How do you reed farm?

Sugar cane grows on grass, dirt and sand. One side of the block MUST touch water in some form (diagonal doesnt count). This limits your farm some.

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/File: ... .20.28.png

I found this awhile ago on the wiki and have used it ever since (ignore the 4x4 in the right corner). in an 8x8 it uses 16 water. Thats 48 canes growing in a 8x8. Quadruple it and you'll have 192 growing in 1 16x16 chunk.

Some people have found ways to use water to wash reeds and then replant but I haven't figured a good way to do that with this setup on a 16x16.

RagMan

 

im sure this is the best way to farm them

 

Ask kuke, he was one that gets him 14K an hour and never ends regrowing while hes farming.

 

I do them in rows, easier to harvest.

 

I arrangedine in a chunk and filled it up with the exception of a walkway. Spare room :/

 

This is the setup I have, 30x90 and with 30 floors will allow you to farm nearly endlessly. (this should also make around 16k an hour)

Code:

# is water
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Is there a way to determine the chunk borders?

 

Using coordinates, yep @person14
However, it is extremely confusing and complicated to explain. Most people say that if your X and Y coordinates are numbers divisible by 16, you are on the corner of a chunk, which is correct, but, you have to figure out which way is staying in that chunk, and which way is going into the chunk next to it. Also, I know this is kind of a late reply, I just saw this and thought I'd try to help!