This is likely their attempt at preventing the accidental consumption of multiple seeds. It used to be that you could accidentally plant seeds before a herb had grown enough to drop anything. Thus you'd waste seeds.I haven't had any problems crafting water and lavafall blocks and walls on Xbox360.
Can anyone confirm the following:
Didn't you previously be able to plant seeds in pots if there were plants in them? It would plant, and harvest plants and/or seeds, I think. Now you have to pick out the plants before seeding.