Apple Saplings
by hexagonelle
Apple Saplings adds apple saplings that grow into trees whose leaves produce apples, along with a full set of applewood blocks and items.
What it does
Apple saplings are crafted from an apple and an oak sapling. A grown apple tree spawns with some flowering leaves, and its leaves gradually grow apples over time. Right-clicking a mature tree harvests an apple and resets its growth. Regular leaves grow apples, while flowering leaves drop apple saplings when they are broken, so a player can keep planting more trees.
Trees can also grow with applewood logs, so the wood can be planted and harvested as part of a farm. The mod was made around a single goal, and it stays small in scope.
Apple Saplings is open source under the MIT License and is published for Forge. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files cover 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 across six release versions, and the latest file is for 1.20.1, a beta build dated 2025-09-22. The mod works with Apple Crates, a mod by AbsolemJackdaw, and includes compatibility for it natively. Jade is an optional dependency that can display information about the blocks players look at.
Key features
Apple saplings
Saplings are crafted from an apple and an oak sapling, then planted to grow an apple tree.
Apples from leaves
Regular leaves grow apples over time, and right-clicking a mature tree harvests one and resets its growth.
Flowering leaves
Flowering leaves drop apple saplings when broken, so trees can be replanted without crafting new ones.
Applewood variants
Logs, stripped logs, wood, and a matching set of building and redstone blocks, vehicles and doors are all added.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Optional 1
How it compares
Provincial is a Forge and NeoForge mod with a wider version range, 1.20.1 – 1.21.11, and it is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only. Apple Juice is Forge-only, covers 1.20.1 alone and is not open source, released as All rights reserved. Just Baked Apples is Forge-only for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, and Newfoods+ is also Forge-only for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, adding food rather than trees.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Saplings | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-09-22 |
| Provincial | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-10-05 |
| Apple Juice | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-31 |
| Just Baked Apples | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-24 |
| Newfoods+ | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-27 |
Questions
Does Apple Saplings need to be installed on the server?
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In the catalog
Apple Saplings is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
This mod was made with one goal in mind: apple saplings! You can now craft apple saplings by combining an apple and an oak sapling. The tree that grows will spawn with some flowering leaves. These leaves will grow over time. When they are mature, right-click to harvest the apple, which will reset the growth. The…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/applesaplings
- Owner
- hexagonelle
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15