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How to Avoid an Outsmart Mycelium Takeover in Minecraft

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So, you are playing Minecraft, and you find a mushroom biome. Just for fun, you dig up some mycelium, replace it as dirt, and plant a flower/sapling. 5 seconds later, the dirt has been taken over again by mycelium and the plant is uprooted. There are a few ways to keep that from happening...


  1. 1
    Dig up the block you plan to plant on if you see a sapling or flower. Next, dig up any mycelium blocks that are one block to the plant's left, right, north, or south. You don't have to worry about the corners; mycelium doesn't spread diagonally.
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    Put a dirt block in the middle. The dug-up section should look like a plus sign.
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    Plant the flower or sapling.
  4. 4
    Replace the other dirt blocks when the sapling has become a tree. However, don't do this if the sapling is a flower.

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  • It may be a good idea to surround the farmland with water. In this case, don't replace the dirt blocks.
  • Using blocks other than dirt or grass to surround the growing sapling/flower makes it possible to fill in the holes before the sapling is fully grown, or if you planted a flower.
  • If you want to farm non-mushroom produce, do the same digging process (you can make the space inside a bit bigger if you don't want to make a whole bunch of plusses), and till the soil.

Things You'll Need

  • Minecraft
  • A mushroom biome - hard to find, so be patient or use a seed. Enter "lost" without quotes to help you!
  • A sapling, flower, or hoe for tilling farmland
  • Blocks that aren't dirt (Optional, needed only if you want to fill in holes surrounding a flower, or you want to fill in holes around a sapling.)
  • Water and a bucket to carry it (Optional, but recommended if you're farming.)
  • A shovel (Optional)

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