Talk:Podzol

Wrong fact
On the page it says Podzol can only be obtained through /give. When I went on the 13w36b snapshot, I saw Podzol right next to the dirt icon, as well as it's tooltip said "Podzol." Someone should fix this wrong fact. --Nick62703 18:20, 7 September 2013 (UTC)


 * . Meeples10 t ~  c 18:27, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Trivia section
It says podzol not spreading may be a bug. It is not a bug, podzol is a type of soil. Soil does not grow. 60.241.224.44 05:24, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Merge?
Since Coarse Dirt is the same block as Podzol except with a different texture, I suggest merge this with the dirt page. Or just separate Coarse Dirt from Dirt.190.190.220.139 21:26, 5 September 2014 (UTC)


 * I would agree with either idea. --KnightMiner  (t 16:59, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Why this article should not be merged with Dirt
I would like to point out specifically for mergists that the article on podzol should not be merged with the dirt article. Within the game’s context, podzol is a top layer of dirt, with a distinctive top-side texture, found in mega taiga biomes, therefore it is more similar to blocks of grass and mycelium. But these three have different specifications regarding outer look and what can grow on them. Moreover, let’s try to correlate real-world notations with these blocks. Grass block is just dirt with grass on top of it. Mycelium is apparently fictional (like the mushroom island itself with giant mushrooms) but is good for growing mushrooms; the top surface’s color along with visual effects indicate that it is covered with mushroom spores. Podzol is a block with humified organic material that fell from the trees, which resembles ash (hence the name; “под-” is Russian prefix for “under” and “зола” is Russian for ash). So I don’t think that a merge in backward direction – that is merging grass, podzol and mycelium – also would fit. —  NickTheRed37 (talk) 07:39, 4 July 2017 (UTC)