How do you get Planting the Past in Minecraft?

Get torchflower seeds or a pitcher pod: an adult sniffer digs both up from dirt, grass and similar blocks.

What kind of advancement is Planting the Past?

Planting the Past is a Husbandry tab advancement in Java Edition. It is hidden until you earn it.

Planting the Past

Tab: HusbandryHiddenDifficulty: Medium

Quick answer: Plant any Sniffer seed

Hidden advancement: it only appears in the tab after you earn it.

Tree path: Husbandry › Smells Interesting › Little Sniffs › Planting the Past (advancements are independent: they can be completed in any order; the tree only guides progression)

Tree parent: Little Sniffs

Advancements are exclusive to Java Edition. The Bedrock Edition equivalent is achievements, which have different objectives.

How to get Planting the Past

Get torchflower seeds or a pitcher pod: an adult sniffer digs both up from dirt, grass and similar blocks.
Use a hoe on a dirt block near water to make farmland.
Plant the torchflower seeds or the pitcher pod on the farmland.
The hidden advancement unlocks the moment the seed goes into the ground.

Tips

Sniffers only dig where there is plenty of open dirt or grass, so pen yours in a wide grassy area. Both ancient plants are purely decorative, but the pitcher plant grows into a tall two-block flower worth farming for dyes.

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