Post: Farming Tutorials!
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03-01-2011, 10:04 PM
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Dabbi
THE ICELANDIC MAN
I've seen some thread here on NextGenUpdate that people are wondering about underground farm , and i decided to make a tutorials on how to make Farms.
All the pictures and farms are taken/made by me
Enjoy.
[multipage=Wheat Farm.]
Table of contents
- How to get seeds
- How to make the farm
- How to make an underground farm
How to get seeds
Okay i guess many of you know this but it is just a part of the tutorial you can skip if you want to.
Okay you will need any kind of hoe.
How to make a Hoe.
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And you can use wood , stone , iron and gold instead of diamonds
And then you will use the hoe and right click on a dirt you will probably not get a seed in the first try just keep on trying and you will get a seed in the end
,How to make the farm
You will need some dirt and a 5 buckets of water i think
Make a little house like this
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Put torches to light up the place to let the crops grow.
Then pick it up when it is done and plant them again
How to make an underground farm
Dig a room . have it not that big and not too small
Here are some types of farms that I've done underground
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Easy to make and is very useful!
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A bigger farm it is good and you just need to remember to put torches so the place is lighted up
[multipage=Sugar cane farm]
Table of contents
- How to get sugar canes
- How to make the farm
- How to make an underground farm
How to get sugar canes
Okay on how to get sugar canes they are near water and you can walk around you world near some water and you should find some sugar canes.
Then when you find it you need to chop down the bottom sugar cane then all three will get destroyed and you will then pick them up
Or you could use INVedit and get 64 sugar canes.
How to make the farm
You will need some dirt or glass and buckets of water.
Make a little house like this but 1 block higher or 2 blocks. and you can use glass instead of dirt.
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How to make an underground farm
I've made an underground farm on the server i was using a lot.
it is almost like the wheat underground farm so yeah you get the idea.
Here is a picture of the farm i have but i haven't planted the sugar canes because I'm not using this server anymore
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Or you could do a smaller one like in the wheat farm
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You will need to have more hight than the picture shows
[multipage=Cactus Farm]
From minecraft wiki!
Starter farming
The most easy and simple way: If you already built a permanent shelter/house and it is at/near your spawnpoint (or almost) then you can use this method of farming. First collect between 3 to 8 cactus pieces; they will show up in your inventory or in your hotbar. Next, collect double that amount of sand making sure to avoid snowy biomes as they are too cold. When you have selected your place to farm, dig a 16×16 square completely made out of the sand.(or less, it depends on how much cactus you collected. You always need double the amount of sand.) Now when you've done this, you should plant your cactus, in any pattern you like, but place the cactus with no other adjacent cactus or non-sand blocks.
Basic Setup
To construct your cactus farm, you can start small with a 7x7 area leveled flat. Begin by creating a 'border' for your cactus farm by placing cobblestone (or other material) in a square 7 blocks wide by 7 blocks long. Then take 4 blocks of sand and place them in the center so that they are not touching the wall or another sand block. (I'll provide photos later.) Place two buckets of water in the corners opposite where you want the drop zone to be. Place one block of cactus on each of the sand blocks. If you are doing this outside, your cactus will grow in about a day or so. If you are in a darkened dungeon You should place candles perpendicular to the cactus along the cobblestone wall you created.
Pedestal Cactus Farming
This is a method of cactus farming with a platform from where you can farm them without taking damage and with a waterslide for the cactus blocks. First, look for a 12x12 square and begin with a line of 7 sand blocks.
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After that, build a footing with Cobblestone or any other block you like and surround the sand line.
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Then, build another layer with Cobblestone so you can reach the second level of a grown cactus so you can hit them easily.
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Lastly, get a bucket with water and pour out the water in the middle of the sluice. Wait for the cactus to grow up and break the upper block while standing on the pedestal. With this method of farming you gain about 85 of 100 cactus blocks.
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Advanced Setup (Automatic Harvesting)
The concept behind this is done with the setup outlined above, except when constructing your building you need to place blocks two spaces above the sand, adjacent to (but not touching the sand) so that they float in the air. The reason behind this is that when cactus comes in contact with an adjacent block it will auto-shed the segment of cactus touching it. This way, when the cactus grows to its 3rd segment high, your floating block will be adjacent to the cactus, so the top piece will break and fall into the water.
Some notes about this though:
- When a collectable block touches a cactus it will be destroyed. So sometimes when it auto-sheds itself the collectable cactus block will fall onto living cactus and destroy itself.
- It may be more beneficial to place the block high enough so that when the 2nd segment attempts to grow it harvests itself. This reduces the waiting period of growth in the initial planting.
- It is also possible to make a transport system for the cactus if you place a single water source in the corner of the 'box' you constructed for the farm. When placing the water block, you need to place it on the 2nd block above the ground to create a 'down fall' of water which then produces the required force to allow the water to reach the farthest corner away from the source block. With this setup it is possible to have the newly harvested cactus blocks float to a single collection point.
- Try to experiment with wooden pressure plates at the collection point. Set up a redstone torch which stops burning when the pressure plate is pressed down by a cactus block.
- The block adjacent to the top cactus can be a sign or torch rather than a solid block.
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[multipage=Cactus Farm (videos)]
Some videos (not by me)
Part1
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwJhAVExco0[/ame]
Part2
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMFieRwnbcQ&feature=related[/ame]
Here is another video with no collector
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2zg4Tiw70[/ame]
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