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== Starting your shift ==
== Starting your shift ==
First you will want to identify the machines around you that you will be using. Coordinate with the chef if they want anything specific to be grown, otherwise, grow '''2''' trays of wheat, '''1''' banana tree, and whatever else you feel like growing. Once you give your chef a bit to work with, you can start growing plants for [[Chemistry]] (located in Medbay), the [[Bartender]] or simply to sell by [[Cargo_Technician|Cargo]].
First you will want to identify the machines around you that you will be using. Coordinate with the [[Chef]] to see if they want anything specific to be grown, otherwise, grow '''2''' trays of wheat, '''1''' banana tree and whatever else you feel like growing. Once you give your chef a bit to work with you can start growing plants for [[Chemistry]] (located in Medbay), the [[Bartender]] or simply to sell by [[Cargo_Technician|Cargo]].


=== Tools ===
==Tools==
{| class="wikitable"
Refer to [[Botanist#Tools|Botanist's Tools]]
 
== Plants ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Plant Name !! Description !! Plant Image !! Produce Image
|-
| Aloe vera || Produces aloe, which can be used to make aloe cream. [[#Chemicals|Aloe cream]] is useful for treating burns. || [[File:Aloe-harvest.png]] || [[File:Aloe-produce.png]]
|-
| Ambrosia vulgaris || Produces ambrosia vulgaris which is poisonous raw but can be used to make [[#Chemicals|medicine]]. || [[File:Ambrosia-harvest.png]] || [[File:Ambrosia_vulgaris.png]]
|-
| Apple tree || Produces apples, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used in various [[cooking]] recipes. || [[File:Apple-harvest.png]] || [[File:Apple.png]]
|-
| Banana tree || Produces bananas, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make [[Cooking|Banana bread]] or pulped for [[#Chemicals|medicine]]. Their peels are [[Clown|useful]] for making people slip. || [[File:Banana-harvest.png]] || [[File:Banana.png]]
|-
| Cannabis || Produces cannabis leaves which can be [[Microwave|dried]] and then [[Construction|crafted]] into a joint or blunt. Seeds come from [[#Crates|Exotic Crates]] || [[File:Cannabis-harvest.png]] || [[File:Cannabis-produce.png]]
|-
| Carrot || Produces carrots. Carrots are used in various [[cooking]] recipes. [[Drinks|Carrot Juice]] be used in healing eye damage || [[File:Carrots-harvest.png]] || [[File:Carrot.png]]
|-
| Chanterelle mushrooms || Produces chanterelle mushrooms, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make [[Cooking|Mushroom pizza]]. || [[File:Chanterelle-harvest.png]] || [[File:Chanterelle.png]]
|-
| Chili bush || Produces chilis, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make [[Cooking|Bowls of chili, Enchiladas, and Queso]]. || [[File:Chilis-harvest.png]] || [[File:Chili.png]]
|-
| Corn stalk  || Produces corn, which can be eaten for light sustenance. Corn is used to make [[Cooking|Popcorn and Enchiladas]]. || [[File:Corn-harvest.png]] || [[File:Corn.png]]
|-
| Eggplant  || Produces eggplant, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make [[Cooking|Vegetable Pizza]]. || [[File:Eggplant-harvest.png]] || [[File:Eggplant.png]]
|-
| Egg Plant  || Produces eggs slower than an [[Fauna|animal]] can. Are used in [[Cooking]]. || [[File:Eggyplant-harvest.png]] || [[File:Eggyplant-produce.png]]
|-
| Galaxy thistle  || Produces galaxy thistle which can eaten raw as [[#Chemicals|medicine]] or ground to produce a liquid medical [[#Chemicals|chemical]]. || [[File:Galaxy-thistle-harvest.png]] || [[File:Galaxy_thistle.png]]
|-
| Gatfruit tree  || Produces gatfruit. || [[File:Gatfruit-harvest.png]] || [[File:Gatfruit.png]]
|-
| Lemon tree  || Produces lemons. Lemons are used in various [[cooking]] recipes. They also help prevent scurvy. || [[File:Lemon tree.png]] || [[File:Lemon.png]]
|-
| Lingzhi  || Produces lingzhi which can eaten raw as [[#Chemicals|medicine]] or ground to produce a liquid medical [[#Chemicals|chemical]]. || [[File:Lingzhi harvest.png]] || [[File:Lingzhi.png]]
|-
| Nettle bush  || Produces nettles which are [[#Chemicals|poisonous raw]] but can be used to make [[#Chemicals|medicine]]. || [[File:Nettle bush.png]] || [[File:Nettle.png]]
|-
| Oats  || Produces oat bushels. Oats are used in various [[cooking]] recipes. || [[File:Oats.png]] || [[File:Oats Produce.png]]
|-
| Onion  || Produces onions, which can be eaten for light sustenance. A [[Chef]] can slice these with a knife to make onion slices which are used in various [[cooking]] recipes. || [[File:Onion plant.png]] || [[File:Onion.png]]
|-
| Red onion  || Produces red onions, which can be eaten for light sustenance.. || [[File:RedOnion plant.png]] || [[File:RedOnion.png]]
|-
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
| Pineapple bush  || Produces pineapple, which can be eaten for light sustenance. Pineapples are used in various [[cooking]] recipes. Seeds come from [[#Crates|Exotic Crates]] || [[File:Pineapple bush.png]] || [[File:Pineapple.png]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Seedsvending.png]] || Seed Vending Machine || Has 5 of every seed.
| Poppy flower  || Produces poppies which can eaten raw as [[#Chemicals|medicine]] or ground to produce a liquid medical [[#Chemicals|chemical]].. || [[File:Poppy Flower.png]] || [[File:Poppies.png]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Seedextractor.png]] || Seed Extractor || Use a freshly grown produce on this machine to clone more seeds. You will want to do this as the vending machine only provides you with 5.
| Potato  || Produces potatoes, which can be eaten for light sustenance. Potatoes are used in various [[cooking]] recipes. || [[File:Potato plant.png]] || [[File:Potato.png]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Watertank.png]] || Water Tank || Use a bucket on the tank, and then on the tray that needs watering.
| Space tobacco  || Produces space tobacco leaves. Unused? || [[File:SpaceTobacco plant.png]] || [[File:SpaceTobacco.png]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Mouthswab.png]] || sterile swab || Used to transfer pollen from one plant to another for cross-pollination.
| Sugarcane || Produces sugarcane. Sugarcane can be ground into sugar and used in various [[cooking]] recipes. || [[File:Sugarcane plant.png]] || [[File:Sugarcane.png]]
|}
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== Medicinal Plants ==
Making plants for the Chem lab is pretty easy once you get the hang of making produce for the kitchen.
 
