Board Thread:Hello & Welcome!/@comment-82.156.14.50-20130113122221/@comment-76.70.112.2-20130114073927

Yes, water flows eight blocks, but this article is referring to the distance from a water block that hydration occurs in farmland, (tilled dirt). Which is a 4-block (I think square) radius, or (including the water block) a 9-block diameter.