on whats new. he deserves a sub

[@3lmodfz]

Time to overhaul my farming area!

[@catbhoy]

Best video I’ve seen in a while. Great concentration of information 👌

[@Eyecraftmc]

Glad it was helpful!

[@menosproblemos6993]

7:50 If you're doing something similar to this video in the future, may I recommend raising the tick speed, showing how plats grow, while describing how crops work? In informational videos 'show and tell' is a good format, I think. It stimulates double the senses, so about twice as many neurons can upload the information for watchers' memories.. I guess game audio would be good to have on as well (as you did in this one).

[@menosproblemos6993]

And go into survival mode when getting seeds from grass, craft melon seeds while speaking of it etc. Same 'show and tell'-thing really. I'm merely repeating myself in new words.

[@2stabz241]

straight to the point, extensive details. new sub here.

[@marinayasmin4617]

I always made farm's like the villager and thought that's the only way. Your video really helped me out. :)

[@chai_tea_to_me]

This was very very helpful! Definitely subbing!

[@That_Wise_Sage_]

You post by far the BEST tutorial/info videos I have ever seen!! Keep up the good work man!💛

[@Eyecraftmc]

Wow, thanks!

[@ivobo6227]

The best farm design for me for wheat/carrot/potato/beetroot is 8x8. You put water source blocks on each corner block and put a sea lantern on each side. As tilled dirt is slightly lower than a normal block height, even if you cover the sea lanterns with a block, once tilled they lat our light. Plus its exactly 1 stack of items you will need to re-seed it back up.

[@TheTrainmobile]

I started playing Minecraft in 2014 and I'm still finding out new things about this game. I cannot believe that I am just now learning that crop rotation was actually implemented in the game.

[@unbx0]

Addition to the melon pumpkin farms. They don't need water, moist only speeds up the stem, but the appearing of pumpkin or melon doesn't depend on moist. Also a very good pattern is in a 9x9, 1nothing,2melon row, 3pumpkin row, 4nothing, 5 nothing with water, 6nothing, 7pumpkin row, 8melon row, 9nothing. This helps faster grow of stems, because of water and row structure, also the blocks won't be mixed.

[@wrtltable]

The growth of watermelons is calculated according to the same formula as the growth of the stem as the growth of other plants, so moisture is needed. I tested it.

[@nyauwu7662]

im completely new to minecraft. this is really helpful and i love that it's direct to the topic and concise. thank you for the video bro. u get a sub and like from me :D

[@Eyecraftmc]

Glad to help :)

[@cassandraautumn6696]

im a veteran (been here since 1.1) and am still learning stuff i never knew from this video too

[@jeffrey778]

thanks so much for these videos! basic mechanic guides i think are much needed for the more hard core players.

[@shadowlucario7125]

I've been playing minecraft for YEARS and never knew the planting in rows thing. Amazing.

[@Hammerhead_19]

Pumpkin, melon, and beet root seeds can be found in mine cart chests also. And I don’t remember but I thought you could also get melon or pumpkin seeds from spawner chests?

[@m3gduwu560]

A larger farm from one water scource is letting the water flow as it doesn't have to be a scource block for it to moisturice the land, so intead of a 9x9 area with one block missing a total of 80 farm land you'll have a 23x9 being 192 farm land