=== Tools ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
| Tobacco  || Produces tobacco leaves which can be [[Microwave|dried]] and then [[Construction|crafted]] into a blunt. Seeds come from [[#Crates|Exotic Crates]] || [[File:Tobacco plant.png]] || [[File:Tobacco leaves.png]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Grinder.png]] || Grinder || Located in the kitchen, or chem lab. Put a glass or a beaker in, and grind up the plants. Eject the beaker.
| Tomato  || Produces tomatoes, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make various [[Cooking|Pizzas, Spaghetti, and Bowls of chili]]. Can also be thrown for [[Clown|fun]]. || [[File:Tomato plant.png]] || [[File:Tomato.png]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Microwave.png]] || Microwave ||  Use for tobacco, cannabis, and aloe. 10 seconds each.
| Tower cap  || Produces tower caps. Tower caps are a source of logs. A [[Botanist#Tools|hatchet]] is needed to chop these trees down. The resultant produce can be turned into wood planks via a hatchet. Wood planks are used in [[Construction]] || [[File:Towercap plant.png]] || [[File:Towercap.png]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Syringe.png]] || Syringe || While holding the syringe, press Z to activate 'Draw' rather than 'Inject' to draw from the glass of ground plants.
| Wheat  || Produces wheat bushels. Wheat can be used in a grinder to produce flour which can be mixed with water to make [[Cooking|dough]] or used in various [[cooking]] recipes. || [[File:Wheat plant.png]] || [[File:Wheat.png]]
|}
|}


To fill a syringe to full, you will need to put 4-5 plants into the grinder. Once full, pass it to the Chem lab and tell them what it is so they can label it and hand it to the medical team.


