How to Grow Wheat in Minecraft

Co-authored by Zac Churchill

Last Updated: July 4, 2022

In the game of Minecraft, wheat can be grown using wheat seeds collected from tall grass, and can be used to attract and breed cows, sheep, and Mooshrooms. Wheat can also heal horses, help with taming, and speed up a foal’s growth. To grow wheat, you must first prepare an area of land with water for farming, plant wheat seeds, then harvest your wheat after the wheat is fully grown.

Steps

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Navigate to an area of hydrated land that features water. Hydrated land will feature one or more blue-colored blocks.
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Verify that your character owns a hoe. A hoe will help prepare the land for farming. You can use a Diamond Hoe, Golden Hoe, Stone Hoe, Wooden Hoe, or Iron Hoe.
- Craft a hoe using two sticks, and two pieces of materials, such as cobblestone, wooden planks, diamonds, or iron or gold ingots.^{[1]
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Select your hoe from the hotbar, then position your cursor over a block located right next to the water. The block will become highlighted.
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Use your hoe to expose the soil on your block of land. This will help prepare the area for farming wheat. The instructions for hoeing your land vary depending on your gaming console. After your land is hoed, the land will turn brown.
- PC: Right-click on the block of land.
- PE: Tap on the block of land.
- Xbox 360 / Xbox One: Press the left trigger (LT) button.
- PS3 / PS4: Press the L2 button.
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Verify that your character owns wheat seeds. The wheat seeds must be planted into the fresh soil.
- Navigate to any long, tall grass located near your farmland. Tall grass can be broken and collected to make wheat.
- Left-click on the tall grass, then walk over the seeds. The grass will be broken, and the wheat seeds will automatically be added to your personal inventory.^{[2]
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Select your wheat seeds from the hotbar, then plant them into your soil. The instructions for planting seeds are identical to those for hoeing land as outlined in step #4. After planting the wheat seeds, your wheat will start to grow automatically. The wheat cannot be harvested until the plants have grown to their full size.
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Wait for the wheat to grow to its full size. This process can take minutes, hours, or days depending on your Minecraft gaming progress. After your wheat crops are fully grown, you can harvest the wheat and add the food to your inventory. Alternately, the growth rate of wheat can be accelerated using bone meal fertilizer, which can be crafted from a single bone.
- Verify that your character owns bone meal. Bone meal can be crafted in a 3x3 crafting grid by placing a Bone into the very center square of the grid.^{[3]
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- Select the bone meal from your hotbar, then sprinkle it over your wheat crops. The instructions for using bone meal are identical to those for hoeing land as outlined in step #4. When complete, your wheat crops will now be fully grown and ready for harvesting.
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Harvest your wheat by breaking the wheat plant to access the wheat inside your crops. The instructions for harvesting wheat vary depending on your gaming console. After your wheat is harvested, the wheat will float above the ground.
- PC: Point to the wheat, then left-click and hold the mouse button.
- PE: Tap and hold the wheat.
- Xbox 360 / Xbox One: Point to the wheat and press the right trigger (RT) button.
- PS3 / PS4: Point to the wheat and press the R2 button.
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Walk over the wheat within a few seconds after it falls to the ground. This will add the wheat to the hotbar in your personal inventory.^{[4]
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- Don’t delay in picking up the wheat, since the wheat will disappear shortly after it’s been harvested.

Community Q&A

Question

What's the best ways of growing wheat, and what's the best variety?

Community Answer

In Minecraft, all wheat is the same. The best way to grow it would be to do it like the villagers. Make a closed square or rectangle, then hoe the soil inside it. Then, break up every alternate line of farmland one block deep. After that, fill the holes with water and plant the seeds.
Question

Can you grow wheat where there is no sunlight?

Seasalt25

Top Answerer

You can grow wheat anywhere there is tilled dirt and some source of light. You can grow wheat and other crops without the sun, but you need torches, glowstone, sea lanterns, or other sources of light to be around the crops.
Question

How do I grow wheat if there are no seeds even in the inventory?

Seasalt25

Top Answerer

You cannot grow wheat in Minecraft without wheat seeds. You can get seeds from breaking tall grass, in villages, and in chests found in dungeons, temples, and other structures.

Warnings

Avoid trying to harvest your wheat crops before they’re fully harvested, since doing so will generate seeds, instead of actual wheat. Fully-grown wheat will appear tall and green, and features dark green tips, whereas young wheat crops are shorter and feature bright green tips.

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