Talk:Sapling

This page seems faulty. It doesn't seem to differ between the item, and the block. Could someone give it a look? I wouldn't say that it's decoration, other than in creative mode.

~The_Clam

Light needed
The article says that a certain amount of light is needed. This is false. I have successfully grown a tree underground with only 1 torch as light. I know this seems strange (I though so as first, because I spent ages digging a tunnel from the sea (took ages to stop water getting in) to another tree so it would get sun light, and that has yet to grow. It has been moved a bit though, so it might be because it was remove from the ground.

I immediately took all the wood because I needed it and forgot to screen cap. I'll try and get an image next time.

Dementis - 16:11, 15 October 2010 (CDT)

Dementis - nothing in the article contradicts any of your observations. Saplings require a light level of 13 to grow. A torch has a light level of 14, and provides an illumination of 13 in the squares directly surrounding it. If directly next to a torch underground, a sapling will grow into a tree. Try reading the article on "trees" for a picture of a tree grown in a cave - there's nothing strange or new about this.

--Deathandgravity 22:10, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't notice that Dementis 03:15, 16 October 2010 (CDT)

Leaves destroyed by fire do drop saplings. They just tend to be destroyed by landing on more flaming leaves. If you light the canopy from the top, this is less likely and you can see saplings drop. SMA11784 16:08, 21 October 2010 (UTC)