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==Flower Power==
[[File:Hydroponics.png|frame|right|Hydroponics. This is your home.]]
== Basics of Botany ==
[[Hydroponics]] and the [[Botanist]]s who work there are important to the station, especially in longer rounds. Botanists grow plants that the [[Chef]] can use for food. Without botany, the station will have to live off of beef jerky and space twinkies, or starve to death.
=== 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 [[#Biogenerators|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.


[[Hydroponics]] and the [[Botanist]]s who work there are important people on the station, especially in longer rounds. [[Botanist]]s grow plants, obviously.  
Plants require nutriment and water to grow. They are also bothered by pests and weeds.
Without plants, the [[Chef]] cannot make many types of food. Without those types of food, the denizens of the station will either have to live off of beef jerky and space twinkies, or starve to death. Now that you understand why this is important, let's get started!


==Plants==
[[File:Hydrotray flashing.gif|48px]] [[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:
* <span style="color:green;background-color:white">▮</span>'''Green:''' Ready to harvest.
* <span style="color:red;background-color:white">▮</span>'''Red:''' Low health.
* <span style="color:red;background-color:white">▮</span>'''Red (flashing):''' Weeds/pests.
* <span style="color:yellow;background-color:white">▮</span>'''Yellow:''' Low nutriment.
* <span style="color:blue;background-color:white">▮</span>'''Blue:''' Low water.
Tools that are of use in botany:
* [[File:Wrench.png]] '''Wrench:''' Used to move your trays around.
* [[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]].
* [[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.
* [[File:Cultivator.png]] '''Cultivator: Kills Weeds.
* [[File:Plant_analyzer.png]] '''Plant Analyzer:''' Determine stats of plants and produce.
* [[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 ===
Take some seeds from the vendor and put them into the trays. Make sure to keep them weeded with a cultivator and watered. Some plants have a varied growth times, such as wheat growing faster while watermelons or apple trees take a little longer before you can harvest from them. Sometimes these and other stats of a plant are effected if you ignore them after the light warns you of their status. You have a choice of 5 nutriments depending on if you hacked your machine or not. Once your tray flashes green, you're set to harvest. If you want to replicate the plant to continue growing more, just insert a harvested plant into the seed extractor.
=== [[File:Biogenerator.gif|Bio-generator]] Biogenerators ===
The bio-generator makes items out of the nutriment in plants, such as watermelons and pumpkins which have a 20% nutriment boost trait. To get biomass, grab a spare bucket and equip the machine with it then put your harvest plants inside. Open its interface and process the plants. If you somehow run out of nutriment in the vendors, remember you can print the three standard nutriments here. You can recycle any plant, though if they don't have nutriment like bananas, the efficiency is very low.
=== DNA Extractor ===
A recent addition, this allows you to extract genes and stats from seeds. This is a very useful machine for mass producing plants, saving time and is super easy.
;How to use
# Go to a locker in the back room and take out the box of plant data disks.
# Load a disk into the machine along with any seed packet of your choice.
# Extract a seed trait to the disk, the seed packet will be destroyed (Note: Not all seed packets will have traits).
# Put in another seed packet.
# You can now modify the seed's stats and genes based on what's in the plant data disk.
;Useful seeds for maxing production
* '''Potency:''' 50 for [[Guide_to_plants#Towercap|Tower-cap mycelium]] and [[Guide_to_plants#Cotton|Cotton]]
* '''Yield:''' 10 for [[Guide_to_plants#Tobacco|Tobacco]]
* '''Production Speed:''' 1 for [[Guide_to_plants#Wheat|Wheat]]
* '''Endurance:''' 50 for [[Guide_to_plants#Lime|Lime]]
* '''Lifespan:''' 60 for [[Guide_to_plants#Whitebeet|White-beet]]
=== Plants ===
There are three types of plants. The biggest category is "normal plants". The much smaller ones are "mushrooms" and "weeds". They are a little different from the normal plants:
* Mushrooms need less light, and suffer less from lack of it.
* Mushrooms don't need water to grow. They still use it, though.
* Mushrooms' yield can't drop to 0. It will always be at least 1.
* Weeds don't suffer from high weed level.
Empty trays can be occasionally overtaken by a weed. Possible plants include:
* 1/6 chance for [[Guide_to_plants#Reishi|Reishi]].
* 1/6 chance for [[Guide_to_plants#Starthistle|Starthistle]].
* 1/9 chance for [[Guide_to_plants#Nettle|Nettle]].
* 1/9 chance for [[Guide_to_plants#Harebell|Harebell]].
* 1/9 chance for [[Guide_to_plants#Fly_amanita|Fly Amanita]].
* 1/9 chance for [[Guide_to_plants#Chanterelle|Chanterelle]].
* 1/9 chance for [[Guide_to_plants#Towercap|Tower Cap]].
* 1/9 chance for [[Guide_to_plants#Plump_helmet|Plump Helmets]]
== Chemicals ==
=== Fertilizers ===
* '''[[Botanist#Fertilizer_types|E-Z-Nutrient]]:''' Makes your plant mutate once every time it's ready for harvesting, and has no effect on the yield.
* '''[[Botanist#Fertilizer_types|Left 4 Zed]]:''' Makes your plant mutate twice, but it will only produce one plant at most - if the plant's yield is 0, then nothing is produced! You'll have to use another fertilizer to harvest the normal yield of the plant.
* '''[[Botanist#Fertilizer_types|Robust Harvest]]:''' Makes your plant produce 1.3x as much, and will never mutate it. Useful if you already have good stats, are using unstable mutagen and don't want random mutations to interfere, or simply don't want to bother with mutating at all.
* '''Nutriment:''' A fertilizer. You can get it from the [[Chef]], or by using your own plants. Heals the plant.
* '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Ammonia|Ammonia]]:''' Also a fertilizer, same effect as nutriment. Get it from the [[Chemist]] or hack the Nutri-Vend to get this.
* '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Diethylamine|Diethylamine]]:''' A very powerful fertilizer. Twice as effective, meaning 1 unit diethylamine adds 2 units nutrient. Heals the plant AND also kills pests. Get it the same way you get Ammonia.
=== Pest Removal ===
* '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Pest_Killer|Pest Killer]]:''' Kills pests, and adds a small amount of toxicity.
* '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Weed_Killer|Weed Killer]]:''' Same as above, but for Weeds.
=== Stats ===
* '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Unstable_Mutagen|Unstable Mutagen]]:''' Used to randomly mutate plants without harming them directly with toxins. Only use 1 or 2 units for optimized results.
* '''Radium and Uranium:''' Same chance to mutate plants, but you need 10 units, they also damage the plant and add toxicity.
* '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Saltpetre|Saltpetre]]:''' Ask the chemists for this, this increases potency and has a chance to increase yield as well.
