It has a similar look to standard grass, but the top texture appears as it is covered with dead leaves; however, it doesn't spread to adjacent blocks like its grass counterpart.If it is mined without a Silk Touch tool, it will turn into regular dirt. Unlike Mycelium, it does not spread to other DirtBlocks. ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured … Podzol is a block that was added to Minecraft Java Edition in update 1.7 and Pocket Edition in update 0.9.0. For the Player to pick it up a Silk Touch Enchanted Toolmust be used, or else it'll turn into Dirt. It doesn't spread, unlike grass or mycelium, and won't turn to dirt if … Podzol generates naturally only in Mega Taiga Biomes. But otherwise it pretty much acts the same as dirt - saplings, all kinds of flower and sugarcane can be placed on it normally. You'll need a silk touch tool to collect podzol, or it'll just turn into dirt, and you can't hoe it into farmland. It can be obtained using a tool with Silk Touch, otherwise it drops dirt instead. Podzol can be broken using any tool or by hand, but the shovel is the quickest.