diff --git a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPGeneric.java b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPGeneric.java
index fb2536033..b03ad01cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPGeneric.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/block/BlockBOPGeneric.java
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 package biomesoplenty.common.block;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import biomesoplenty.api.block.IBOPBlock;
 import biomesoplenty.common.item.ItemBOPBlock;
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
@@ -15,6 +18,10 @@ import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
 import net.minecraft.block.properties.IProperty;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemBlock;
+import net.minecraft.util.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
+import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.EnumPlantType;
 
 public class BlockBOPGeneric extends Block implements IBOPBlock
 {
@@ -45,4 +52,24 @@ public class BlockBOPGeneric extends Block implements IBOPBlock
         this.setStepSound(Block.soundTypePiston);
     }
     
+    
+    
+    public Set<EnumPlantType> plantTypesICanSustain = new HashSet<EnumPlantType>();
+    
+    public BlockBOPGeneric addSupportedPlantType(EnumPlantType... plantTypes)
+    {
+        for (EnumPlantType plantType : plantTypes)
+        {
+            this.plantTypesICanSustain.add(plantType);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean canSustainPlant(IBlockAccess world, BlockPos pos, EnumFacing direction, net.minecraftforge.common.IPlantable plantable)
+    {
+        EnumPlantType plantType = plantable.getPlantType(world, pos.offset(direction));
+        return this.plantTypesICanSustain.contains(plantType);   
+    }
+    
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBlocks.java b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBlocks.java
index c9310682c..62b10c313 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBlocks.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBlocks.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 package biomesoplenty.common.init;
 
 import static biomesoplenty.api.block.BOPBlocks.*;
-
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockSlab;
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockStairs;
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import net.minecraft.item.Item;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemBlock;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemDoor;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemSlab;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.EnumPlantType;
 import net.minecraftforge.fluids.BlockFluidBase;
 import net.minecraftforge.fluids.Fluid;
 import net.minecraftforge.fluids.FluidRegistry;
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ public class ModBlocks
         bamboo_thatching =      registerBlock( (new BlockBOPGeneric(Material.wood)).setStepSound(Block.soundTypeWood).setHardness(2.0F), "bamboo_thatching"); bamboo_thatching.setHarvestLevel("axe", 0);
         ash_stone =             registerBlock( new BlockBOPGeneric(), "ash_stone" );
         crag_rock =             registerBlock( (new BlockBOPGeneric()).setStepSound(Block.soundTypeStone), "crag_rock" );
-        dried_dirt =            registerBlock( new BlockBOPGeneric(), "dried_dirt"); dried_dirt.setHarvestLevel("pickaxe",0);
+        dried_dirt =            registerBlock( (new BlockBOPGeneric()).addSupportedPlantType(EnumPlantType.Desert), "dried_dirt"); dried_dirt.setHarvestLevel("pickaxe",0);
         hard_dirt =             registerBlock( (new BlockBOPGeneric()).setHardness(0.7F), "hard_dirt" );
         hard_ice =              registerBlock( (new BlockBOPGeneric()).setHardness(0.75F), "hard_ice" );
-        hard_sand =             registerBlock( (new BlockBOPGeneric(Material.sand)).setHardness(0.9F).setStepSound(Block.soundTypeSand), "hard_sand" );
+        hard_sand =             registerBlock( (new BlockBOPGeneric(Material.sand)).addSupportedPlantType(EnumPlantType.Desert).setHardness(0.9F).setStepSound(Block.soundTypeSand), "hard_sand" );
         mud_brick_block =       registerBlock( (new BlockBOPGeneric()).setResistance(2.0F), "mud_brick_block" );
         
         mud_brick_stairs =      registerBlock( BOPReflectionHelper.construct(BlockStairs.class, (IBlockState)mud_brick_block.getDefaultState()), "mud_brick_stairs");