
The sun lamp is required to provide light in the absence of sunlight (due to the roof).

This isn't a problem in the growing season while outdoors, but in order to regulate temperature, you must grow indoors, under a mostly complete roof, and use buildings like a heater. Hydroponics only provides soil fertility, so all other plant growth conditions must be met. Each basin has a cleanliness value of -3, making a large hydroponics farm a very "dirty" prospect. They can't be uninstalled, only deconstructed for half their value as usual. This is absolutely critical, as when unpowered, its plants will wither very quickly. In order to function, they require 70 watts of power, day and night. Hydroponics basins are placed on the ground, and work both indoors and outdoors.

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For example, rice gets the full 280% effect, while potatoes won't benefit nearly as much. The exact speed boost depends on the Fertility Sensitivity of the plant in question. They require 100 Steel, 1 Component, 2,800 ticks ( 46.67 secs) of work, and a Construction skill of 4.Ī powered hydroponics basin acts as a terrain with 280% soil fertility, twice that of rich soil. I feel stupid now (in moderate climate planted mostly potatoes because it's default).Hydroponics basins can be constructed once the Hydroponics research project has been completed.

I've played 40 hours in this game and didn't know. Originally posted by Honor's Bastion:The answer to this question is a little complicated as it's dependent on a couple of factors: I start with rice/strawberries early on for their speed and once I have a decent stockpile, I switch to corn and potatoes respectively. My strategy usually pairs up corn and rice for good growing biomes and potatoes and strawberries for poor growing ones. On the other end of the spectrum, if you have lots of rich soil to use, go with corn and rice as they get a large boost in growth time (about 40%) while potatoes only get a 15% and strawberries a 24% boost respectively. They only get slowed by about 10% on gravel while corn and rice get slowed down by about 30%. However, if you're in a place like the desert or tundra where usable soil is low and you only have gravel to grow with then go with potatoes. Corn: Long grow time, yields 22 per plant, long rot time, can be eaten raw, highly affected by soil qualityĪssuming that you just have normal soil, year round growing, and lots of farmland, corn is the crop to grow as it will produce the most food in the long run. Strawberries: Fast grow time, yields 6 per plant, short rot time, can be eaten raw, not as affected by soil quality but still more then potatoes are

Rice: Fast grow time, yield 6 per plant ,medium rot time, can't be eaten raw, highly affected by soil quality Potato: Medium growth time, yields 8 per plant, medium rot time, can't be eaten raw, not as affected by soil quality How fertile your soil is: gravel slows down growth while rich soil speeds up growth - biggest factor How much farmland that you have available The answer to this question is a little complicated as it's dependent on a couple of factors:
