Fertilization in FTB Evolution 2
FTB Evolution 2 1.4.0 ships version 26.1.2.3 · First seen in 1.0.2
Fertilization is a mod in FTB Evolution 2 1.4.0, where it is version 26.1.2.3. Adds additional variants of bone meal for all your fertilization needs. (Summary from the mod's Modrinth page.)
Fertilization guide for FTB Evolution 2
Last verified for FTB Evolution 2 v1.4.0 on Oct 13, 2026 · text last changed Oct 13, 2026
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- Recipes shown
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- Items named
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Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Evolution 2 1.4.0, read from the running game on Oct 17, 2026.
What is Fertilization?
2 parts
Fertilization adds extra bone meal variants to speed up farming. If you have a plant you need loads of, these let you grow and harvest it in far fewer clicks.[1]
What it adds
- Compressed Bone Meal applies the equivalent of four bone meal in a single click, and it auto-harvests.[1]
- Extremely Compressed Bone Meal works the same way but is 36 times as powerful as normal bone meal, and it still auto-harvests.[1]
- Florist's Bone Meal can be used on grass to grow only flowers, with no extra grass. Use it on a specific flower to get more of that flower.[1]
- Normal bone meal can now grow vines downwards: just right-click the vines with it.[1]
- Use the extremely compressed bone meal on a sapling to get pretty big trees.[1]
In this pack
This pack ships Fertilization 26.1.2.3 for NeoForge. It has been in the pack since version 1.0.2 or earlier. The mod needs Balm installed alongside it.[1][2]
Unverified The sources here do not show where the pack's quest book places this mod, which chapter or group it sits in, or whether the ATM Star path uses it. Check the pack's quest book in game for that.
How do you get started with Fertilization?
4 parts
Fertilization adds stronger bone meal variants so you can stop spamming right-click on your crops. In this pack there are three to know about, and they unlock in a sensible order: compressed first, then extremely compressed, then Florist's for decoration.[1][3]
Step 1: Compressed Bone Meal
Start with Compressed Bone Meal. It is the everyday upgrade: this pack sets it to apply 4 bone meal worth of growth per use (compressedBoneMealPower), and it auto-harvests, so it is great for grinding one crop you need lots of.[1][4]
Crafting Shaped
4 × Bone Meal
Recipe id: fertilization:compressed_bonemeal
The pack recipe for a single Compressed Bone Meal.
If you want to store it compactly, there is a block form and a recipe to turn the block back into 9 items.[3][5]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: fertilization:compressed_bonemeal_block
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: fertilization:compressed_bonemeal_from_block
Unpacks the block into 9 Compressed Bone Meal.
Step 2: Extremely Compressed Bone Meal
Next comes Extremely Compressed Bone Meal. In this pack it applies 16 bone meal worth of growth per use (extremelyCompressedBoneMealPower), and it auto-harvests too.[1][4]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: fertilization:extremely_compressed_bonemeal
The pack recipe for a single Extremely Compressed Bone Meal.
It also has a block form with an unpacking recipe, just like the compressed version.[3][5]
Crafting Shaped
9 × Extremely Compressed Bone Meal
Recipe id: fertilization:extremely_compressed_bonemeal_block
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: fertilization:extremely_compressed_bonemeal_from_block
Unpacks the block into 9 Extremely Compressed Bone Meal.
Use it on a sapling to get a large fancy tree. That is enabled in this pack through allowBoneMealOnSaplings.[1][3][4]
Step 3: Florist's Bone Meal
Florist's Bone Meal is for decoration. Use it on grass to grow only flowers, with no extra grass. Use it on a flower to get more of that flower.[1]
Crafting Shaped
| Bone Meal | any small flower |
| any small flower | Bone Meal |
Recipe id: fertilization:florists_bonemeal
This recipe makes 2 Florist's Bone Meal.
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: fertilization:florists_bonemeal_block
Makes Block of Florist's Bone Meal.
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: fertilization:florists_bonemeal_from_block
Unpacks the block into 9 Florist's Bone Meal.
