The bug
Growing a 2 × 2 spruce tree in a forest biome converts the dirt under the tree to podzol. Not sure if this works as intended as it did not happen in 1.12.2.
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MC-126284
Growing 2x2 Spruce Tree Causes Dirt/Grass underneath to turn into podzol
Resolved
MC-126986
Spruce changes dirt to Podzol
Resolved
MC-127051
Spawning A 4x4 spruce tree causes the grass to turn into Podzol
Resolved
MC-128607
2x2 spruce tree transmutes dirt to podzol
Resolved
MC-128760
Growing a 2x2 spruce tree with bonemeal turns surrounding grass into Podzol
Resolved
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I feel like this is a feature, finally giving us the ability to grow more podzol without having to travel huge distances to find more.
This is plausible.
The podzolization occurs when having acid conditions like spruce needles, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podzol
On the Minecraft Gamepedia it is stated that this a new feature. (See attachment)
It's a feature, see https://twitter.com/JasperBoerstra/status/986250634096758784
I think this was an intended feature, not sure though. I'm not mojang.