How to Easily Grow Mangrove Trees in Minecraft

How to Grow Mangrove Trees in Minecraft

Getting some mangrove trees around your house in Minecraft will make it more beautiful because of how they grow. They're even great if you want to build some of the best Minecraft tree house ideas! So if you're up for the task, here's how to grow mangrove trees in Minecraft:

1. Find a mangrove swamp biome
2. Climb high to the leaves of a grown mangrove tree
3. Break a fully-grown mangrove propagule that grows underneath the tree's leaves
4. Plant the mangrove propagule on a dirt, mud, or moss block
5. Optional: use bonemeal to make the tree grow faster

Depending on where you're located in your survival world, it might be more difficult to find the mangrove swamps. There's the option of changing the biome type to mangrove swamps directly, albeit that requires some mods to be installed! 

When it comes to mangrove propagules, they almost function the same as other tree saplings, but they grow underneath the mangrove leaves of a tree. A mangrove propagule has 5 different levels of growth, so make sure you break them once they're fully grown that's indicated by how big they are! The mangrove propagules can also be instantly grown by crafting and using bonemeal on them.

Can Mangrove Trees Grow in Water in Minecraft?

Unlike other tree saplings, mangrove trees can also be grown underwater! But a mangrove propagule needs a light level of 9. So if you plant your own mangrove trees deep underwater, they might not grow at all because of the lesser light levels and darkness unless you use bonemeal.

You can see the light level in the options by pressing F3, so keep that in mind even if you try to grow a mangrove tree underground. But Minecraft mangrove trees also need their free space since they can grow so big!

How Much Space Does a Mangrove Tree Need to Grow in Minecraft?

Although you may notice the trees in the mangrove swamps grown right next to each other, they need their space. To be exact, mangrove trees need at least 5 blocks of space from all directions with 6 blocks of space from above. If you don't leave this much space, then the muddy mangrove roots won't be able to grow!

That's everything there is to know on how to grow mangrove trees in Minecraft. There are many different types of trees that are grown identically the same by breaking leaves to get saplings, yet mangrove trees have shown themselves to be different. So go get some mangrove wood to make some of the best cottagecore builds in Minecraft!