How much water for farming?

[GingerHunter797]

I know that in Minecraft one block of water can fertilize 4 blocks of dirt around it. Is it the same for Minetest?

Also, is there a block that can be on fire for forever? Like Nether rak in Minecraft?

[VanessaE]

If you lay your farm out properly, you can moisten up to 144 nodes with a single water source, by digging a channel and putting the water source at the middle of its length. The water will fill 17 nodes' worth of channel, and will moisten up to 3 nodes away.



so, 17x3 nodes on each side of the channel + 3x7 nodes at each end.

[twoelk]

the moisture reaches 3 nodes from the water source?
All my irrigation channels, usually hidden, have only 2 nodes of earth between them.
- So much water I wasted :-(

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or hidden water doesn't effect the earth so far?
uhm 3 nodes diagonal?
Triawhatevergonal?
Will investigate.

[GingerHunter797]

If you lay your farm out properly, you can moisten up to 144 nodes with a single water source, by digging a channel and putting the water source at the middle of its length. The water will fill 17 nodes' worth of channel, and will moisten up to 3 nodes away.

http://digitalaudioconcepts.com/vanessa/hobbies/minetest/screenshots/screenshot_3256519294.png

so, 17x3 nodes on each side of the channel + 3x7 nodes at each end.

Thank You so much for the detailed answer! :D

[PilzAdam]

If you lay your farm out properly, you can moisten up to 144 nodes with a single water source

Wrong. It also goes up/down 3 nodes and you forgot that the water can flow down infinitely.

[addi]

you can also use this version of farming:
https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=6554
it have a even longer "range"

[VanessaE]

Ah yes, I forgot about vertical flowing. DERP! :-)