In this pack, one use on grass spawns at most 5 flowers (floristsBoneMealMaxFlowers) within a range of 3 (floristsBoneMealMaxRange). If the biome has no flowers configured, it falls back to the flowers of minecraft:plains (floristsBoneMealFallbackBiome).[3][4]
Bonus: plain Bone Meal gets new tricks
The mod also lets normal Bone Meal grow vines downwards and sugar cane upwards. Both are switched on in this pack through allowBoneMealOnVines and allowBoneMealOnSugarCanes.[1][3][4]
How does Fertilization work?
5 parts
Fertilization is a set of bone meal variants, and what it does comes down to what happens when you use one on a plant. The pack tunes that through a single file, compressedBoneMealPower and its siblings, so this page walks through each item and the config option that controls it.[1][4]
Compressed bone meal
Compressed Bone Meal applies several bone meal in one click and harvests the plant automatically. In this pack the config sets its power to 4, so one use counts as four normal bone meal.[1][4]
Extremely Compressed Bone Meal works the same way but much stronger. The project page describes it as 36 times as powerful as normal bone meal, but this pack's config sets extremelyCompressedBoneMealPower to 16. In this pack, count on 16 bone meal per use.[1][4]
Where the drops go
Because the compressed variants harvest for you, there is an option for where the drops end up. addDropsDirectlyToInventory is false in this pack, so the drops are not sent straight into your inventory when you use the item yourself.[3][4]
For automation, addDropsDirectlyToInventoryForFakePlayers is true. When the item is used automatically, the drops go straight into the machine's inventory.[3][4]
Saplings, sugar cane and vines
Using extremely compressed bone meal on a sapling turns it into a large fancy tree. This is controlled by allowBoneMealOnSaplings, which is true in this pack.[1][3][4]
The mod's jar has fancy tree definitions for oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia and dark oak. Each one comes in a plain version and a bees version. The bees version adds a beehive decorator with a probability of 1.0. The sources here do not say which version a given sapling produces.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Normal bone meal also gets some new tricks. allowBoneMealOnSugarCanes lets it grow sugar cane upwards, and allowBoneMealOnVines lets it grow vines downwards. Both are on in this pack.[1][3][4]
Florist's bone meal
Florist's Bone Meal is for decorating. Used on grass, it grows only flowers and no extra grass. Used on a flower, it gets you more of that same flower.[1]
- floristsBoneMealMaxFlowers is 5 in this pack. That is the most flowers one use on grass can spawn.[3][4]
- floristsBoneMealMaxRange is 3 in this pack. That is how far from the grass the flowers can spawn.[3][4]
- floristsBoneMealFallbackBiome is set to minecraft:plains. If the current biome has no flowers configured, the plains flowers are used instead. Leaving the option empty disables the fallback.[3][4]
- flowerBlocks lists the blocks you can duplicate by using the item on them. In this pack it includes dandelion, poppy, cornflower, allium, oxeye daisy, sunflower, lilac, peony and rose bush, plus blue orchid, azure bluet, lily of the valley and the red, pink, white and orange tulips.[3][4]
Crafting and storage blocks
Each bone meal has a storage block, and each block unpacks into 9 of its item. Florist's bone meal is crafted 2 at a time.[5]
Crafting Shaped
4 × Bone Meal
Recipe id: fertilization:compressed_bonemeal
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: fertilization:extremely_compressed_bonemeal
Crafting Shaped
| Bone Meal | any small flower |
| any small flower | Bone Meal |
Recipe id: fertilization:florists_bonemeal
This recipe makes 2 Florist's Bone Meal.
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: fertilization:compressed_bonemeal_block
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: fertilization:compressed_bonemeal_from_block
The block turns back into 9 Compressed Bone Meal.
Crafting Shaped
9 × Extremely Compressed Bone Meal
Recipe id: fertilization:extremely_compressed_bonemeal_block
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: fertilization:extremely_compressed_bonemeal_from_block
The block turns back into 9 Extremely Compressed Bone Meal.
