Better Planting
Better Planting places crops automatically on farmland, a step vanilla Minecraft leaves to the player, and it is configured on the server.
What it does
Crop farming in vanilla Minecraft has no automatic planting step, so each seed is set down by hand. Better Planting adds that step: a block set up for planting plants crop items on farmland without the player doing it each time. The aim is to give crop farms a method beyond manual replanting, since many farms otherwise look alike.
Out of the box the mod recognizes a broad set of modded crops, and it works on the crop items it recognizes. A config option lets it try to auto-detect plantable items, and items tagged betterplanting:plantable are always eligible. Datapacks can add items to that tag, so a pack maker can extend the list without changing the mod's code.
Better Planting is published for Forge only, with files for 1.19 – 1.19.4 and the latest file, 1.2, dated 2023-04-13. It is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and singleplayer worlds run it through the server config in the world folder. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Automatic crop planting
Crop items placed on farmland are planted without manual replanting, so a farm can keep producing.
Modded crop support
Crops added by other mods are recognized by default, and specific items can be selected in the config.
Auto-detection option
A config option lets the mod try to detect plantable items on its own instead of using the default list.
Datapack tag
Items added to the betterplanting:plantable tag through a datapack become eligible for automatic planting.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who run crop farms in survival worlds, and server owners who want automatic planting without asking every player to install anything.
How it compares
Better Bone Meal is a Forge mod for 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 that runs on client and server and is not open source; it targets growth rather than planting. Farm It is a Forge mod for 1.19.4 that runs on client and server, also under All rights reserved. Secure Crops is a Fabric server-side mod for 1.16.5 – 1.21.10 released under the MIT License, so it is open source but uses a different loader.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Planting | Forge | 1.19 – 1.19.4 | Server-side only | 2023-04-13 |
| Better Bone Meal | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-11-06 |
| Farm It | Forge | 1.19.4 | Client and server | 2023-05-15 |
| Secure Crops | Fabric | 1.16.5 – 1.21.10 | Server-side only | 2025-10-12 |
Questions
Does a player need Better Planting to join a server that runs it?
Which crops does Better Planting plant by default?
Which versions does Better Planting support?
In the catalog
Better Planting is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 9,374 mods support Minecraft 1.19.4.
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What the author says
This mod adds the ability to plant crops by letting them fall onto farmland in item form. It aims to diversify crop farming methods, as the lack of automatic planting methods in vanilla makes crop farms generally uninteresting to build. It supports most modded crops by default, and can be configured to select exactly…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-planting
- Owner
- zacharybarbanell
- Published
- 2023-01-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-04-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15