Verdant Mulch
by exxtralife
With Verdant Mulch, a placed mulch block on hydrated farmland keeps a crop replanted and harvested on its own once it matures.
What it does
Verdant Mulch is a NeoForge food and farming mod that adds a mulch item for hydrated farmland. Once a mulch item sits on farmland that holds a plant, the crop is harvested automatically when it reaches maturity and replanted in the same spot. Dispensers facing the plant can place the mulch, and hoppers or allays can collect the harvested items. The effect continues until the mulch decomposes, which takes about an in-game week.
The server and every player need the mod installed. Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.4 and 1.21.5, with version 1.2 for 1.21.5 as the latest file. The mod is not open source, and it is released under All rights reserved. Mulch placed on farmland that holds crops decomposes, and the farmland loses hydration once destroyed, so the mulch cannot be picked up afterward.
Key features
Automatic harvest and replant
A crop on mulched farmland is harvested and replanted each time it reaches maturity, without player action.
Dispenser and collector support
Dispensers facing the plant can place mulch, and hoppers or allays can collect what the auto-harvest produces.
Decomposing mulch
Mulch decays over an in-game week, and its color shifts gradually from warm brown to cool brown as it does.
Two crafting recipes
Players get two recipes after picking up bone meal; one uses poor compostable items and the other rich ones.
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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 farming
Mulch keeps crops cycling on hydrated farmland while players work on other tasks, with output gathered by hoppers.
Decorative farmland
Because the mulch changes color and fades, it can be placed for appearance alone on farmland.
Who it’s for: Players who want automated crop cycles on farmland, and server owners running survival worlds where farms are part of the economy.
How it compares
CobbleCrops is a server-side only mod that adds crops, released under the MIT License, with files for 1.21.1 on Fabric and NeoForge. Natural Farmland runs on client and server for NeoForge 1.21.1 and is open source under the Apache License 2.0. Verdant Mulch covers 1.21.4 and 1.21.5 on NeoForge only, and it is released under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdant Mulch | NeoForge | 1.21.4 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-04-14 |
| CobbleCrops | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-08-17 |
| Natural Farmland | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-08 |
Questions
Does Verdant Mulch need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and game versions does Verdant Mulch support?
How does the mulch decompose?
In the catalog
Verdant Mulch is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,596 Food mods for NeoForge. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
Verdant Mulch is a new item that can be placed atop hydrated farmland containing a plant. If that plant is a crop, it will be auto-harvested and auto-replanted whenever it reaches maturity. This will occur until the mulch decomposes and disappears, which happens after an in-game week. Crafting Verdant Mulch can be…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/verdant-mulch
- Owner
- exxtralife
- Published
- 2025-02-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15