Talk:Cross Breeding/@comment-4921358-20120824004814/@comment-5429934-20120824170412

Plants cross-breed easier from plants that are closer in Tier and which share the same Keywords. For instance, you would rarely (if ever) get Aurelia (Tier 8) by cross-breeding Dandelion and Rose (both Tier 2). So using the Tiers as a guide, your best chance to get Ferru, which is Tier 6, is to cross-breed Tier 5 plants - Hops, Nether Wart, and Terra Wart.

Keep in mind that Ferru needs an Iron Ore to be underneath the dirt it grows on for it to completely grow to maturity.

Also, it's helpful to be able to identify the plants as they sprout and then remove sprouts you don't want. For instance, if you have Nether Wart and Terra Wart and the cross-breeding crop in-between them sprouts and looks like Nether Wart or Terra Wart, left click it with a hoe to get rid of it and replace the cross-breeding crop. Same if it starts to look like flowers, pumpkin, or melon. There's no need to let them grow to maturity if it's not something you're trying to get.