=== Chemicals ===
=== Chemicals ===
The raw plant can be eaten for a small medical effect or poison. This effect can be boosted if the plant was grown with [[Chemistry#chem_RobustHarvest|Robust Harvest]]. Alternatively, the plant can be processed into a more powerful medicine.
{| class="wikitable"
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== Plant Genetics ==
== Plant Genetics ==


Plants treated with unstable mutagen will undergo random genetic mutations. The more unstable mutagen, the more mutations. Since many genes are essential to a plant's survival, randomly mutating them has a high probability of killing the plant. However, mutation is the only way to get some genes.
Plants treated with [[Chemistry#chem_unstable_mutagen|Unstable Mutagen]] will undergo random genetic mutations. The more unstable mutagen, the more mutations. Since many genes are essential to a plant's survival, randomly mutating them has a high probability of killing the plant. However, mutation is the only way to get some genes.


Plants can also be cross-pollinated with one another for a chance to transfer traits and other desirable properties. To transfer pollen from one plant to another, use a sterile swab. Avoid pollen cross-contamination! Different species can be crossed to produce hybrids. Since cross-pollination is also probabilistic, it may take several tries for you to transfer the traits that you desire.
Plants can also be cross-pollinated with one another for a chance to transfer traits and other desirable properties. To transfer pollen from one plant to another, use a [[Botanist#Tools|sterile swab]]. Avoid pollen cross-contamination! Different species can be crossed to produce hybrids. Since cross-pollination is also probabilistic, it may take several tries for you to transfer the traits that you desire.


== List of Plants & Produce ==
To reset the plant's genetics, put its produce into a [[Botanist#Tools|SeedMaker]]. To retain the genetics, instead use [[Botanist#Tools|Plant Clippers]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Plant Name !! Description !! Plant Image !! Produce Image
|-
| Aloe vera || Produces aloe, which can be used to make aloe cream. Aloe cream is useful for treating burns. || [[File:Aloe-harvest.png]] || [[File:Aloe-produce.png]]
|-
| Ambrosia vulgaris || Produces ambrosia vulgaris. || [[File:Ambrosia-harvest.png]] || [[File:Ambrosia_vulgaris.png]]
|-
| Apple tree || Produces apples, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used in various cooking recipes. || [[File:Apple-harvest.png]] || [[File:Apple.png]]
|-
| Banana tree || Produces bananas, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make Banana bread. Their peels are useful for making people slip. || [[File:Banana-harvest.png]] || [[File:Banana.png]]
|-
| Cannabis || Produces cannabis leaves. || [[File:Cannabis-harvest.png]] || [[File:Cannabis-produce.png]]
|-
| Carrot || Produces carrots. Carrots are used in various cooking recipes. Can be used to heal eye damage || [[File:Carrots-harvest.png]] || [[File:Carrot.png]]
|-
| Chanterelle mushrooms || Produces chanterelle mushrooms, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make Mushroom pizza. || [[File:Chanterelle-harvest.png]] || [[File:Chanterelle.png]]
|-
| Chili bush || Produces chilis, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make Bowls of chili, Enchiladas, and Queso. || [[File:Chilis-harvest.png]] || [[File:Chili.png]]
|-
| Corn stalk  || Produces corn, which can be eaten for light sustenance. Corn is used to make Popcorn and Enchiladas. || [[File:Corn-harvest.png]] || [[File:Corn.png]]
|-
| Eggplant  || Produces eggplant, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make Vegetable Pizza. || [[File:Eggplant-harvest.png]] || [[File:Eggplant.png]]
|-
| Egg Plant || Produces egg-plant. || [[File:Eggyplant-harvest.png]] || [[File:Eggyplant-produce.png]]
|-
| Galaxy thistle  || Produces galaxy thistle. || [[File:Galaxy-thistle-harvest.png]] || [[File:Galaxy_thistle.png]]
|-
| Gatfruit tree  || Produces gatfruit. || [[File:Gatfruit-harvest.png]] || [[File:Gatfruit.png]]
|-
| Lemon tree  || Produces lemons. Lemons are used in various cooking recipes. They also help prevent scurvy. || [[File:Lemon tree.png]] || [[File:Lemon.png]]
|-
| Lingzhi  || Produces lingzhi. || [[File:Lingzhi harvest.png]] || [[File:Lingzhi.png]]
|-
| Nettle bush  || Produces nettles. || [[File:Nettle bush.png]] || [[File:Nettle.png]]
|-
| Oats  || Produces oat bushels. Oats are used in various cooking recipes. || [[File:Oats.png]] || [[File:Oats Produce.png]]
|-
| Onion  || Produces onions, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They can be used with a knife to make onion slices, which are used to make Bowls of chili. || [[File:Onion plant.png]] || [[File:Onion.png]]
|-
| Red onion  || Produces red onions. || [[File:RedOnion plant.png]] || [[File:RedOnion.png]]
|-
| Pineapple bush  || Produces pineapple, which can be eaten for light sustenance. Pineapple are used in various cooking recipes. || [[File:Pineapple bush.png]] || [[File:Pineapple.png]]
|-
| Poppy flower  || Produces poppies. || [[File:Poppy Flower.png]] || [[File:Poppies.png]]
|-
| Potato  || Produces potatoes, which can be eaten for light sustenance. Potatoes are used in various cooking recipes. || [[File:Potato plant.png]] || [[File:Potato.png]]
|-
| Space tobacco  || Produces space tobacco leaves. Unused? || [[File:SpaceTobacco plant.png]] || [[File:SpaceTobacco.png]]
|-
| Sugarcane || Produces sugarcane. Sugarcane are used in various cooking recipes. || [[File:Sugarcane plant.png]] || [[File:Sugarcane.png]]
|-
| Tobacco  || Produces tobacco leaves. || [[File:Tobacco plant.png]] || [[File:Tobacco leaves.png]]
|-
| Tomato  || Produces tomatoes, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make various Pizzas, Spaghetti, and Bowls of chili. Can also be thrown for fun. || [[File:Tomato plant.png]] || [[File:Tomato.png]]
|-
| Tower cap  || Produces tower caps. Tower caps are a source of logs, which can be used to make wood planks. || [[File:Towercap plant.png]] || [[File:Towercap.png]]
|-
| Wheat  || Produces wheat bushels. Wheat can be used in a grinder to produce flour. || [[File:Wheat plant.png]] || [[File:Wheat.png]]
|}


