Don't Grow NOW!
by beamingblue
Don't Grow NOW! stops crops from growing by turning farmland into Doctored Farmland, a block that keeps plants from advancing.
What it does
Farmland can be doctored by applying Fermented Bone Meal, a crafted item whose recipe combines bone meal with a fermented spider eye. Right-clicking farmland with it, or dispensing it onto farmland, turns that block into Doctored Farmland. Crops planted on it then stop growing, and the mod also covers farmland that dehydrates or is trampled.
Doctored Farmland can be reverted. A player can right-click it with a water bottle or dispense water onto it, and the block returns to normal farmland so crops grow again. A doctored block picked up with a shovel enchanted with Silk Touch keeps its state and can be placed somewhere else.
The mod runs on Fabric and Quilt for 1.18 – 1.19.3, across seven release versions. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The code is open source under the MIT License, and the source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Fermented Bone Meal
A crafted item that converts farmland into a doctored state when applied to it.
Doctored Farmland
A farmland variant that stops crops planted on it from growing until it is reverted.
Reverting with water
Water from a bottle or a dispenser restores doctored farmland to normal farmland.
Silk Touch pickup
A shovel with Silk Touch picks up doctored farmland intact, so it can be moved elsewhere.
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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
Stopping crop growth for decoration
Players who want crops to stay in a fixed state for building or aesthetic purposes can doctor the farmland under them.
Protecting farms from trampling
Doctored farmland keeps players and mobs from trampling crops, which helps farms on shared servers.
Who it’s for: The mod suits builders who want crops frozen in a chosen stage, and server owners who want fewer trampled farms. Players who only want faster or slower crop growth settings will not find them here.
How it compares
Mystical Crops is a Fabric-only mod for 1.18 – 1.19.2 with a client and server environment, released under the MIT License and open source. Crop Walker runs on Fabric and Forge for 1.18.2 – 1.19.4, with a client and server environment, and is not open source under All rights reserved. Slow growth is server-side only and built for 1.21.4 on Fabric, under All rights reserved, so it differs in version and environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Grow NOW! | Fabric and Quilt | 1.18 – 1.19.3 | Client and server | 2022-12-10 |
| Mystical Crops | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2023-04-25 |
| Crop Walker | Fabric and Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.19.4 | Client and server | 2023-04-20 |
| Slow growth | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2026-03-12 |
Questions
Does Don't Grow NOW! need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Don't Grow NOW! support?
How can doctored farmland be reverted to normal farmland?
In the catalog
Don't Grow NOW! is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 7,205 mods support Minecraft 1.19.3.
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What the author says
Tired of those pesky players trampling on your farms? Want to stop crop growth for aesthetic purposes? Then Don't Grow NOW! is just the right mod for you! Just apply some fermented:tm: bone meal to farmland and you're good to go! Doctored farmland can also be picked up when broken with a shovel enchanted with Silk…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dont-grow-now
- Owner
- beamingblue
- Published
- 2022-11-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-12-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15