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FNVcourierjon(SigilStone):
A part of my wheat farm wouldn't keep the seeds in, it's fine now.

ViperZeroOne:


This is also a VERY bad farm setup, I'm sorry to say.

First thing to note is that each water block supports a minimum 4 block radius of crops.  Since water is the "life blood" of a farm, it's important to maximize each water block to it's full potential.  Therefore the best way to plant is with water in the center of your crop fields.  Like so;

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▓= Wheat

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▓ = Water
▓= Melon Stem
▓= Dirt

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Step 2 to having a good farm is to ensure it's survivability.  This is easily done with a coal PS stone.  You get one right off the start, so I'd suggest using it to protect your farm.  This is how I like to setup my farm's PS stone when I'm dealing with melons.


▓ = Water
▓= Melon Stem
▓= Dirt
▓= Coal PS Stone

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But it can also be done with your Wheat farm.  That said, you should put a 2x tall fence around the farm so people can't get in and trample it.

▓ = Water
▓= Wheat
▓= Coal PS Stone

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With this setup you'll have no problem with food, at all.  It's what I used when I first started, and within a day I had an entire chest full of food.  

NOTES:
- If you CROUCH you won't damage the soil when you move across it, so no need for paths that waste farming space.
- Grow your melon stems with bonemeal to skip having to wait for them to mature.
- Be patient and spend some time just standing at your melon farm, it'll produce a melon roughly every 10 seconds.
- Stack your farms vertical instead of spreading them out across the countryside, to keep them in the same chunk.


Happy farming!

Pugabyte:
 Hey sniperdoc,
Try going to my home.
Step 1: type /home mopar23
Step 2: look at the floor  (seriously, look. Its awesome)  :)
Step 3: go upstairs and stand in awe
Step 4: turn to find the ladder ( yes the second floor is amazing)
Get the idea? PS I have more supplies of whats on the floor, 803 individualitems of the lighter one to be exact.  :) :) :) :)

Pugabyte:
Also, all my minecraft apps on my phone tell me crops need to be within 4 blocks of a same level water source, so my water is in a big line like viperzeroone's second example, just continuous down the line.

ViperZeroOne:

--- Quote from: mopar23 on May 18, 2012, 12:48:22 am ---Also, all my minecraft apps on my phone tell me crops need to be within 4 blocks of a same level water source, so my water is in a big line like viperzeroone's second example, just continuous down the line.

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For melons, yea that's the way to do it.  For wheat you should use my other example because one water block is all you need for a 9x9 (unprotected) square.  No need to waste the land where crops could be growing!  :)

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