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: fertilization:florists_bonemeal_block
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: fertilization:florists_bonemeal_from_block
The block turns back into 9 Florist's Bone Meal.
How do you progress through Fertilization?
3 parts
Fertilization is all about bone meal, and in this pack it comes in three lines: Compressed Bone Meal, Extremely Compressed Bone Meal and Florist's Bone Meal. Each line also has a storage block form, and every one of them is crafted in a normal crafting grid.[5]
The sources here don't rank these lines against each other or describe what each one does when used, so this page sticks to what you can craft and how the items convert. The recipe cards below show the exact in-pack recipes.[5]
Compressed Bone Meal
Compressed Bone Meal has a shaped crafting recipe. You can pack it into Block of Compressed Bone Meal and break the block back down into 9 items.[5]
Crafting Shaped
4 × Bone Meal
Recipe id: fertilization:compressed_bonemeal
Shaped crafting recipe for the single item.
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: fertilization:compressed_bonemeal_block
The storage block is also a shaped recipe.
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: fertilization:compressed_bonemeal_from_block
One block gives back 9 Compressed Bone Meal.
Extremely Compressed Bone Meal
Extremely Compressed Bone Meal follows the same pattern: a shaped recipe for the item, a shaped recipe for Block of Extremely Compressed Bone Meal, and a shapeless recipe that turns the block into 9 items.[5]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: fertilization:extremely_compressed_bonemeal
Crafting Shaped
9 × Extremely Compressed Bone Meal
Recipe id: fertilization:extremely_compressed_bonemeal_block
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: fertilization:extremely_compressed_bonemeal_from_block
One block gives back 9 Extremely Compressed Bone Meal.
Florist's Bone Meal
Florist's Bone Meal is the odd one out: its shaped recipe makes 2 items per craft. The block form is Block of Florist's Bone Meal, and one block unpacks into 9 items.[5]
Crafting Shaped
| Bone Meal | any small flower |
| any small flower | Bone Meal |
Recipe id: fertilization:florists_bonemeal
This recipe makes 2 Florist's Bone Meal per craft.
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: fertilization:florists_bonemeal_block
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: fertilization:florists_bonemeal_from_block
One block gives back 9 Florist's Bone Meal.
Which Fertilization config options matter?
4 parts
Fertilization keeps all its settings in one file, and this pack's version is short and easy to read. Here are the options you are most likely to want to check or tweak.[4]
Bone meal strength
- compressedBoneMealPower is set to 4 in this pack. That is how much bone meal is applied to the plant per use of compressed bone meal.[4]
- extremelyCompressedBoneMealPower is set to 16 in this pack. The mod's project page describes extremely compressed bone meal as 36 times as powerful as bone meal, so go by the pack's 16 and not the page.[1][4]
Where the drops go
addDropsDirectlyToInventory is false in this pack. That means compressed bone meal drops do not go straight into your inventory when you use it. If you want them to, set it to true.[4]
addDropsDirectlyToInventoryForFakePlayers is true. When a machine uses compressed bone meal automatically, the drops go straight into the machine's inventory.[4]
Feature toggles
- allowBoneMealOnSaplings is true, so extremely compressed bone meal can turn saplings into large fancy trees.[4]
- allowBoneMealOnSugarCanes is true, so normal bone meal grows sugar cane upwards.[4]
- allowBoneMealOnVines is true, so normal bone meal grows vines downwards.[4]
Florist's Bone Meal
- floristsBoneMealMaxFlowers is 5. It caps how many flowers can spawn when you use Florist's Bone Meal on grass.[4]
- floristsBoneMealMaxRange is 3. It caps how far from you those flowers can spawn.[4]
- floristsBoneMealFallbackBiome is "minecraft:plains". If the current biome has no flowers configured, the flowers of that biome are used instead. Leave it empty to turn the fallback off.[4]
- flowerBlocks lists the blocks you can duplicate by using Florist's Bone Meal on them. In this pack it includes minecraft:dandelion, minecraft:poppy and minecraft:sunflower, among others.[1][4]
What changed in Fertilization between versions?
