Melon Seeds

Melon seeds are an item that can be used to grow melon stems.

Melon stems
Melon stems, when destroyed, will drop 0–3 seeds. The odds of dropping 0, 1, 2 and 3 seeds are $100/125$, $20/125$, $4/125$ and $1/125$, respectively. In the long run, this comes to 0.248 seeds dropped per melon stem.

Trading
Wandering traders sell melon seeds for 1 emerald.

Farming
Melon seeds can be planted only on farmland. Over time, they grow into a full melon stem.

Breeding
Melon seeds can be used to breed 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 parrots.

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