Edit: This is in my opinion the most efficient way to farm, best yield per land and if you sneak it is quite easy to get your crops, but never did I say everyone else thinks that way, this is an opinion not a factual post.
This is what I think is the most efficient and best way to farm crops in Minecraft, I hope you enjoy.
PS: You can also place the source block one block under where I have it, and it will still hydrate the crops. Also you can sneak and not break you're crops.
• Water only absorbs horizontally.
• That farm must be a pain in the ass to harvest without degrading that soil.
• If you left that one planted square alone, the block would have been saturated and it would have grown fine. I plant on dry blocks all the time, and come back to see them irrigated.
However, if there is one thing I must commend you for, it is that your video visually demonstrates how irrigation works in Minecraft.
Wow, no way that's the most efficient. Perhaps in land used per water block, but not in time spent/crop.
When you harvest, you have to jump down. This likely means -1 crop per block, as you need to get down to get to the center ones.
I believe the best would be a 6 wide strip with a lane of wtaer in the middle. Between your farm blocks, you put a material you walk on, at the same height.
That way you will never have to walk on your farmland, save for some crops falling there (which doesnt take long while sneaking). Most crops will either fall towards you or into the water, so the current drags it to the end.
I said ignore the glass, did you actually watch the video?
This is easily the most efficient way to farm, you have grow the most in the smallest space and harvest at a pretty fast rate.
Sadly, I am one that enjoys finding out little tricks like this but I admit that this has helped quite a bit with understanding what is needed to actually moisten the water. Usually I just have strips of water with strips of tilled land and seed on it.. but knowing now that I can sneak over it that'll clear up the fail running up and down the strips to harvest ;D.
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The problem is that this involves walking all over your crops, forcing you to sneak.
Hans Lemurson (sp?) did a brilliant thread on how to farm in a space-efficient yet quick-to-use way... Here. viewtopic.php?f=35&t=80443&hilit=hans+lemurson+farming
Yep, that's my preferred way as well. I tend to place reeds on the path itself though combining the wheat and reed farm into a single compact design.
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Sadly, I am one that enjoys finding out little tricks like this but I admit that this has helped quite a bit with understanding what is needed to actually moisten the water. Usually I just have strips of water with strips of tilled land and seed on it.. but knowing now that I can sneak over it that'll clear up the fail running up and down the strips to harvest ;D.
I like building farms that are both efficient and unique. Making something that I enjoy using is the top priority. My favorite extends from a branch of my giant dune base out into the desert in two straight lines. It works like a water slide. It's visible from the surface because glass lets light in during the day while torches and Lightstone illuminate the crops during the night.
I like building farms that are both efficient and unique. Making something that I enjoy using is the top priority. My favorite extends from a branch of my giant dune base out into the desert in two straight lines. It works like a water slide. It's visible from the surface because glass lets light in during the day while torches and Lightstone illuminate the crops during the night.
That's pretty awesome, I'd love to see a Screen Shot :biggrin.gif:
When the crops are ready you'll trample the dirt. And you have to till the land every single time.
Agreed. You may get maximum yield of crops with this design, but coming from one who hates to re-till the land when the harvest comes--I wouldn't necessarily call this the "most efficient" way to farm.
I prefer to create long rows of crops with a stone walkway so you can just zip down the row and harvest everything without messing up the soil. No hoe needed. The spiral version a few posts before this one is pretty good, too. ANYTHING that doesn't require tilling the soil all over again.
most effective way to farm is have it a raised dirt strip go in a large spiral inwards and return along it self the other side of water canal so can hug the soil and run along and quickly plant/ harvest without disturbing the soil.
I took this same spiral idea from Hans' thread and ran with it.
Ran like mad.
[awesome image]
That's a 49x49 enclosure... Getting the seeds took longer than the rest of the construction put together!
You, sir, have the best farm i've seen in a while. I'll have to contemplate a better plan for my own thanks to this :smile.gif:
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What use is an ear that does not hear, or a mouth that does not speak?
This is what I think is the most efficient and best way to farm crops in Minecraft, I hope you enjoy.
PS: You can also place the source block one block under where I have it, and it will still hydrate the crops. Also you can sneak and not break you're crops.
http://www.Youtube.com/302Gaming
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O.o I hope that was sarcasm.
Ty :biggrin.gif:
http://www.Youtube.com/302Gaming
"No Keys, Push to Start."
but it is just in the same level AMIRITE?
http://www.youtube.com/user/Sargentotaz0
You can be one block above or below with the water :biggrin.gif:
http://www.Youtube.com/302Gaming
"No Keys, Push to Start."
yeezy taught me
Noo, it wasn't.
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I post everyday :sad.gif:
http://www.Youtube.com/302Gaming
"No Keys, Push to Start."
• Water only absorbs horizontally.
• That farm must be a pain in the ass to harvest without degrading that soil.
• If you left that one planted square alone, the block would have been saturated and it would have grown fine. I plant on dry blocks all the time, and come back to see them irrigated.
However, if there is one thing I must commend you for, it is that your video visually demonstrates how irrigation works in Minecraft.
I said ignore the glass, did you actually watch the video?
This is easily the most efficient way to farm, you have grow the most in the smallest space and harvest at a pretty fast rate.
http://www.Youtube.com/302Gaming
"No Keys, Push to Start."
ThrustVPS! I've tried Burst and HazeNET in the past and it was no comparison...
Yep, that's my preferred way as well. I tend to place reeds on the path itself though combining the wheat and reed farm into a single compact design.
I'm still looking for more feedback on my configurable Redstone Gate mod. All gates and common circuits (such as e.g. clocks, edge detectors, latches and Flip-Flops) in a single block.
Ty sir, a Diamond for you :smile.gif:
http://www.Youtube.com/302Gaming
"No Keys, Push to Start."
Ty :biggrin.gif:
http://www.Youtube.com/302Gaming
"No Keys, Push to Start."
That's pretty awesome, I'd love to see a Screen Shot :biggrin.gif:
http://www.Youtube.com/302Gaming
"No Keys, Push to Start."
Agreed. You may get maximum yield of crops with this design, but coming from one who hates to re-till the land when the harvest comes--I wouldn't necessarily call this the "most efficient" way to farm.
I prefer to create long rows of crops with a stone walkway so you can just zip down the row and harvest everything without messing up the soil. No hoe needed. The spiral version a few posts before this one is pretty good, too. ANYTHING that doesn't require tilling the soil all over again.
You, sir, have the best farm i've seen in a while. I'll have to contemplate a better plan for my own thanks to this :smile.gif: