diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/unicopia/block/BlockTomatoPlant.java b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/unicopia/block/BlockTomatoPlant.java
index 585f8704..068295f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/unicopia/block/BlockTomatoPlant.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/unicopia/block/BlockTomatoPlant.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class BlockTomatoPlant extends BlockCrops {
         setTranslationKey(name);
 
         setDefaultState(getDefaultState().withProperty(TYPE, Type.NORMAL));
-        setHardness(3);
+        setHardness(0.2F);
         setSoundType(SoundType.WOOD);
     }
 
@@ -194,6 +194,18 @@ public class BlockTomatoPlant extends BlockCrops {
         return withAge(age).withProperty(TYPE, Type.values()[half]);
     }
 
+    public IBlockState getPlacedState(IBlockState state) {
+        if (state.getBlock() instanceof BlockCloudFarm) {
+            return getDefaultState().withProperty(TYPE, Type.CLOUDSDALE);
+        }
+
+        if (state.getBlock() instanceof BlockTomatoPlant) {
+            return getDefaultState().withProperty(TYPE, state.getValue(TYPE));
+        }
+
+        return getDefaultState();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getMetaFromState(IBlockState state) {
         int age = getAge(state);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/unicopia/item/ItemStick.java b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/unicopia/item/ItemStick.java
index c7e26566..bc354513 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/unicopia/item/ItemStick.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/unicopia/item/ItemStick.java
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package com.minelittlepony.unicopia.item;
 
 import com.minelittlepony.unicopia.UBlocks;
-import com.minelittlepony.unicopia.block.BlockCloudFarm;
-import com.minelittlepony.unicopia.block.BlockTomatoPlant;
-import com.minelittlepony.unicopia.block.BlockTomatoPlant.Type;
 
 import net.minecraft.advancements.CriteriaTriggers;
 import net.minecraft.block.SoundType;
@@ -38,13 +35,7 @@ public class ItemStick extends ItemSeeds {
 
         if (facing == EnumFacing.UP && player.canPlayerEdit(pos.offset(facing), facing, itemstack) && state.getBlock().canSustainPlant(state, worldIn, pos, EnumFacing.UP, this) && worldIn.isAirBlock(pos.up())) {
 
-            IBlockState cropState = UBlocks.tomato_plant.getDefaultState();
-
-            if (state.getBlock() instanceof BlockCloudFarm) {
-                cropState = cropState.withProperty(BlockTomatoPlant.TYPE, Type.CLOUDSDALE);
-            }
-
-            worldIn.setBlockState(pos.up(), cropState);
+            worldIn.setBlockState(pos.up(), UBlocks.tomato_plant.getPlacedState(state));
 
             SoundType sound = state.getBlock().getSoundType(state, worldIn, pos, player);