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#1 Oct 15, 2011

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I'm under the impression that this isn't a well known fact, since every video I watch of people playing survival always seem to have them using an entire row of water for each row of crops. Sure there may be aesthetic design reasons to do so, but I get the feeling that most actually think you need that much water. Well, for the sake of efficiency, I wanted to share this screenshot with anyone who might be interested. I just learned it the other day and thought it was neat/useful.
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The closer the crops are to water and light, the higher chance they'll have of growing. Efficiency doesn't mean anything when water is infinite.
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I'm under the impression that this isn't a well known fact, since every video I watch of people playing survival always seem to have them using an entire row of water for each row of crops. Sure there may be aesthetic design reasons to do so, but I get the feeling that most actually think you need that much water. Well, for the sake of efficiency, I wanted to share this screenshot with anyone who might be interested. I just learned it the other day and thought I would share.
A lot of people know this. It's just that they'd rather be able to walk around and farm without using shift.
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#5 Oct 15, 2011
cool. thanks for the info.
wish i actually gave a **** about farming XD
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#6 Oct 15, 2011

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Yeah, I tried that, and it seemed that the full row of water to 1 row of crops grew faster vs it. Plus the full rows look nicer XD
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The closer the crops are to water and light, the higher chance they'll have of growing. Efficiency doesn't mean anything when water is infinite.
haha, yeah that's true. I guess I just like the idea and visual impact of a huge chunk of densely packed crops.
#8 Oct 15, 2011
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A lot of people know this. It's just that they'd rather be able to walk around and farm without using shift.
Well then here is a fact that you don't know:
Putting fences underneath the dirt block means that you will not be walking on the dirt block if you walk over your crops. That means that you don't need shift and animals can't trample the crops either.
#9 Oct 15, 2011
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This is a quite efficient way to farm if you're going to be out exploring most of the day. I made a world at one point in an archipelago where I created huge multileveled glass greenhouses with the system of 1 block of water for a 9x9 grid. I also like the fact that it gives you 80 wheat per 9x9 grid.
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Well then here is a fact that you don't know:
Putting fences underneath the dirt block means that you will not be walking on the dirt block if you walk over your crops. That means that you don't need shift and animals can't trample the crops either.
That I did not know! Thanks for the info!
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One water source block will hydrate a 9x9 farming grid

How many blocks does water affect?

Water can spread downward infinitely until stopped by a block, and 7 blocks horizontally from a source block on a flat surface. Water spreads at a rate of 1 block every 5 game ticks, or 4 blocks per second.

How many blocks can a water source fertilizer?

Water will fertilize all farm blocks within 4 blocks of it. This distance extends diagonally which means a single water source block will fertilize an entire 9x9 farm when placed in the center.