diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/core/utils/StackUtils.java b/src/main/java/forestry/core/utils/StackUtils.java
index 0acae8e08..6892a2fc3 100755
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/core/utils/StackUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/core/utils/StackUtils.java
@@ -471,17 +471,17 @@ public class StackUtils {
 		return block == getBlock(stack) && meta == stack.getItemDamage();
 	}
 
-	public static List<ItemStack> parseItemStackStrings(String itemStackStrings) {
+	public static List<ItemStack> parseItemStackStrings(String itemStackStrings, int missingMetaValue) {
 		String[] parts = itemStackStrings.split("(\\s*;\\s*)+");
-		return parseItemStackStrings(parts);
+		return parseItemStackStrings(parts, missingMetaValue);
 	}
 
-	public static List<ItemStack> parseItemStackStrings(String[] parts) {
+	public static List<ItemStack> parseItemStackStrings(String[] parts, int missingMetaValue) {
 
 		List<ItemStack> itemStacks = new ArrayList<ItemStack>();
 
 		for (String itemStackString : parts) {
-			ItemStack itemStack = StackUtils.parseItemStackString(itemStackString);
+			ItemStack itemStack = StackUtils.parseItemStackString(itemStackString, missingMetaValue);
 			if (itemStack != null) {
 				itemStacks.add(itemStack);
 			}
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ public class StackUtils {
 		return itemStacks;
 	}
 
-	public static ItemStack parseItemStackString(String itemStackString) {
+	public static ItemStack parseItemStackString(String itemStackString, int missingMetaValue) {
 		itemStackString = itemStackString.trim();
 		if (itemStackString.isEmpty()) {
 			return null;
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ public class StackUtils {
 		int meta;
 
 		if (parts.length == 2) {
-			meta = OreDictionary.WILDCARD_VALUE;
+			meta = missingMetaValue;
 		} else {
 			try {
 				meta = parts[2].equals("*") ? OreDictionary.WILDCARD_VALUE : NumberFormat.getIntegerInstance().parse(parts[2]).intValue();
diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginApiculture.java b/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginApiculture.java
index 3fee153c9..e25462569 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginApiculture.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginApiculture.java
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ public class PluginApiculture extends ForestryPlugin {
 	}
 
 	private static void parseAdditionalFlowers(String list, ArrayList<ItemStack> target) {
-		List<ItemStack> flowers = StackUtils.parseItemStackStrings(list);
+		List<ItemStack> flowers = StackUtils.parseItemStackStrings(list, 0);
 		target.addAll(flowers);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginStorage.java b/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginStorage.java
index 3764ef5fa..ecdc724ef 100755
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginStorage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginStorage.java
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public class PluginStorage extends ForestryPlugin {
 	}
 
 	private static void old_parseBackpackItems(String list, IBackpackDefinition backpackDefinition) {
-		List<ItemStack> backpackItems = StackUtils.parseItemStackStrings(list);
+		List<ItemStack> backpackItems = StackUtils.parseItemStackStrings(list, 0);
 		backpackDefinition.addValidItems(backpackItems);
 	}
 
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ public class PluginStorage extends ForestryPlugin {
 			backpackConf.comment = "Add itemStacks for the " + backpackName + "'s backpack here in the format 'modid:name:meta'. For wildcard metadata the format is 'modid:name'.";
 
 			String[] backpackItemList = backpackConf.getStringList();
-			backpackItems = StackUtils.parseItemStackStrings(backpackItemList);
+			backpackItems = StackUtils.parseItemStackStrings(backpackItemList, OreDictionary.WILDCARD_VALUE);
 		}
 
 		{
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ public class PluginStorage extends ForestryPlugin {
 			}
 
 			IBackpackDefinition backpackDefinition = BackpackManager.definitions.get(tokens[0]);
-			List<ItemStack> itemStacks = StackUtils.parseItemStackStrings(tokens[1]);
+			List<ItemStack> itemStacks = StackUtils.parseItemStackStrings(tokens[1], 0);
 			backpackDefinition.addValidItems(itemStacks);
 
 			return true;