=== Plant Meds ===
* '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Charcoal|Charcoal]]:''' Makes your plant less toxic. You can get it by whining to anyone who works in [[Medbay]].
* '''[[Cryoxadone]]:''' Heals your plant, via miracles. Also lowers toxicity. Get it from the [[Chemist]], or find a nice doctor to steal some from cryogenics.
* '''[[Guide_to_drinks#Holy_Water|Holy water]]:''' If you can get the [[Chaplain]]'s attention and make him bless your water, it will heal your plant a bit.
* '''[[Ash]]:''' Heals your plant and adds nutriment. Also kills weeds.
* '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Saltpetre|Saltpetre]]:''' Heals your plant, increases potency and decreases production time.
=== Plant Killers ===
* '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Plant-B-Gone|Plant-B-Gone]]: Seriously damages the plant. Also lowers toxicity by magic and kills weeds.
* '''[[Guide_to_chemistry|Toxins, Acids, Fluorine, Chlorine]]:''' Damage the plant.
* '''[[Guide_to_food#Sugar|Sugar]]:''' Makes pests and weeds grow stronger. Unless you [[Traitor|plan to use some mutagen to unleash giant spiders upon the station]], it's of no use.
* '''Phosphorus:''' Damages plant, drains water, kills weeds and, surprisingly, adds nutriment. If you manage to get your hands on a lot of it, you can use it to kill useless plants without hurting the next plant.
==Advanced Botany==
Maybe you want to grow something more impressive than the tiny potatoes your plants probably produced. Or perhaps you got unlucky and harvested only one of each. A plant's stats determine all this and more, and true botanists are unafraid to PLAY GOD and change them!
===Stats===
Use your plant analyzer on a growing plant. You should get something like this:
*Plant Age: 5
*Plant Endurance: 15
*Plant Lifespan: 25
*Plant Yield: 4
* Plant Production: 1
*Plant Potency: 5
* Weed level: 2/10
*Pest level: 3/10
*Toxicity level: 0/100
*Water level: 86/100
*Nutrition level: 7/10
You can also scan the growns:
*Plant type: Normal plant
*Potency: 5
*Yield: 4
*Maturation speed: 6
*Production speed: 1
*Endurance: 15
*Nutritional value: 1
*Other substances: 0
And seeds (you can also see these stats from inside the seed extractor storage):
*Plant Endurance: 15
* Plant Lifespan: 25
* Species Discovery Value: 0
* Plant Yield: 4
*Plant Production: 1
*Plant Potency: 5
These names may be confusing at first. Here is what they all mean: 
*Age: Age of the plant. Only relevant in terms of the lifespan stat.
*Endurance: Max health. Between 10 and 100. Not very useful, unless you leave your garden often.
* Lifespan: When the age is above lifespan, the plant starts losing health. Between 10 and 100. Not important at all in plants that can only be harvested once, unless they die before harvest. Barely useful for the other ones, because you can always plant it again.
*Yield: How much product you get each harvest. Between 0 and 10. Pay attention to this, because if it drops to 0, you won't harvest anything.
*Maturation Speed: Age cycles before the plant can start production. The first harvest will be (Maturation Speed + Production Speed).
*Production Speed: How fast your plant reaches harvest. Between 1 and 10 -- the '''lower''' the faster. The plant has to wait (Production Speed) age cycles before each harvest.
*Potency: The most important stat. Between 0 and 100. Basically, this determines plant power. Mostly affects the amount of chemicals in the plant, though some have additional effects, such as stun length for bananas. To get the amount of a given chemical in a plant, multiply the reagent in the chart by the potency: for example, 10% nutriment will be 5 nutriment at 50 potency.
====Traits====
Some plants have special traits, that can be transferred through the Plant DNA Manipulator. It is a well-known strategy to make a plan of which plants to grow to extract the traits you need to <s>mass murdering the whole crew</s> supporting others.
* Lighting
**{{anchor|Bioluminescence}}'''Bioluminescence:''' Causes the plant to glow, emitting light equal to 4% of potency. Available in multiple colors.
**{{anchor|Strong Bioluminescence}}'''Strong Bioluminescence:''' Causes the plant to glow, emitting light equal to 6% of potency.
**{{anchor|Shadow Emission}}'''Shadow Emission:''' Causes the plant to '''reduce''' lighting by 24% of potency.
*Growth
**{{anchor|Fungal Vitality}}'''Fungal Vitality:''' The plant behaves like a mushroom: It needs neither water nor light.
**{{anchor|Weed Adaptation}}'''Weed Adaptation:''' The plant behaves like a weed: It does not need nutrients and is immune to weeds.
**{{anchor|Perennial Growth}}'''Perennial Growth:''' Makes the plant be harvastable more than once, time for the products to be harvested again is determined by the production speed. Does nothing on [[Guide_to_plants#Replica_pod|replica pods]].
*Electricity
**{{anchor|Electrical Activity}}'''Electrical Activity:''' Gives the plant electrical charge, making it recharge batteries of devices on the consumer when fully consumed by the plant's potency as a percent; it will also have up to a 20% chance depending on potency to electrocute on slip if it also has '''Slippery Skin''' and on hit if it has '''Liquid Contents'''.
**{{anchor|Capacitive Cell Production}}'''Capacitive Cell Production:''' Enables you to create a battery from the plant by adding 5 cables. Maximum capacity is dependent on potency. Capacity is multiplied further if '''Electrical activity''' is also present in the plant, making it competitive with powercells.
* Reagent-application
**{{anchor|Liquid Contents}}'''Liquid Contents:''' Allows the plant to be squashed when thrown or slipped on, leaving a colored mess and trash behind. Also splashes everything in targets tile with reagents and applies other trait effects (teleporting, etc) to the target.
**{{anchor|Hypodermic Prickles}}'''Hypodermic Prickles:''' Will inject its contents on the target on throw hit and on slip if it has '''Slippery Skin'''. The exact amount 1-20u depends on the plant's potency.
**{{anchor|Gaseous Decomposition}}'''Gaseous Decomposition:''' The plant will emit it reagents as a cloud when squashed ('''Liquid Contents'''). Size of smoke cloud depends on potency.
*Other
**{{anchor|Slippery Skin}}'''Slippery Skin:''' Causes the plant, or any products of the plant, to become slippery. The slip time is (Potency * 0.08), divided by 3 unless the plant has lube or is a banana. Maximum slip time is 7 seconds.
**{{anchor|Bluespace Activity}}'''Bluespace Activity:''' Gives the plant bluespace properties, making it teleport people hit if the plant has '''Liquid Contents''', and on slip if it has '''Slippery Skin'''. This usually destroys the plant, but there's a 50% chance for it to teleport randomly instead if the effect is activated via slipping. Potential teleport radius depends on potency, with 5 tiles being the maximum. Having this trait reduces the throw range of the plant to 3 tiles.
**{{anchor|Densified Chemicals}}'''Densified Chemicals:''' Doubles the reagent-capacity (that is 100u instead of 50u for most plants), allowing more reagents genes to be effective in a single plant.
**{{anchor|Fire Resistance}}'''Fire Resistance:''' Protects lavaland-plants from fire.


