Fertilized Dirt
Fertilized Dirt adds three farmland tiers for NeoForge that speed up crop growth, and players who place plants on them see faster harvests.
What it does
Each tier raises the growth rate of plants above it. Tier 1 gives plants 50% faster growth, Tier 2 gives 70% faster growth, and Tier 3 gives 100% faster growth. Tiers 1 and 2 need water nearby to stay moist, so crops on them grow properly only while a water source is in reach. Tier 3 counts as moist at all times, so its crops grow without any water close by.
Players set down Fertilized Dirt in place of ordinary farmland and sow seeds on it. Each block then hands its plant extra random growth ticks, scaled by tier. Without water, a Tier 1 or Tier 2 block reverts to normal dirt once it is jumped on or left dry, and it becomes Fertilized Dirt again after water is placed nearby. Installation covers the server and each player's game.
The mod is published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1 and 1.21.11, under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license, and it is not open source. Installing JEI shows the custom recipes in-game.
Key features
Three farmland tiers
Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 blocks each speed up the crops planted on top of them by a different amount.
Water-dependent tiers
Tier 1 and Tier 2 must stay moist from a nearby water source, while Tier 3 counts as moist at all times.
Trampling and reverting
Tier 1 and Tier 2 blocks turn back into normal dirt when jumped on or left dry, and recover once water is nearby.
Extra growth ticks
Each block gives its plant additional random growth ticks, with the amount set by the tier.
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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.
How it compares
Botany Pots - Mystical Agriculture Compat is a NeoForge add-on for 1.21.1, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only, and it runs on client and server. Natural Farmland is also open source, under the Apache License 2.0, and covers 1.21.1 on NeoForge with the same client and server environment. Rotten Flesh Farmland targets 1.21.8 on NeoForge and is not open source, using the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fertilized Dirt | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-06-13 |
| Botany Pots - Mystical Agriculture Compat | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-31 |
| Natural Farmland | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-08 |
| Rotten Flesh Farmland | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-03-04 |
Questions
Does Fertilized Dirt need to be installed on the server?
Which versions does Fertilized Dirt support?
Why does a Tier 1 block turn back into dirt?
In the catalog
Fertilized Dirt is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,596 Food mods for NeoForge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Fertilized Dirt is a small mod that adds three farmland dirt tiers for speeding up crop growth. Features Tier 1 and Tier 2 need to be wet in order to grow plants. Place water nearby to hydrate them. Without water, stay as Fertilized Dirt, and will not turn into normal dirt, but crops will not grow properly until the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fertilized-dirt
- Owner
- Xolby's Industries
- Published
- 2026-05-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15