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Quick answer
- Plant the seeds on
farmland. The stem grows the fruit on a free block next to it. - The stem stays, so it keeps making more.
- Break a
Melon for 3 to 7 slices.
Pumpkins and melons grow differently from other crops. Once a stem is grown, it keeps producing forever.
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Planting
- Plant Pumpkin seeds or melon seeds on farmland near water.
- Leave a free block beside each stem: dirt, grass, farmland or mud.
- When the stem is grown, a pumpkin or melon appears on that free block.
8stem growth stages
9+light level needed
RowsPlant stems in a row with an empty dirt row on each side. Every stem gets two spots for fruit.
Harvesting
Break the fruit, not the stem. An axe is fastest. Bone meal speeds up the stem, but it won't make fruit appear.
What to make
Melon slice: quick food, or craft 9 back into a melon.- Pumpkin pie: pumpkin, sugar and an egg.
Carved pumpkin: use shears on a pumpkin. Needed for golems.
Cheat sheet
- Stems on farmland
- Free block beside each stem
- Break fruit, keep stems
- Melons give 3 to 7 slices
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