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I found a jungle biome in my new Minecraft world, but I'm afraid of cutting down the big trees (the ones that are 2 squares wide and long), because I don't know if I can replant them.
So is it possible to grow new ones with saplings or to spawn them in any other way?
Update: According to Notch's blog post about changes coming in 1.6, the torches-on-fast-leaves bug is getting fixed:
This means that monsters can no longer spawn on leaves, either, as they are always considered transparent, even when using Fast graphics.
Monsters can spawn on any solid, non-transparent block which is at light level 7 or lower.
Signs, torches, rails, and the like are ignored when spawning monsters; they'll spawn on the block underneath just fine. This is why one-block-wide railways need to be lit.
Transparency means whether or not light passes through a block rather than whether you can see through it. Half-blocks, doors, stairs, and glass all count as transparent and prevent monster spawning. Leaves, oddly, count as transparent only when Fancy graphics are enabled. An easy way to test a block for transparency is to try placing a torch or sign on it — neither can be placed on transparent blocks. (Meaning that torches can be placed on leaves with Fast graphics, but not with Fancy.)
Torches put out light level 14, so monsters can't spawn within 5 blocks of a torch orthogonally or 3 blocks diagonally. If you put your torches in a diamond pattern, they can be up to 9 blocks apart, but it's best to move them closer than that on uneven terrain. (I use 5 myself.)
If you like, you can actually torch your treetops by changing your graphics to Fast, placing the torches, and switching back. Your torches will stay rooted, even though you wouldn't normally be able to place them that way. Personally, I think it makes them look rather cheerful. :-)
I have the following underground farm. It's not optimal in terms of space, but for a farm, it's very efficient, and has automatic harvesting. Planting is always manual on these things unfortunately, and that's the bottleneck for massive production.
TOP VIEW
SSSSSSS
DDDDDDD
DDDDDDD
DDDDDDD
DDDDDDD
SXSSSSX
I replicate the above pattern, one level up to the right for as long as you want. S is stone. D is tilled dirt. The trick is with the X blocks. They are water blocks at the level of the dirt blocks covered with Stone.
LEFT VIEW
S S
SDDDDW
When you view this from the left, you see there's a channel for water to flow out of your monitor. That is what permits automatic harvesting. The water blocks are necessary for hydrating the soil.
On the far right, I place a water gate.
Best Answer
Planting a single jungle sapling will create on of the small jungle trees.
Placing a group of 4 jungle saplings in a square (and using bonemeal) will make a large jungle tree. I'm not sure if the bone meal is required, or just speeds it up.
Apparently not all the saplings need to be jungle saplings, just the one you use bone meal on.This was patched in MineCraft 1.2.4, and no longer works; all 4 saplings need to be jungle saplings.