Here is a chart with the types of plants you can grow, in case you forgot.
=== Mutations ===
To change the stats, you need to mutate your plant. Keep in mind that mutations are ''completely random'', but you can do a more efficient job depending on how much you're willing to cooperate with other departments.
*Of your starting fertilizers, '''E-Z Nutriment''' makes the plant mutate once every time it's ready to harvest. '''Left 4 Zed''' makes it mutate twice, but you'll have to replace the nutriment to actually harvest something! Finally, regular '''nutriment''' has a very small chance to mutate the plant into a different species.


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" border="1" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
*You can speed up the process drastically by using [[Guide_to_chemistry#Unstable_Mutagen|unstable mutagen]] (Use your [[#Biogenerators|biogenerator]] or ask the [[Chemist]]). The effects of mutagen depend on how much you use. Best applied after transferring it to an empty spray- / condiment-bottle, for greater control over the amount used (Right-click -> Set transfer amount). Pour 5 units on your plant and prepare for...
! scope="col" style='background-color:#BEF781;'|Name
**10% chance of the plant losing lots of health instantly. The plant can die because of this.
! scope="col" style='background-color:#BEF781;'|Type
**10% chance of mutation into a related species. This destroys the old plant and plants a new one. See the plants table for information on these mutations.
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:#BEF781;'|Seed
**15% chance of a '''hard mutation'''.
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:#BEF781;'|Potting
**25% chance of a '''soft mutation'''.
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:#BEF781;'|Product
** 20% chance of nothing. You get a message when this happens.
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:#BEF781;'|Notes
** 10% to grow some weeds.
! scope="col" style='background-color:#BEF781;'|Mutates into
** 10% to produce pests.
! scope="col" style='background-color:#BEF781;'|Available from
Or, if you don't want to bother with species mutation, pour 2 units for a guaranteed hard mutation, or even 1 for a guaranteed soft mutation. This method is mostly safe (if a plant mutates weed growth rate 10 its tray can be instantly overtaken) even if you don't have backup seeds, but you need a dropper/fertilizer bottle for this.
*You can use '''radium''' and '''uranium''', but they cause ill effects, and if you can get radium, you can get mutagen.
*Make sure the plant has a yield of at least 1 before harvest, in case the yield has been changed to 0 by repeated mutations.
*R&D can also make a wonderful thing called a '''Floral Somatoray'''. It has two options: Increase yield and mutate the plant. In yield more mode, every time you fire it at the plant, there is a chance the yield will increase. The chance becomes very small when you reach high levels, but it's very useful for low-yield plants. It can even raise yield from zero! In mutation mode, it will always induce a soft mutation.
 
Further details about the effects of various chemicals are in the expandable tables below.
 
==== Hard Mutations ====
*-4 to +4 to lifespan
*-10 to +10 endurance
*-2 to +2 production
*-4 to +4 yield
*-50 to +50 potency
* -4 to +4 weed rate
* -10 to +10 weed chance
*3% to mutate a new trait
 
==== Soft Mutations ====
*-2 to +2 to lifespan
*-5 to +5 endurance
*-1 to +1 production
*-2 to +2 yield
*-25 to +25 potency
*-2 to +2 weed rate
*-5 to +5 weed chance
 
=== Advanced Chemicals ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ style=white-space:nowrap | Mutation Chemicals
!Chemical
!1u
!2u
!5u
!10u
|-
|-
!Ambrosia Deus
|Unstable Mutagen
|Regular
|Soft Mutate
|[[File:Ambrosiadeusseed.png]]
|Hard Mutate
|[[File:Ambrosiadeusplant.png]]
|10% to lose 10 health
|[[File:Ambrosiadeus.png]]
10% to mutate species
|The elite's choice. Contains Space Drugs, [[Bicaridine]], Synaptizine and [[Hyperzine]].
 
!/
15% to hard mutate
||
 
*Mutate Ambrosia Vulgaris
25% to soft mutate
 
20% to do nothing
 
10% to grow weeds
 
10% to grow pests
|n/a
|-
|-
!Ambrosia Vulgaris
|Radium
|Regular
|Reduces health by 1x the amount
|[[File:Ambrosiavulgarisseed.png]]
Increases toxicity by 3x the amount
|[[File:Ambrosiavulgarisplant.png]]
|Soft Mutate
|[[File:Ambrosiavulgaris.png]]
|Hard Mutate
|Contains Space Drugs, Bicaridine, [[Kelotane]] and toxins. (Space weed)
|10% to lose 10 health
!Ambrosia Deus
10% to mutate species
||
 
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
15% to hard mutate
 
25% to soft mutate
 
20% to do nothing
 
10% to grow weeds
 
10% to grow pests
|-
|-
!Apple
|Uranium
|Regular
| Decreases health by 1x the amount
|[[File:appleseed.png]]
Increases toxicity by 2x the amount
|[[File:Appletree.png]]
|Soft Mutate
|[[File:apple.png]]
|Hard Mutate
|A piece of Eden.
|10% to lose 10 health
!Gold Apple
10% to mutate species
||
 
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
15% to hard mutate
 
25% to soft mutate
 
20% to do nothing
 
10% to grow weeds
 
10% to grow pests
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ style=white-space:nowrap | Powerful Chemicals
!Chemical
!Effect
|-
|-
!Banana
|Ammonia
|Regular
|Increases health by 0.5x the amount
|[[File:Bananaseed.png]]
Increases nutrition by 1x the amount
|[[File:Bananatree.png]]
 
|[[File:Banana.png]]
Increases yield of the seed by 0.01x the amount
|Once eaten, gives a slippery peel.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Berry
|Saltpetre
|Regular
|Increases health by 0.25x the amount
|[[File:Berryseed.png]]
Decreases production time of the seed by 0.01x (with a probability of amount%100)
|[[File:BerryTree.png]]
 
|[[File:Berry.png]]
Increases potency by 0.5x the amount
|Can be mashed into jam.
!Poison Berry, Glow Berry
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Blood Tomato
|Diethylamine
|Regular
| Increases health by 1x the amount
|[[File:bloodtomatoseed.png]]
Increases nutrition by 2x the amount
|[[File:Bloodtomatoplant.png]]
 
|[[File:Bloodtomato.png]]
Adjust yield of the seed by 0.02x the amount
|They are so red... and indeed have Blood in them.
 
