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Growing Food

To survive on alien worlds, the ODA expects all Stationeers to set up viable hydroponic systems, or contact registered local resource traders

SETTING UP

When setting up your hydroponic system, you will need seeds. Alternatively, you can plant the food itself.

Common Stationeer hydroponic equipment includes:

- Portable Hydroponics
- Kit (Hydroponic Tray)
- Kit (Hydroponic Station)
- Harvie

All hydroponics systems require water, sunlight and the correct gas mixture - plants require Carbon Dioxide and produce Oxygen (except for Alien Mushroom). Plants will not grow in the wrong atmosphere. If plants do not have enough light, you will need to build a Grow Light.

HARVESTING

Most plants have several growth stages. The first stages are the plant growing through its lifecycle. During the third phase, seeds may be harvested from the plant. In the fourth phrase, the plant will yield fruit. After that, unless cleared, the plant will die.

FERTILIZER

Fertilizer alters plant growth processes, and is created by the Portable Composter and the Advanced Composter using organic matter.

Fertilizer's affects depend on its ingredients:

- Food increases individual PLANT YIELD by up to 3 items.
- Decayed Food increases plant GROWTH SPEED by up to 3 times.
- Biomass increases the NUMBER OF GROWTH CYCLES the ferilizer lasts for to a maximum of 5.

The effect of these ingredients depends on their respective proportions in the composter when processing is activated. Fertilizer is produced at a 1:3 ratio of fertilizer to ingredients. When processing, Nitrogen and Volatiles is released, as well a small amount of heat.

References

• Text is available ingame using the Stationpedia