Switch Grass

Switch Grass

Properties
Stacks	Yes (100)
Logic
Item Hash	-532672323
Item Name	ItemPlantSwitchGrass
Logic Classes	SlotClass.Plant SortingClass.Resources
Food
Food Nutrition	N/A (Inedible)
Food Quality	N/A (Inedible)
Mood Bonus	N/A (Inedible)
Plant
Yield	15 Hay
Seed	Switchgrass Seed
Matures after	1 h 8 min 50 s
Seeds after	11 min 6 s (1 h 19 min 56 s total)
Growth Requirements
Temperature	0-60 C Ideal: 20-40 C
Pressure	25-200 kPa Ideal: 50-100 kPa
Light per day	10 min
Darkness per day	5 min
Water usage	0.0072 mol/min
Inhales	Carbon Dioxide 0.144 mol/min
Exhales	Oxygen 0.144 mol/min
Toxic gases	Pollutant <1 kPa Volatiles <1 kPa Silanol <1 kPa Hydrochloric Acid <0.1 kPa Hydrazine <0.1 kPa
Time until damaged by: Drought 30 min Toxic gas 5 min High or low temperature 5 min High or low pressure 10 min Suffocation 1 h Insufficient light or darkness 1 h

Description

Switch Grass can be grown in hydroponics to yield 15 Hay and 1 Switch Grass Seed when fully grown. They do not need to be replanted after being harvested. Switch Grass's high yield per harvest makes it ideal for use in Composting or for the creation of Biomass with a Recycler. However, Switch Grass is inedible to Stationeers.

Info	Data
Time to fruiting	1h 8min 51s
Yield	15 hay + 1 seed
Raw Nutrition	Inedible
Edible By Chickens	Needs Research

Growing

Plants need the following:

• Atmosphere: 25-200kPa pressure, with traces of CO2 (at least 0.1 mol) and under 1kPa partial pressure of Pollutant (X) or Volatiles.
  • The ideal pressure range for maximum growth speed is between 50-100kPa.
  • Common plants consume CO₂ and produce O₂ at 0.072 mols per minute (0.0012 mol/tick)
  • A mature plant won't take damage if it runs out of CO2
  • Alien Mushroom, Mushroom, Darga Fern, Winterspawn, Hades Flower, Peace Lily, and Tropical Lily are exceptions.
• Temp: Minimum atmosphere temperature of 0C (273K) is required for growth, under 0C (273K) or over 50C (323K) the plants will die after 5 minutes.
  • The ideal temperature range for maximum growth speed is between 20-30C
• Water: 5-60 Degree Celsius to avoid taking damage
  • Plants require Water, but consume only ~0.043 mols per hour (0.0216)
• Light: either sunlight, or a Grow Light are required for plant growth. A plant won't die or take damage when in darkness, but the growth will slow down cumulatively if improper lighting conditions persist.
  • If too much or too little light is provided to the plant, it will begin to accumulate "Illumination Stress" that lowers the efficiency of its growth. It will slowly revert to normal when the plant only if it is in favorable lighting conditions. The amount of accumulated stress can be seen with Cartridge Plant Analyser
  • On some planets and in some conditions, the natural sunlight will not be enough for the plant to grow efficiently without accumulating "Illumination Stress". A Grow Light is then required. It can be used along with natural light, to supplement the overall lighting to the necessary levels.
• Optionally: you can increase yield or growth speed by adding fertilizer created in a Portable Composter or an Advanced Composter

Notes

• Switch Grass is the highest yielding plant per hour.
• When Switch Grass is harvested, it becomes Hay, which has a stack size of 100 and cannot be planted.