!/
Kills 1-2 pests
||
*Mutate Tomato
|-  
!Blue Space Tomato
|Regular
|[[File:Bluespacetomatoseed.png]]
|[[File:Bluespacetomatoplant.png]]
|[[File:Bluespacetomato.png]]
|Occasionally teleports thrower/target to a random location. Experts baffled.
!/
||
*Mutate Blue Tomato
|-
|-
!Blue Tomato
|Strange Reagent
|Regular
|Spawns a hostile tree or killer tomato
|[[File:bluetomatoseed.png]]
|}
|[[File:Bluetomatoplant.png]]
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|[[File:Bluetomato.png]]
|+ style=white-space:nowrap | Basic Chemicals
|Slippery...
!Chemical
!Blue Space Tomato
! Effect
||
*Mutate Tomato
|-
|-
!Cabbage
|EZ Nutriment
|Regular
|80% to soft mutate
|[[File:Cabbageseed.png]]
15% to hard mutate
|[[File:Cabbageplant.png]]
|[[File:Cabbage.png]]
|Ewwww...
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Carrot
|Left 4 Zed
|Regular
|50% to soft mutate
|[[File:carrotseed.png]]
25% to hard mutate
|[[File:carrotplant.png]]
 
|[[File:carrot.png]]
12.5% to mutate species
|Good for your eyes!
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Cash Tree
|Robust Harvest
|Regular
|Increases yields by 30%
|[[File:Cashseed.png]]
Stops natural mutations
|[[File:Cashtree.png]]
|[[File:Spacecash.png]]
|It prints money!
!/
||
*Mutate Lemon
|-
|-
!Cherry
| Mushroom Paste Fertilizer
|Regular
|Stops natural mutations
|[[File:Cherryseed.png]]
|[[File:Cherrytree.png]]
|[[File:Cherry.png]]
|For pies and jelly. They can't be used as earrings ; a shame.
! /
|-
|-
!Chili
|Earthsblood
|Regular
|Increases progress to self sufficency
|[[File:Chiliseed.png]]
|[[File:ChiliTree.png]]
|[[File:Chili.png]]
|Very Spicy!
!Ice Pepper, Chillighost
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Chillighost
|Charcoal
|Regular
|Reduces toxicity by 2x the amount
|[[File:Chillighostseed.png]]
|[[File:Chillighosttree.png]]
|[[File:Chillyghost.png]]
| said to be the hottest chili in the galaxy.
!/
||
*Mutate Chili
|-
|-
!Cocoa Pod
|Toxin
|Regular
|Increases toxicity by 2x the amount
|[[File:Cocoapodseed.png]]
|[[File:Cocoapodtree.png]]
|[[File:Cocoapod.png]]
|Give it to the chef to fill station with happiness.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Corn
|Milk
|Regular
|Increases water by 0.9x the amount
|[[File:Cornseed.png]]
|[[File:CornPlant.png]]
|[[File:Corn.png]]
|Use a hatchet on a bare cob to make a pipe for that sweet Ambrosia! May have more nefarious applications as well...
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Death Berries
|Beer
|Regular
|Decreases health by 0.05x the amount
|[[File:deathberryseed.png]]
Increases water by 0.7x the amount
|[[File:Deathberrytree.png]]
|[[File:Deathberrypile.png]]
|EXTREMELY poisonous berries.
!/
||
*Mutate Berries
|-
|-
!Death Nettle
|Fluorine
|Weed
|Decreases health by 2x the amount
|[[File:Deathnettleseed.png]]
Increases toxicity by 2.5x the amount
|[[File:Deathnettleplant.png]]
 
|[[File:Deathnettle.png]]
Decreases water by 0.5x the amount
|A red nettle that knocks people down with massive damage. <strike>Highly illegal</strike> Contains Polytrinic acid
 
!/
Kills 1-4 weeds
||
*Mutate Nettle
|-
|-
!Eggplant
|Chlorine
|Regular
|Decreases health by 1x the amount
|[[File:Eggplantseed.png]]
Increases toxicity by 1.5x the amount
|[[File:Eggplantplant.png]]
 
|[[File:Eggplant.png]]
Decreases water by 0.5x the amount
|Not too special.
 
!Eggy
Kills 1-3 weeds
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Eggy
|Phosphorus
|Regular
|Decreases health by 0.75x the amount
|[[File:Eggyseed.png]]
Increases nutrition by 0.1x the amount
|[[File:Eggyplant.png]]
 
|[[File:Begg.png]]
Decreases water by 0.5x the amount
| At least, eggs which don't come covered in chicken shit.
 
!/
Kills 1-2 weeds
||
*Mutate Eggplant
|-
|-
!Gatfruit
|Sugar
|Regular
|Grows 1-2 Weeds
|[[File:Gatfruitseed.png]]
Grows 1-2 Pests
|[[File:Gatfruittree.png]]
 
|[[File:Gatfruit.png]]
Increases nutrition by 0.1x the amount
|A mysterious plant rumored to grow .357 revolvers.
!/
|-
|-
!Glow Berries
|Water
|Regular
|Increases water by 1x the amount
|[[File:glowberryseed.png]]
|[[File:Glowberrytree.png]]
|[[File:Glowberrypile.png]]
|Berries that glows in the dark. Might not be wise to consume, they grow radium.
!/
||
*Mutate Berry
|-
|-
!Gold Apple
|Holy Water
|Regular
|Increases water by 1x the amount
|[[File:Goldappleseed.png]]
Increases health by 0.1x the amount
|[[File:Goldappletree.png]]
|[[File:Goldapple.png]]
|Divine, and probably edible. A steady source of gold.
!/
||
*Mutate Apple
|-
|-
!Grapes
|Soda Water
|Regular
|Increases water by 1x the amount
|[[File:Grapesseed.png]]
Increases health by 0.1x the amount
|[[File:Grapeplant.png]]
 
|[[File:Grapes.png]]
Increases nutrition by 0.1x the amount
|Very grapy
!Green Grapes
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Grass
| Acid
|Regular
|Decreases health by 1x the amount
|[[File:Grassseed.png]]
Increases toxicity by 1.5x the amount
|[[File:Growngrass.png]]
 
|[[File:grass.png]]
Kills 1-2 weeds
|Instrumental in turning the station into your own groovy love jungle.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Green Grapes
|Fluorosulfuric Acid
|Regular
|Decreases health by 2x the amount
|[[File:Greengrapesseed.png]]
Increases toxicity by 3x the amount
|[[File:Greengrapeplant.png]]
 
|[[File:Greengrapes.png]]
Kills 1-4 weeds
|These grapes can cure burns! WOOO!
!/
||
*Mutate Grapes
|-
|-
!Harebell
| Plant-B-Gone
|Weed
|Decreases health by 5x the amount
|[[File:Harebellseed.png]]
Increases toxicity by 6x the amount
|[[File:Harebellplant.png]]
 
|[[File:Harebell.png]]
Kills 4-8 weeds
| So useless only your bio generator will be happy to get some.
! /
|-
|-
!Ice Pepper
| Napalm
|Regular
|Kills 5-9 weeds
|[[File:Icepepperseed.png]]
If the plant is not fireproof:
|[[File:Icepepperplant.png]]
 
|[[File:Icepepper.png]]
Decreases health by 6x the amount
|Instead of being hot, those mutated Chilis are cold (?). Chef can use them.
 
!/
Increases toxicity by 7x the amount
||
*Mutate Chili
|-
|-
!Killer Tomato
|Weed Killer
|Regular
|Increases toxicity by 0.5x the amount
|[[File:Killertomatoseed.png]]
Kills 1-2 weeds
|[[File:Killertomatoplant.png]]
|[[File:Killertomato.png]]
|Not very deadly though. Use it on itself and you too can have a pet like one of the Heads!
!/
||
*Mutate Tomato
|-
|-
!Koibeans
|Pest Killer
|Regular
| Increases toxicity by 0.5x the amount
|[[File:Koibeanseed.png]]
Kills 1-2 pests
|
|[[File:Koibeans.png]]
|Contains carpotoxin!
!/
||
*Mutate Soibeans
|-
|-
!Kudzu
|Nicotine
|Weed
|Increases toxicity by 1x the amount
|[[File:Kudzuseed.png]]
Kills 1-2 pests
|[[File:Kudzuplant.png]]
|[[File:Kudzu.png]]
|It grows and never stops. The [[Critters#Neutral|goat]] can eat it more quickly than it spreads.
!/
|-
|-
!Lemon
| Cryoxadone
|Regular
|Increases health by 3x the amount
|[[File:lemonseed.png]]
Decreases toxicity by 3x the amount
|[[File:Lemontree.png]]
|[[File:lemon.png]]
|Ugh... sour... Give these to the [[Bartender]].
!Cash Tree
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Lime
|Ash
|Regular
|Increases health by 0.25x the amount
|[[File:Limeseed.png]]
|[[File:Limetree.png]]
|[[File:lime.png]]
|A very sour fruit. Another fruit used in cocktails.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Moonflower
|Nutriment
|Regular
|Increases health by 0.5x the amount
|[[File:Moonflowerseed.png]]
Increases nutrition by 1x the amount
|[[File:Moonflowerplant.png]]
|[[File:Moonflower.png]]
|Contains naturally-produced moonshine!
!/
|-
|-
!Nettle
|Virus Food
|Weed
|Increases health by 0.5x the amount
|[[File:Nettleseed.png]]
Increases nutrition by 0.5x the amount
|[[File:Nettleplant.png]]
|[[File:Nettle.png]]
|Take with botanical gloves, whip intruders. Contains Sulfuric acid
!Death Nettle
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Novaflower
|Blood
|Regular
|Increases nutrition by 1x the amount
|[[File:Novaflowerseed.png]]
Grows 2-4 pests
|[[File:Novaflowerplant.png]]
|[[File:Novaflower.png]]
|A burning flower, to be handled with gloves. Contains capsaicin.
!/
|-
|-
!Orange
|Honey
|Regular
| Decreases health by 1x the amount
|[[File:orangeseed.png]]
Kills 2-5 pests
|[[File:Orangetree.png]]
|[[File:orange.png]]
|Sweet and sour!
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Poison Berries
|Buzz Fuzz
|Regular
| Increases health by 0.1x the amount
|[[File:poisonberryseed.png]]
Increases nutrition by 0.5x the amount
|[[File:Poisonberrytree.png]]
 
|[[File:poisonberries.png]]
Kills 2-5 pests
| Very poisonous berries.
|}
! Death Berries
 
