Can I use dispensers or droppers to auto-replant crops?
I'm working on a fully-automatic farm now that 1.5 is out. The plan is to use redstone to flush fully-grown crops into a channel to be collected by a hopper and then picked up by a cart. The issue I've ran into, however, is that seeds do no seem to be planted by dispensers or droppers. The wiki says bone meal can be used on growing crops from dispensers, but is it possible to plant the crops from either device?
This is my current setup:
Best Answer
No, dispenser nor droppers can plant seeds. However, as an alternative you can put a villager farmer there and he will automatically plant seeds.
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Can dispenser plant saplings?
After a seed is planted, it takes a certain amount of time to mature into a plant. Minecraft players can automate and farm all types of resources efficiently. Automatic crop farms rely on villagers to plant seeds and harvest the crops.Minecraft Automatic Droppers and Dispensers Explained (Java Edition)
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As of Minecraft 1.8, it is possible to make automatically replant crops using farmer villagers, see How can I make my farmer villager replant crops? (1.8)
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