1 part
FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0 ships Fertilization 26.1.2.3. The mod was already in the pack in 1.0.2 or earlier, so it is not a new addition in this release.[2]
Fertilization 26.1.2.3
This is the version you get in 1.1.0, and its changelog lists two fixes:[2][18]
- Fixed inconsistent swing behavior of compressed bone meal.[18]
- Fixed the Florist's Bonemeal particle trail not displaying correctly.[18]
Both are bug fixes, so nothing about how you use the mod changes in this version.[18]
Unverified The sources here include no pack changelog entries for Fertilization, so I can't say whether any earlier pack release changed its recipes or values. Check the pack's own changelogs for that.
Sources
- Fertilization project page (modrinth) · official mod data
- FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0 mod list · pack file
- fertilization names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0 config: config/fertilization-common.toml · pack file
- FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0 recipe dump: recipes making Fertilization items · pack recipe dump
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_acacia_bees.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_acacia.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_birch_bees.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_birch.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_dark_oak_bees.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_dark_oak.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_jungle_bees.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_jungle.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_oak_bees.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_oak.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_spruce_bees.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- data/fertilization/worldgen/configured_feature/fancy_spruce.json (fertilization's jar) · official mod data
- Fertilization 26.1.2.3 changelog · changelog
Where this guide comes from
Written from what FTB Evolution 2 itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.
Guide last verified Oct 13, 2026.
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Version in each release
9 releases, first in 1.0.2
| FTB Evolution 2 | Version | Jar | Where it came from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.0 Oct 17, 2026 | 26.1.2.3 | fertilization-neoforge-26.1.2-26.1.2.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.3.2 Oct 16, 2026 | 26.1.2.3 | fertilization-neoforge-26.1.2-26.1.2.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.3.1 Oct 15, 2026 | 26.1.2.3 | fertilization-neoforge-26.1.2-26.1.2.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.3.0 Oct 14, 2026 | 26.1.2.3 | fertilization-neoforge-26.1.2-26.1.2.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.2.2 Oct 13, 2026 | 26.1.2.3 | fertilization-neoforge-26.1.2-26.1.2.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.2.1 Oct 12, 2026 | 26.1.2.3 | fertilization-neoforge-26.1.2-26.1.2.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.2.0 Oct 12, 2026 | 26.1.2.3 | fertilization-neoforge-26.1.2-26.1.2.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.1.0 Oct 10, 2026 | 26.1.2.3 | fertilization-neoforge-26.1.2-26.1.2.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.0.2 Oct 8, 2026 | 26.1.2.3 | fertilization-neoforge-26.1.2-26.1.2.3.jar | From the published release |
"From pack files" means the list came from the pack's own files; "from the published release" means ForgeBase read the jars of the release itself.
Items and blocks
Config options (how FTB Evolution 2 sets them)
11 settings this pack ships for the mod. We don't have the mod's own defaults to compare them against yet.
Show settings
| Setting | FTB Evolution 2 value |
|---|---|
addDropsDirectlyToInventory Set to true if compressed bone meal drops should go straight into the player's inventory. config/fertilization-common.toml | false |
addDropsDirectlyToInventoryForFakePlayers Set to true if compressed bone meal drops should go straight into the machine's inventory when used automatically. config/fertilization-common.toml | true |
allowBoneMealOnSaplings This enables use of extremely compressed bone meal to turn saplings into large fancy trees. config/fertilization-common.toml | true |
allowBoneMealOnSugarCanes This enables use of normal Bone Meal on sugar canes in order to grow them upwards. config/fertilization-common.toml | true |
allowBoneMealOnVines This enables use of normal Bone Meal on vines in order to grow them downwards. config/fertilization-common.toml | true |
compressedBoneMealPower The amount of bone meal applied to the plant when using compressed bone meal. config/fertilization-common.toml | 4 |
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