How do you get Seagrass in Minecraft?

Harvest it with shears only: any other tool destroys it and drops nothing Find it in rivers, non-frozen oceans, swamps and mangrove swamps; tall seagrass drops 2 items Grow your own: bone meal on a solid block underwater sprouts seagrass all around it

What is Seagrass used for?

Breed and lead turtles: seagrass is the turtle food, and baby turtles grow up to drop scutes Bone meal a regular seagrass to turn it into tall seagrass for aquarium decoration Fill ocean builds and fish tanks with moving green water plants

Seagrass

Decoration Stack: 64 Since 1.13 (Update Aquatic)

Quick answer: Harvest it with shears only: any other tool destroys it and drops nothing.

How to get it

Harvest it with shears only: any other tool destroys it and drops nothing
Find it in rivers, non-frozen oceans, swamps and mangrove swamps; tall seagrass drops 2 items
Grow your own: bone meal on a solid block underwater sprouts seagrass all around it

Uses

Breed and lead turtles: seagrass is the turtle food, and baby turtles grow up to drop scutes
Bone meal a regular seagrass to turn it into tall seagrass for aquarium decoration
Fill ocean builds and fish tanks with moving green water plants

Renewability

Yes: bone meal underwater generates it on demand in both editions

Java vs Bedrock

Bone meal works on any solid block in Java, but only on dirt, sand, gravel and clay-type blocks in Bedrock

Related: Bone Meal Turtle Scute Kelp Sea Pickle

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