Minecraft:Melon Seeds

Template:For Template:Infobox block Melon seedsTemplate:Fn are items obtained from Minecraft:melon slices that can be used to grow melon stems.

Melon stems are plants grown on Minecraft:farmland that, over time, grow Minecraft:melons on dirt, mud and moss blocks adjacent to them.

Obtaining

Breaking

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When broken, a melon stem drops 0–3 melon seeds. The chance for melon seeds to drop increases with the stem's age.

Minecraft:Resource location	Source	Default
		Nothing	Template:ItemLink
		Nothing	1	2	3
`blocks/melon_stem`	Template:BlockLink `age = 0`	81.3%	17.42%	1.24%	0.03%
	Template:BlockLink `age = 1`	65.1%	30.04%	4.62%	0.24%
	Template:BlockLink `age = 2`	51.2%	38.4%	9.6%	0.8%
	Template:BlockLink `age = 3`	39.44%	43.02%	15.64%	1.9%
	Template:BlockLink `age = 4`	29.13%	44.44%	22.22%	3.7%
	Template:BlockLink `age = 5`	21.6%	43.2%	28.8%	6.4%
	Template:BlockLink `age = 6`	15.17%	39.82%	34.84%	10.16%
	Template:BlockLink `age = 7`	10.16%	34.84%	39.82%	15.17%
`blocks/attached_melon_stem`	Template:BlockLink	10.16%	34.84%	39.82%	15.17%

Natural generation

Melon stems generate naturally in stem farm rooms inside Minecraft:woodland mansions.

Melon stems generate in 20% of the farm plots in Minecraft:savanna Minecraft:villages, and 10% of the farm plots in Minecraft:desert villages.

Mob loot

Template:IN, Minecraft:wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Minecraft:Looting) to drop 1 melon seeds when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an Minecraft:emerald.

Usage

Farming

Template:See also Melon seeds can be planted only on Minecraft:farmland, as stems. Melons need a light level of 9 or above to grow (in Bedrock Edition it needs an internal light level of 9). Over time, a stem grows through 8 stages and, at its final growth stage, produces Minecraft:melons on any adjacent Minecraft:dirt, Minecraft:coarse dirt, Minecraft:rooted dirt, Minecraft:grass block, Minecraft:farmland, Minecraft:podzol, Minecraft:mycelium, Minecraft:moss block, Minecraft:pale moss block, Minecraft:mud or Minecraft:muddy mangrove roots. If a melon is already occupying a spot adjacent to a stem it does not grow more melons until the melon is removed. A single stem can grow an unlimited number of melons. Melon seeds are affected by Minecraft:bone meal only with respect to stem growth; bone meal does not help produce the actual melons.

Breeding

Like other seeds, melon seeds can be used to breed Minecraft:chickens, lead chickens around, and make baby chickens grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time.

Taming

Like other seeds, melon seeds can be used to tame Minecraft:parrots.

Composting

Placing melon seeds into a Minecraft:composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Melon stem

A melon stem is the block that is planted on Minecraft:farmland when melon seeds are used on it. It starts underground, and rises up as the plant grows. The stem is colored green when young, and then yellow once fully grown.

The stem curves once a melon has grown from it. A fully-grown single stem connects to any Minecraft:melon in an adjacent square, thus there are 5 possible appearances to a stem. If there are multiple melons it can connect to, it favors the east, then west, north, and south. When the melon is removed, the stem returns to its straight shape.