Podzol grows through air gap
Podzol can generate even if there is a air gap to the dirt and also if there is another dirt block above it.
Steps to create:
- make a 3 block tall pillar of dirtÂ
- remove the bottom dirt block from the pillar
- from the pillar skip 1 block in any direction and plant spruce saplings in a 2x2 space
- bonemeal saplings to grow 2x2 spruce tree
- podzol will generate on the 2nd dirt block even though there is a air gap and another dirt block ontop