The 
Tomato is a crop from the Farmer’s Delight mod that grows on a vine from 
Tomato Seeds planted on 
Farmland, and the seeds first come from 
Tomato Shrubs in Deserts, Savannas and Badlands. Unlike most crops, you won’t need to replant it, as you pick the Tomatoes off the vine by hand and it grows a new batch.
If you hang 
Rope above the vine, it will climb up it, and every block of vine on the Rope gives its own Tomatoes. That makes a tall Tomato farm a lot more useful than a wide one, and the Tomatoes go into 
Tomato Sauce, pasta, stews and most of the sandwiches.
Finding It
Your first Tomato Seeds will most likely come from a Tomato Shrub, which grows on 
Sand and 
Dirt in the hot, dry biomes, usually with a few 
Dead Bushes around it. They’re not as common as 
Wild Cabbage or 
Wild Rice, so you might have to check a few Deserts or Savannas before you find a patch of these Wild Crops.
Breaking a Tomato Shrub gives you one Tomato Seeds with a 20% chance of a Tomato, and Fortune will add to the seeds. Using 
Bone Meal on it first has an 80% chance to spread another one nearby, so you’ll be able to turn one shrub into a whole patch before you break any of them.
If you’re playing on 1.20.1 Forge, the regular Badlands and Wooded Badlands don’t count as hot biomes, so you’ll only find Tomato Shrubs in the Eroded Badlands there. They still grow in Deserts and Savannas on both versions, which is where you’ll want to look first.
Tomato Seeds can also turn up in the chests of Desert, Plains and Savanna villages, as well as in Mineshafts, Dungeons and Shipwrecks, and the Wandering Trader will sometimes sell them for an 
Emerald. Some villages will grow Tomato 
Vines in their farms too, which you’ll find on the Villages and Loot page.
Growing
When you plant Tomato Seeds on Farmland, you’ll get a Budding Tomato Vine, which grows like a normal crop, so it needs a light level of 9 and it will grow faster on hydrated Farmland. After four stages, it will turn into a Tomato Vine, and that’s the part that grows the Tomatoes.
The Tomato Vine has four stages of its own, and it will be covered in red Tomatoes when it reaches the last one. It grows at the same speed whether the Farmland is wet or not, but Bone Meal will still speed it up, and a fully hydrated 
Rich Soil Farmland will give it free Bone Meal boosts every so often.
Growing on Rope
If there’s a Rope hanging directly above a Tomato Vine, the vine will climb onto it as it grows, turning that block into a Tomato Vine on Rope. It can climb up to three blocks of Rope, so a full vine stands four blocks tall, and each of those blocks grows and gets picked on its own.
The vine needs a light level of 9 to grow and climb, and a vine up on the Rope will break if it’s left with less than 8 and no view of the sky, so you’ll want some lights in an indoor farm. You’re able to climb up a Tomato Vine on Rope like a ladder too, which is handy when you need to reach the Tomatoes at the top.
Tomato Vines will also be able to climb the Ropes from other mods, like Quark and Supplementaries, unless a modpack has turned that off in the config. Remember, when one of those vines is broken, it will leave a Farmer’s Delight Rope behind instead of the Rope it climbed.
Breaking a vine on Rope will leave the Rope where it was, so you won’t have to put it back up after clearing a farm. Using Bone Meal on a mature vine with Rope above it will push it up onto the next block, which is a quick way to fill out a new farm.
Harvesting
To pick the Tomatoes, use an empty hand on a mature vine and it will drop one or two of them, with a 5% chance of a 
Rotten Tomato as well. The vine goes back to its first stage and grows a new batch, so you’ll never need to replant it.
Picking a Mature Tomato Vine
If you break a mature vine, you’ll get the same Tomatoes, with Fortune adding to them, and the bottom block of the vine will give you its Tomato Seeds back as well. It’s better to pick them by hand most of the time though, as the vine will stay where it is and start growing again straight away.
You’re able to eat a Tomato raw, but it only gives you 1 hunger and 0.6 saturation, so it won’t fill you up on its own. Spare ones can be packed into a 
Tomato Crate that holds 9 of them, and a single Tomato can be crafted back into Tomato Seeds if you want more vines.
Novice Farmers might offer to buy 26 Tomatoes for an Emerald, and Pigs will eat them the same way they eat 
Carrots, which means you’ll be able to breed Pigs with them too. If you’ve got Chickens or Parrots, they’ll eat the Tomato Seeds instead.
Uses
Most of your Tomatoes will end up as Tomato Sauce, which takes two Tomatoes in a 
Cooking Pot. Tomato Sauce restores 4 hunger on its own, but it’s mostly used for 
Pasta with Meatballs, 
Pasta with Mutton Chop and 
Fish Stew.
Plenty of recipes take the Tomato itself too, and it counts as a vegetable in any recipe that asks for one. The pasta dishes and stews will give you the Nourishment effect, so they’re worth working toward once you’ve got some 
Wheat for Pasta.
| Dish | Made In | Needs |
|---|---|---|
| Tomato Sauce | Cooking Pot | 2 Tomatoes |
| Pasta with Meatballs | Cooking Pot | Tomato Sauce |
| Pasta with Mutton Chop | Cooking Pot | Tomato Sauce |
| Fish Stew | Cooking Pot | Tomato Sauce |
 Baked Cod Stew | Cooking Pot | Tomato |
 Ratatouille | Cooking Pot | Tomato |
 Squid Ink Pasta | Cooking Pot | Tomato |
 Bacon Sandwich | Crafting Table | Tomato |
 Hamburger | Crafting Table | Tomato |
 Barbecue on a Stick | Crafting Table | Tomato |
 Mixed Salad | Crafting Table | Tomato |
 Roasted Mutton Chops | Crafting Table | Tomato |
 Gleaming Salad | Crafting Table | Tomato |
The Rotten Tomatoes you get every so often aren’t wasted either, as they can be thrown at mobs or crafted back into Tomato Seeds. You’re also able to put spare Tomatoes in a 
Composter, where each one has a 65% chance to add a layer.
FAQ
Tomatoes start out as Tomato Shrubs, which grow on Sand and Dirt in Deserts, Savannas and Badlands, often next to Dead Bushes. Breaking one gives you Tomato Seeds and sometimes a Tomato, and seeds can turn up in village chests as well.
Hang a Rope directly above a Tomato Vine and the vine will climb onto it as it grows, up to three blocks of Rope. Each block of vine on the Rope grows its own Tomatoes, so a tall vine gives you four times as many from the same patch of Farmland.
Use an empty hand on a mature vine, once it’s covered in red Tomatoes, and it will drop one or two of them. The vine goes back to its first stage and grows again, whereas breaking it would mean having to replant it.
They don’t, as long as you pick the Tomatoes by hand rather than breaking the vine. It will keep growing new Tomatoes for as long as it has enough light, and it doesn’t use up any seeds.
