diff --git a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPDirt.java b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPDirt.java
index e24a0a813..6ad807ca9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPDirt.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPDirt.java
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 package biomesoplenty.common.block;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockDirt;
 import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
@@ -18,11 +16,11 @@ import net.minecraft.block.properties.PropertyBool;
 import net.minecraft.block.properties.PropertyEnum;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
-import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;
 import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
-import net.minecraft.item.Item;
-import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.util.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
 import net.minecraft.util.IStringSerializable;
+import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
 import biomesoplenty.api.block.BOPBlock;
 import biomesoplenty.api.block.BOPBlocks;
 
@@ -72,6 +70,31 @@ public class BlockBOPDirt extends BOPBlock
         return (Boolean.TRUE.equals(state.getValue(COARSE)) ? "coarse_" : "") + ((BOPDirtType) state.getValue(VARIANT_PROP)).getName() + "_dirt";
     }
     
+    @Override
+    public boolean canSustainPlant(IBlockAccess world, BlockPos pos, EnumFacing direction, net.minecraftforge.common.IPlantable plantable)
+    {
+        net.minecraftforge.common.EnumPlantType plantType = plantable.getPlantType(world, pos.offset(direction));
+        
+        switch (plantType)
+        {
+            // support desert and plains plants
+            case Desert: case Plains: return true;
+            // support cave plants
+            case Cave:   return isSideSolid(world, pos, EnumFacing.UP);
+            // support beach plants if there's water alongside
+            case Beach:
+                return (
+                    world.getBlockState(pos.east()).getBlock().getMaterial() == Material.water ||
+                    world.getBlockState(pos.west()).getBlock().getMaterial() == Material.water ||
+                    world.getBlockState(pos.north()).getBlock().getMaterial() == Material.water ||
+                    world.getBlockState(pos.south()).getBlock().getMaterial() == Material.water
+                );
+             // don't support nether plants, water plants, or crops (require farmland), or anything else by default
+            default:
+                return false;
+        }
+    }
+    
     // enum representing the variants of dirt
     public static enum BOPDirtType implements IStringSerializable
     {