|-
=== Replica Pod Cloning ===
!Poppy
The [[Guide_to_plants#Replica_pod|Replica Pod]] is a very special plant. It can be used to grow dead people back to life, in the case that genetics is destroyed. To clone someone, follow these simple steps:
|Regular
# Take a blood sample from the body using a syringe.
|[[File:Poppyseed.png]]
#Inject it into the bag of seeds.
|[[File:Poppyplant.png]]
# Plant the seeds.
|[[File:Poppy.png]]
#Let the plant grow and harvest it.
|Looks relaxing. Contains [[Bicaridine]].
##The cloned person will become a [[podman]]. They are a little different from normal humans (They regenerate in light but suffer in darkness).
!/
##If you forgot to inject blood, you will get seeds. There's a chance that it will produce more than one seed, and this chance depends on both luck and the plant's yield.
||
If you ran out of seeds, remember that [[Guide_to_plants#Cabbage|cabbage]] can be mutated into a replica pod.
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
===[[File:Hydrotray upgraded.png]] Upgrading your trays===
|-
Fertilizing trays with earthsblood (grow [[Guide_to_plants#Details:_Ambrosia_gaia|Ambrosia Gaia]])will slowly upgrade them. You can check the progress by examining the tray. Upgraded trays will glow, need no water / nutrients and be resistant to pests and weeds. They will keep the effect of the last fertilizer, so you might want to use robust harvest before fully upgrading them.
!Potato
==Other Notes ==
|Regular
===Kudzu ===
|[[File:potatoseed.png]]
Usual plant stats affect active kudzu in the specific way:
|[[File:potatoplant.png]]
*Potency of the seed will make kudzu mutate more on spread (The chance to mutate on each new piece is potency / 10).
|[[File:potato.png]]
* Production will affect how fast the kudzu can spread, usual kudzu spreads at a rate of 20% of the amount of pieces per tick but no more than 30, production changes the cap (30 * production / 50) and the percent of processed pieces per tick (20 * (production / 50)).
|Caroline.
Killing the last piece of kudzu will create a kudzu seed on its place with all the mutations of the piece saved in the seed, so if you reactivate it new first piece will have all the same mutations the seed has and will spread it to all the progenitors. Kudzu can gain mutations only on spread, here is the list of all of them:
!/
{| class="wikitable"
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Pumpkin
!Mutation
|Regular
! Rating
|[[File:Pumpkinseed.png]]
!Effect
|[[File:Pumpkinplant.png]]
|[[File:Pumpkin.png]]
|Carve this into a scary face or a hat!
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Replica Pod
|'''CO2 consumption'''
|Regular
|positive
|[[File:Replicapodseed.png]]
|Consumes CO2 from the air
|[[File:Replicapodplant.png]]
|
|Nature's own way to defy God. Check the Pod People section to learn more.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Soybeans
|'''Space covering'''
|Regular
|positive
|[[File:Soybeanseeds.png]]
| Makes vines grow vine floors over space
|[[File:Soybeansplant.png]]
|[[File:Soybeans.png]]
|Vegetarian delights!
!Koibeans
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Starthistle
|'''Light'''
|Weed
| positive
|
|About 40% of the vines with this mutation emit light slightly more powerful than PDA
|[[File:Weedsplant.png]]
|
| You can't harvest from this you disgrace to space-gaia. Only plant worth eradicating anytime.
! /
|-
|-
!Sugarcane
|'''Transparency'''
|Regular
|positive
|[[File:Sugarcaneseed.png]]
|Makes vines look-through
|[[File:Sugarcaneplant.png]]
|[[File:sugarcane.png]]
|Come and get the sugar from the cane!
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Sunflower
|'''Toxins consumption'''
|Regular
|positive
|[[File:Sunflowerseed.png]]
|Absorbs plasma from the air
|[[File:Sunflowerplant.png]]
|[[File:Sunflower.png]]
|It's like being home again.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Tomato
|'''Bluespace vines'''
|Regular
|minor negative
|[[File:Tomatoseeds.png]]
| Makes vines be able to grow through anything
|[[File:Tomatoplant.png]]
|[[File:Tomato.png]]
|Staple in making ketchup and expressing yourself to the clown.
!Blue Tomato, Blood Tomato, Killer Tomato
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Watermelon
|'''Explosive'''
|Regular
| minor negative
|[[File:Watermelonseed.png]]
|On death vines with this mutation explode with a 0,0,2 power, clusters of this vine will chain-explode one after another
|[[File:Watermelonplant.png]]
|[[File:watermelon.png]]
|Filled with watery goodness and regular boring biomass.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Wheat
|'''Fire resistant'''
|Regular
|minor negative
|[[File:Wheatseeds.png]]
|Makes vines ignore fire damage, be it plasma fires or welders
|[[File:Wheatplant.png]]
|[[File:Wheat.png]]
|Grind into flour!
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Whitebeet
|'''Vine eating'''
|Regular
|minor negative
|[[File:Whitebeetseed.png]]
| Vines with this mutation will eat vines without it
|[[File:Whitebeetplant.png]]
|[[File:whitebeet.png]]
|Unbeetable
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
|-
!Amanita
|'''Toxicity'''
|Mushroom
|negative
|[[File:Amanitaseeds.png]]
|Eating vine with this mutation or walking thought it will cause you toxin damage
|[[File:Amanitaplant.png]]
|[[File:Amanita.png]]
|Contains amatoxin and psilocybin
!Destroying Angel
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Chanterelle
|'''Aggressive spreading'''
|Mushroom
|negative
|[[File:chanterelleseed.png]]
|On spreading vines will cause effect of mini-explosion on the tile they spread to, mobs buckled by this vine will also experience effects akin to minor explosion
|[[File:chanterelleplant.png]]
|[[File:chanterelle.png]]
|Not as tasty as Plump Helmets.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
*[[Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Destroying Angel
|'''O2 consumption'''
|Mushroom
|negative
|[[File:Angleseeds.png]]
|Absorbs O2 from the air around
|[[File:Angleplant.png]]
|[[File:Angle.png]]
|Kills you dead, with poison.
!/
||
*Mutate Amanita
|-
|-
!Glowshroom
|'''N2 consumption'''
|Mushroom
|negative
|[[File:Glowshroomseed.png]]
|Absorbs N2 from the air
|[[File:Glowshroomplant.png]]
|[[File:Glowshroom.png]]
|Shroomy glowberries. Contains radium.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
|-
|-
!Liberty Cap
|'''Thorns'''
|Mushroom
|negative
|[[File:libertycapseed.png]]
|Makes mobs touching or going through vines recieve physical damage
|[[File:libertycapplant.png]]
|[[File:libertycap.png]]
|Full of psilocybin!
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Plump Helmet
|'''Hardening'''
|Mushroom
|negative
|[[File:plumphelmetseed.png]]
|Makes vines not die fast from sharp objects, but makes non-sharp objects(hands included) be more effective against them, on the full maturation block the passage
|[[File:plumphelmetplant.png]]
|[[File:plumphelmet.png]]
|Tasty!
!Walking Mushroom
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
|-
|-
!Reishi
|'''Flowering'''
|Mushroom
|negative
|[[File:Reishiseeds.png]]
|Makes vines very entangly and spawns harmful flowers occasionally, flowers after destruction spawn flower mob that is agressive and attacks
|[[File:Reishiplant.png]]
|[[File:Reishi.png]]
|A mushroom with muscle-relaxing toxins.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
|-
!Towercap
|Mushroom
|[[File:Towercapseed.png]]
|[[File:Towercapplant.png]]
|[[File:Towercap.png]]
|Cut trunks with the hatchet to make wooden planks.
!/
||
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
|-
!Walking Mushroom
|Mushroom
|[[File:Walkingmushroomseed.png]]
|[[File:Walkingmushroomplant.png]]
|[[File:Walkingmushroom.png]]
|This is just <strike>creepy</strike> adorable. Resist the urge to plant, they reproduce fast enough to warp space-time.
!/
||
*Mutate Plump Helmet
|}
|}
Adding special chemicals to the tray when the seeds are growing will affect the specific kudzu mutations:
*Adding ''5u'' of '''welding fuel''' will remove random ''positive'' mutation with a ''20%'' probability
*Adding ''5u'' of '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Phenol|phenol]]''' will remove a random ''minor negative'' mutation with a ''20%'' probability
*Adding ''5u'' of '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Sterilizine|sterilizine]]''' will remove a rangom ''negative'' mutation with a ''20%'' probability
*Adding ''15u'' of '''blood''' will change the production value of the seeds by a random number in the range from ''-5 to +15''
*Adding ''5u'' of '''[[Guide_to_chemistry#Amatoxin|amatoxin]]''' will change the production value of the seeds by a random number in the range from ''-15 to +5''
*Adding ''5u'' of '''plasma''' will change the potency value of the seeds by a random number in the range from ''-15 to 5''
*Adding ''10u'' of '''[[Guide_to_drinks#Holy_Water|holy water]]''' will change a potency value of the seeds by a random number in the range from ''-5 to 15''
===Sandstone and Soil===
If you grow some [[Guide_to_plants#Grass|grass]] seeds, harvest it and then pick up the grass and use it (click on it in your hand), you will prepare grass tiles. Get a crowbar and remove some floor tiles, then place grass tiles in their place. In addition to looking nice, it can be used to get some sand. Just dig it with your spade and you'll get two piles. Now, pick up the sand and use it; you will make a sandstone brick. Using three bricks, you can make a soil plot, which is like a tray, except you can walk over it and there are no lights. You can also build a sandstone door with 10 bricks.


