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=== Your Area === | === Your Area === | ||
Hydroponics is divided into two rooms. The big southern section is where you'll spend most of your time growing goods. Trays and two vending machines, one with seeds and the other with miscellaneous items such as nutriments and tools for your job, are available where you grow plants. The bio-generator can be used to | Hydroponics is divided into two rooms. The big southern section is where you'll spend most of your time growing goods. Trays and two vending machines, one with seeds and the other with miscellaneous items such as nutriments and tools for your job, are available where you grow plants. The [[Machines#Biogenerator|bio-generator]] can be used to recycle plants and produce things for the station. In tandem is the seed dispenser used to reproduce your product. The northern area is where you can grab most of the equipment needed to work in botany. | ||
Plants require nutriment and water to grow. They are also bothered by pests and weeds | Plants require nutriment and water to grow. They are also bothered by pests and weeds. | ||
From left to right | [[File:Hydroponics_tray.png]] [[Machines#Hydroponics_Tray|Hydroponics Trays]] come equipped with alerts that show specific colors to tell you what's happening with your plant. From left to right: | ||
* Green: Ready to harvest. | * <span style="color:green;background-color:white">▮</span>'''Green:''' Ready to harvest. | ||
* Red: Low health. | * <span style="color:red;background-color:white">▮</span>'''Red:''' Low health. | ||
* Red (flashing): Weeds/pests. | * <span style="color:red;background-color:white">▮</span>'''Red (flashing):''' Weeds/pests. | ||
* Yellow: Low nutriment. | * <span style="color:yellow;background-color:white">▮</span>'''Yellow:''' Low nutriment. | ||
* Blue: Low water. | * <span style="color:blue;background-color:white">▮</span>'''Blue:''' Low water. | ||
Tools that are of use in botany | Tools that are of use in botany: | ||
* Wrench: Used to move your trays around. | * [[File:Wrench.png]] '''Wrench:''' Used to move your trays around. | ||
* Wirecutters: Used to set up the irrigation system. If 30u or more of water is put into trays while the irrigation is set up, water will be shared across trays. This will also distribute things like mutagen | * [[File:Wirecutters.png]] '''Wirecutters:''' Used to set up the irrigation system. If 30u or more of water is put into trays while the irrigation is set up, water will be shared across trays. This will also distribute things like [[Guide_to_chemistry#Unstable_Mutagen|unstable mutagen]]. | ||
* Hatchet: Chops tower-caps into planks. This is also a very robust tool that can be put in backpacks. | * [[File:Hatchet.png]] '''Hatchet:''' Chops tower-caps into planks. This is also a very robust tool that can be put in backpacks. | ||
* | * [[File:Spade.png]] '''Spade:''' Digs up grass floors and removes all plants and weeds from a tray. | ||
* Cultivator: Kills Weeds. | * [[File:Cultivator.png]] '''Cultivator: Kills Weeds. | ||
* Plant Bag: Collects up to 50 items or 100 seeds from your harvest. | * [[File:Plant_analyzer.png]] '''Plant Analyzer:''' Determine stats of plants and produce. | ||
* Portable Seed Extractor: | * [[File:Plantbag.png]] '''Plant Bag:''' Collects up to 50 items or 100 seeds from your harvest. | ||
* '''Portable Seed Extractor:''' Can harvest and pick up plants and turn up to 100 plants into seeds. | |||
=== [[File:Seed_Extractor.gif|Seed Extractor]] Plants 101 === | === [[File:Seed_Extractor.gif|Seed Extractor]] Plants 101 === | ||