Dispenser Planting
by anaphan
Dispenser Planting lets dispensers plant crops and saplings on soil placed in front of them, with redstone power driving the action.
What it does
The NeoForge mod allows dispensers to plant plantable items automatically. A soil block placed at the front of a dispenser gives it a target, and a plantable item loaded into the dispenser is set into the ground. Nether Wart is one of the crops that can be planted this way, and the mechanic covers crops and saplings in general.
A dispenser needs a redstone signal to fire, so a powered circuit can plant a row of crops on a timer or on demand. The mouth of the dispenser must not be blocked by the soil, because the placement happens at the front. The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and the server alone runs the logic.
The code is open source under the MIT License, and the 1.0.0 build for 26.1.2 was published on 2026-06-16, the day after the first release on 2026-06-15. Files exist for NeoForge only, and the source and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Automatic planting
Dispensers plant crops and saplings without a player present, once the soil and item are in place.
Soil at the front
The soil block is placed in front of the dispenser, which decides where the planted item goes.
Redstone control
A redstone signal powers the dispenser, so planting can be triggered by any existing circuit.
Nether Wart support
Nether Wart is among the plantable items the dispenser can place on soil.
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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.
Use cases
Automated farms
Builders can run crop rows from a dispenser line, removing the need to plant each block by hand.
Redstone builds
Circuits that drive dispensers can be extended to plant on a schedule or after a trigger.
Who it’s for: Players who build automated farms with redstone, and server owners who want dispensers to handle planting. The mod needs only a server install, so players on that server do not need to add it.
How it compares
Planting Dispensers is a Fabric mod for 26.1 – 26.3 under the MIT License and is not open source, so it cannot be used on NeoForge. Dispenser Farm is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.5 and is open source under the MIT License, with the same server-side environment. Zero Tick Farms (26.1) is a Fabric mod for 26.1.2 that is open source under the MIT License and also runs on the server alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dispenser Planting | NeoForge | 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-06-16 |
| Planting Dispensers | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-06-02 |
| Dispenser Farm | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Server-side only | 2025-06-05 |
| Zero Tick Farms (26.1) | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-07 |
Questions
Does Dispenser Planting need to be installed on the client?
Which loader does Dispenser Planting support?
Can the dispenser plant Nether Wart?
In the catalog
Dispenser Planting is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,596 Food mods for NeoForge. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
A NeoForge mod that allows dispensers to automatically plant crops and saplings.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dispenser-planting
- Owner
- anaphan
- Published
- 2026-06-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15