==Growing The Afforementioned Plants==
Science can [[Guide_to_advanced_construction#Hydroponics_Tray|build]] hydroponics trays. They can also upgrade them by replacing the matter bins, and this increases the water and nutrient capacity of the tray.
 
===Wood and Drying Racks===
[[File:HydroponicsTraysRow.PNG|thumb|These are some pots. You grow stuff in them.]]
First you need to get some [[Guide_to_plants#Towercap|tower-cap]] seeds, grow them and harvest them. You can then use a hatchet (and some other things, but it's not important) on the logs to chop some [[Guide_to_construction#Planks|planks]]. They have many uses: You can make chairs, tables, wooden floors and so on. A unique thing here is a drying rack. You can use it to dry a plant, and then smoke it. First, build a rack with 10 planks or find the ones in the botany back room (through maintenance). Then, grab a plant you want to dry and put it in the rack. Click on the rack and toggle drying so that the red arrows light up. Give it a few seconds and it's done.
[[File:Nettletray.PNG|thumb|This is a Nettle. Nettles are your friends.]]
 
First, locate the hydroponics trays, sometimes referred to as "planting pots".
this is where you will be planting the seeds. Take a seed in your hand, and click the pot. You will then get a message saying "you plant the seed in the pot.", or something along those lines. You can only plant one seed per pot. If you click the pot with an empty hand, you will get a basic analysis of the plant, and the nutrient and water level of the pot. Here is an example:
 
 
'''This pot has [plant] planted.'''
 
'''Water: 75/100'''
 
'''Nutrients: 8/10'''
 
 
This is an easy way to identify the plant, if you are not familiar with what they look like. It is also a good way to check on new species that have found their way into the "farm". If this happens, you will get a red message that says soemthing like "hydroponics tray has been overtaken by [plant]!". This can be good, bad, or a combination of both. Best case: a few Liberty Cap spores lodge themselves in the tray, and you get super duper high. Worst case: starthistle. These grow fast and serve no purpose. All they do is take up space (get it? cause you're growing stuff on a space station?).
 
The trays themselves can be un-wrenched and placed elsewhere, if you feel like a change of scenery. The trays you start with aren't the only place you can plant, either! Dirt planting trays can also be created.
 
 
An example of a useful weed (not the smokable kind), is the humble '''nettle'''. Nettles are a very useful plant, and a powerful weapon if grown properly. If you play the [[Botanist]] and get picked to be a [[Traitor]], then do not fret. Just wait for some nettles to show up in your garden and kill those targets with FLOWER POWER! Nettles are poisonous to begin with, but with skillful harvesting and increases of the Potency level, the nettles can deal a lot of damage, and have a very high knockout chance. However, they only can be used a few times before they leaves fall off and leave you with nothing.
 
<br><br><br><br><br><br>
==Invasion of the Pod People==
Hydroponics get a very special type of seed, Replicate Pod Seeds. These are experimental, genetically engineered plants that grow (physically deformed) human beings. They are easy to grow, but take time just like cloning some one in a cloning pod.
====How do I potato people?====
Using a replication pod is simple! Just follow the following steps:
#Find a dead person who is in need of cloning.
#Take a blood sample with a syringe.
#Inject a seed pack with the blood sample.
#Plant the seeds.
#Tend to the plants water and nutrition levels until it is time to harvest the cloned human.
 
Most of the time, crew members cloned via Replica Pod will be identical to their former selves. However, they can occasionally reborn more plant than man, their skin being covered by vegetation.
 
Do NOT attempt to recreate this effect during a critical situation. Replica Pod seeds are very limitated, since you cannot get some from already grown Replica Pods. If you require more pod seeds, plant them without any blood injected into it, you can potentially harvest more than one seed pack from it. It is recommended to use any nutrient but Left 4 Zed on Replica Pods, as they might die before harvest comes due to their short lifespan.
 
Remember: Potato people create the most succulent and delicious of mashed potatoes. If you happen upon one, grab your fork.
 
==Caring for your Vegetable Friends==
 
Mushrooms: Just feed these fertilizer, don't need to water them.
 
Weeds: Just water them, they don't need plant food. Nettles are considered weeds.
 
Everything else: Feed them water AND Fertilizer.
 
The hydroponics tray will warn you of any issues with your plants with colored lights.
 
*'''Green Light:''' Ready for harvest
*'''Blue Light:''' Low water
*'''Yellow Light:''' Low nutrients
*'''Red Light:''' Low health
*'''Red/Blue Flashing Light:''' Alert: Weeds/Pests/Toxins
 
To fix the water problem, take your bucket (or your backpack watertank), fill it with water at one of the water tanks or sinks inside the farm, and pour the appropriate amount of water onto the plant. You can simplify this task by changing the amount of water used per transfer. To do this pick up a bucket, or stand next to a water tank and type "Set transfer amount" into the chat, or go to the "Object" tab and click "Set transfer amount". If a pot is full of water, you will not be able to add any more and the excess will splash onto the floor.
 
To fix the nutrients, replace the solution using the nutrient dispenser, then taking the vial and clicking on the tray. Only do this if the tray needs nutrients. The easiest way to be a Failmer (Fail Farmer) is to replace the solution when there are 9 units left. The excess fertilizer dissapears forever, and the dispenser has a finite supply.
 
Weeds can be removed by clicking on the tray while holding a mini-hoe in your hand. Keep clicking until you see the message "This plot is completely devoid of weeds. It doesn't need uprooting.".
 
If a plant is dead, a single click will empty it from the tray. If your tray decides to sprout some annoying harebell or unwanted crops, a few sprays with the Plant-Be-Gone will kill it, albeit rather slowly.
 
==Your Badge of Office==
Don't forget to prioritise the creation of your badge of office, the Pumpkin Hat. Grow a pumpkin, and then use the Hatchet from the back room to carve your heraldic visage into the vessel. Then don the symbol of your people, and go about your business with pride.
 
==Chemicals, Wonderful Chemicals==
Certain chemicals do special effects on plants and mushrooms. Either it kills, heals, feeds, or mutates the plant.
 
===Things that you should feed your plants===
 
'''Unstable Mutagens''': Will either mutate the plant's stats, kill the plant, or change the plant's species. Does not add toxicity to the water. This is how Ice Peppers are made. Whine to and/or robust the [[Geneticist]]/[[Chemist]] to get some of this.
 
'''Radium''': Lower chance to mutate plants, and causes more ill effects (and toxicity to the plant).
 
'''Nutriment''': A fertilizer. You can get it from the [[Chef]]
 
'''Ammonia''': A more pure fertilizer. Get it from the [[Chemist]] or hack the Nutri-Vend to get this.
 
'''Diethylamine''': A very powerful fertilizer. Get it the same way you get Ammonia.
 
