---
id:
  - better_mcdonalds_mod:tomato_seeds
  - better_mcdonalds_mod:tomato_crop
type: item
infobox:
  tabs:
    - name: Age 0
      display:
        - better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_crop_stage0
        - better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds
    - name: Age 1
      display:
        - better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_crop_stage1
        - better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds
    - name: Age 2
      display:
        - better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_crop_stage2
        - better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds
    - name: Age 3
      display:
        - better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_crop_stage3
        - better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds
  inventory:
    - better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds
history:
  - version: 3.1.0
    date: 2023-12-12
    changes:
      - Tomato seeds and tomato crops have been added
  - version: 4.3.1
    date: 2024-11-06
    changes:
      - Villagers now try to pick up tomato seeds
  - version: 5.0.0
    date: 2026-03-25
    changes:
      - Increased composting chance from 20% to 30%
  - version: 5.0.4
    date: 2026-09-19
    changes:
      - Custom voxel shapes for tomato crop growth stages
---

# Tomato Seeds

**Tomato seeds** are [items](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Item) obtained by breaking [grass](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Grass), or more abundantly harvested from tomato crops, and are used to plant them.

**Tomato crops** are planted in [farmland](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Farmland) and used to grow [tomatoes](@better_mcdonalds_mod:tomato) and tomato seeds.

## Obtaining

### Breaking

Tomato seeds can be obtained from breaking [short grass](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Short_grass) or [fern](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Fern), which have a 15% chance to yield 1 seed.

Harvesting fully-grown tomato crops yields between 0 and 3 seeds per crop (about 1.71 seeds per crop on average).

The drop amount is determined by a binomial distribution: there are three attempts to drop a seed, each with a success probability of about 57%, resulting in 0 to 3 seeds dropped. Each level of [Fortune](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Fortune) enchantment increases the number of attempts by one.

<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th rowspan="3">Source</th>
            <th colspan="5">Drops</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th rowspan="2"><Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato"/> [Tomato](@better_mcdonalds_mod:tomato)</th>
            <th colspan="4"><Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> Tomato Seeds</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>Default tool</th>
            <th>With [Fortune](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Fortune) I</th>
            <th>With [Fortune](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Fortune) II</th>
            <th>With [Fortune](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Fortune) III</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td><Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_crop_stage3_flat"/> Tomato Crop<br/>(age 0-2)</td>
            <td>0 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato"/></td>
            <td>1 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/></td>
            <td>1 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/></td>
            <td>1 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/></td>
            <td>1 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_crop_stage3_flat"/> Tomato Crop<br/>(age 3)</td>
            <td>1 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato"/></td>
            <td>0 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~7.87%)<br/>1 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~31.49%)<br/>2 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~41.98%)<br/>3 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~18.66%)</td>
            <td>0 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~3.37%)<br/>1 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~17.99%)<br/>2 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~35.99%)<br/>3 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~31.99%)<br/>4 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~10.66%)</td>
            <td>0 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~1.45%)<br/>1 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~9.64%)<br/>2 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~25.70%)<br/>3 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~34.27%)<br/>4 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~22.85%)<br/>5 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~6.09%)</td>
            <td>0 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~0.62%)<br/>1 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~4.96%)<br/>2 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~16.52%)<br/>3 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~29.38%)<br/>4 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~29.38%)<br/>5 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~15.67%)<br/>6 <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/> (~3.48%)</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Average drops</td>
            <td>~1.71 (1 5⁄7) <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/></td>
            <td>~2.29 (2 2⁄7) <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/></td>
            <td>~2.86 (2 6⁄7) <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/></td>
            <td>~3.43 (3 3⁄7) <Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_seeds"/></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

### Crafting

<ProjectRecipe id="better_mcdonalds_mod:tomato_seeds" />

## Usage

### Crop

Tomato seeds can be placed on [farmland](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Farmland) by right-clicking, where they grow through four stages. When left alone, tomato seeds planted on farmland grow to become tomato crops, which can be harvested by the player. Seeds require a light level of 8 or greater to plant and 9 or greater to grow.

Crops grow faster if the farmland they are planted on is [hydrated](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Hydrated). Using [bone meal](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Bone_meal) on crops also increases the speed of growth by randomly increasing their growth stage.

Breaking fully-grown tomato crops yields 1 [tomato](@better_mcdonalds_mod:tomato) and between 0 and 3 seeds (more seeds can drop with [Fortune](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Fortune)). If harvested early, the crop drops 1 seed but no [tomato](@better_mcdonalds_mod:tomato). Crops will also break if pushed by a [piston](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Piston) or if their supporting [farmland](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Farmland) is destroyed or reverts to [dirt](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Dirt) (e.g., by being trampled), dropping their usual items.

### Composting

Placing tomato seeds into a [composter](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Composter) has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

## Data values

### ID

<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>[Identifier](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Identifier)</th>
            <th>Form</th>
            <th>[Tags](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Tag)</th>
            <th>Translation key</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Tomato Crop</td>
            <td>`tomato_crop`</td>
            <td>Block</td>
            <td>`minecraft:crops`<br/>`minecraft:maintains_farmland`<br/>`sereneseasons:summer_crops`</td>
            <td>`block.better_mcdonalds_mod.tomato_crop`</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Tomato Seeds</td>
            <td>`tomato_seeds`</td>
            <td>Item</td>
            <td>`minecraft:villager_plantable_seeds`<br/>`c:seeds/tomato`<br/>`sereneseasons:summer_crops`</td>
            <td>`item.better_mcdonalds_mod.tomato_seeds`</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

### Block states

<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>[Name](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Block_states)</th>
            <th>Default value</th>
            <th>Allowed values</th>
            <th>Description</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td rowspan="4">age</td>
            <td rowspan="4">`0`</td>
            <td>`0`</td>
            <td><Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_crop_stage0_flat"/></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>`1`</td>
            <td><Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_crop_stage1_flat"/></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>`2`</td>
            <td><Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_crop_stage2_flat"/></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>`3`</td>
            <td><Asset width={16} height={16} location="better_mcdonalds_mod:item/tomato_crop_stage3_flat"/> Fully grown.</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>