'''Anti-toxins''': Makes your plant less toxic. You can get it by whining to anyone who works in [[Medbay]]
 
'''Cryoxadone''': Heals your plant, via miracles. Get it from the [[Chemist]], or find a nice doctor to steal some from cryogenics.
 
===These will kill your plants===
 
'''Toxins''': DUH.
 
'''Acids''': DUH.
 
==Go Forth and Procreate==
 
This section is about making new plants from existing ones. Remember, the seed dispenser will run dry very early into the round. And if you ask the QM for a seed crate, he will most likely laugh in your face and kick you in the dick for being stupid. So to make more seeds, you will need the help of Mr. '''Seed Extractor'''.
 
This little box (located next to the NutriMax) is your best friend in long rounds. It is possible to use your leet [[Hacking]] skills on the seed dispenser to get more, but these are all either poisonous or full of space drugs. To extract seeds from a plant, pick up a plant product (Fruit, Vegetables, Shrooms, etc.). Then, click the seed extractor. You will then get 1-4 bags of seeds or mycelium from the product. Then, dump out the contents of one of those shiny hydroponic crates you have and put the extra seeds inside, or simply pick them up with your plant bag and put them in your SmartFridge. This will keep the seeds neat and organized.
 
If a new species sprouts in your farm, keep it alive so you can make seeds from it and grow more.
 
==Analyzing the Analysis==
 
Upon selecting the [[Botanist]], you will find that your apron contains a handy-dandy Plant Analyzer. You use this to get a highly detailed analysis of the targeted plant. The readout looks like this:
 
[[File:PlantAnalyzerReadout.PNG]]
 
'''Age: How old the plant is. When a plant's age is higher than its lifespan, it starts losing health.'''
 
'''Endurance: Determines the plant's health. If this is high, the plant can suffer more neglect or abuse before it dies.'''
 
'''Lifespan: How long the plant will live before it starts to lose health.'''
 
'''Yield: How many products it will produce at once.'''
 
'''Production: Determines how long it will take for the plant to be ready for harvest.'''
 
'''Potency: The FLOWER POWER the plant posesses. If it is a chili, this equals hotness or coldness (for ice peppers). For shrooms, this equals toxicity. For drugs, this equals how long it gets you high. For Nettles, this equals damage dealt.'''
 
The analyzer also shows you the status of the pot. Weeds and pests can be remedied by hoeing or a few squirts of Pest Spray. Toxicity is important for shrooms, because it tells you how deadly it is. The water and nutrition levels are self-explanatory.
 
==[[File:Biogenerator.png]] Maximizing the Benefits==
A correct botanist will harvest two or three times what he sowed. A good botanist will have his plants produce so much right-clicking on a tile will cause a mini-lag. But becoming the first station food provider doesn't come with luck. The educated businessman knows how to use what he possesses to take the maximum out of it.
 
To make tons of food, you need fertilizers. Nutri-Vend gets you some, but not enough to build your long-term farming empire. Here comes in action your '''Biogenerator'''. This fella accepts any kind of plants (but no Nettles because it'd be too easy), and can make meat, milk, fertilizers and anything leather-related (including tool-belts) out of the biomass it brews. Most botanists relies on unwanted plants, such as Amanita Flies, to fill it up, but we do not seek such pusillanimous spirits here.
 
To get a large amount of biomass, plant a seed with a either large yields like apples or a seed with lots of nutritious produce such as watermelons or pumpkins, give him a Robust Harvest, and take the resulting harvest to the Biogenerator. Turns the biomass into Robust Harvest, ''and voila'', you have completed the cycle of mass production.
 
==On the Origin of Mutant Tomatoes==
 
Forcing your plants to take the next step on the slippery stairs of evolution is one of the funnest activities you'll experience as a Botanist. The joy you'll feel when your first glowing abominations will pop out of their sprouts! The surprise on your colleagues' faces once walking mushrooms invade the Captain's quarters!
 
Tools for playing amateur geneticist, sadly, aren't in your possession at the beginning of the round. Go ask [[chemist]]s for [[Unstable Mutagen]] in [[bottle]]s (or they'll cry because you stole their precious [[beaker]]s). If you're lucky/persuasive, [[Scientist|R&D]] will provide you with a [[Floral Somatoray]], which emits precise amounts of radiation to mutate your vegetable friends even more efficiently.
 
If you went for the Chemist's way, take a [[syringe]] from your [[NutriMax]] vending machine, fill it with Unstable Mutagen and inject it directly into the plant you want to mutate. Mutations are entirely random: it may affect the pests, the weeds, or even kill your plant. It's recommended to inject '''minimum''' doses (5 units) so that you don't spoil 30 units of Mutagen in killing your Apple Tree, since a successful mutation doesn't depend of the amount of Mutagen injected. A mutated plant will grow as a new mutated one, thus the growing cycle will go back to its initial state; don't try your mutations when the plant is already fully grown, it'll only be a waste of time (except if you want to, say, harvest Chilis to make new Chili seeds before trying to turn it into Ice Peppers).
 
Weeds and pests can mutate too. The new mutated weeds will annihilate the seeds you previously put in that tray, which can be good or bad depending on how much you cared about whatever you had planted previously. Pest mutations will result in horrible spiderlings that will eventually grow into man-eaters, so use that pest spray before you start shooting up mutagen everywhere!
 
==Hey Kids, Try This at Home!==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah3zrGRmx80 YouTube-link]
 


Note: You can dry ''any'' plant and smoke it to consume all chemicals that were in it. You can smoke dried apples if you want, and get nutriment from them.
===Things You Can Make Out of Your Plants ===
*Add some cable to a [[Guide_to_plants#Potato|potato]] to make a [[Guide_to_power#Power_Cells|potato battery]].
*[[Guide_to_plants#Glow-berry|Glowberries]] and [[Guide_to_plants#Glowshroom|glowshrooms]], as the name suggests, glow. Use the harvested plant in-hand to plant them on any surface.
*You can carve a [[Guide_to_plants#Pumpkin|pumpkin]] with a hatchet. Carved pumpkins can be worn and you can toggle them to emit a weak light.
*You can make a cob-pipe out of a [[Guide_to_plants#Corn|corn]] cob.
*You can carve a [[Guide_to_plants#Carrot|carrot]] with a hatchet to make a shiv. It's not very strong but it's good at slicing things.
*Flowers and [[Guide_to_plants#Ambrosia_vulgaris|ambrosia]] can be worn on your head.
*Add dried [[Guide_to_plants#Ambrosia_vulgaris|ambrosia]], [[Guide_to_plants#Wheat|wheat]], [[Guide_to_plants#Tea|tea aspera]] tips or [[Guide_to_plants#Tobacco|tobacco]] leaves to a [[Guide_to_plants#Towercap|tower cap]] log to make a torch.
*Dried plants are able to be smoked from rolling paper, found in smoking vending machines or the biogenerator.
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