==Cargo Crates==
==Crates==
A [[Botanist]] can request crates from a [[Cargo_Technician]] that contain seeds. Most seeds will be available either in Hydroponics lockers or the SeedMaker. Some exotic seeds will need to either be purchases from Cargo or mutated.
A [[Botanist]] can request crates from a [[Cargo_Technician]] that contain seeds. Most seeds will be available either in Hydroponics lockers or the [[Botanist#Tools|SeedMaker]]. Some exotic seeds will need to either be purchases from Cargo or mutated.
*Seed Crate - An assortment of seeds available from a SeedMaker. e.g. carrot, chilli, corn, eggplant, lemon, oat, onion, potato, sugarcane, tomato, wheat
*Seed Crate - An assortment of seeds available from a [[Botanist#Tools|SeedMaker]]. e.g. carrot, chilli, corn, eggplant, lemon, oat, onion, potato, sugarcane, tomato, wheat
*Exotic Seed Crate - An assortment of rare seeds. e.g. banana, cannabis, eff-plant, fly amanita, nettle, pineapple, tobacco, tower cap
*Exotic Seed Crate - An assortment of rare seeds. e.g. banana, cannabis, egg-plant, fly amanita, nettle, pineapple, tobacco, tower cap

Revision as of 23:37, 3 January 2023

Hydroponics is the process of growing plants with added nutrients, but without soil. A Botanist performs this role.

Starting your shift

First you will want to identify the machines around you that you will be using. Coordinate with the Chef to see if they want anything specific to be grown, otherwise, grow 2 trays of wheat, 1 banana tree and whatever else you feel like growing. Once you give your chef a bit to work with you can start growing plants for Chemistry (located in Medbay), the Bartender or simply to sell by Cargo.

Tools

Refer to Botanist's Tools

Plants

Plant Name Description Plant Image Produce Image
Aloe vera Produces aloe, which can be used to make aloe cream. Aloe cream is useful for treating burns.
Ambrosia vulgaris Produces ambrosia vulgaris which is poisonous raw but can be used to make medicine.
Apple tree Produces apples, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used in various cooking recipes.
Banana tree Produces bananas, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make Banana bread or pulped for medicine. Their peels are useful for making people slip.
Cannabis Produces cannabis leaves which can be dried and then crafted into a joint or blunt. Seeds come from Exotic Crates
Carrot Produces carrots. Carrots are used in various cooking recipes. Carrot Juice be used in healing eye damage
Chanterelle mushrooms Produces chanterelle mushrooms, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make Mushroom pizza.
Chili bush Produces chilis, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make Bowls of chili, Enchiladas, and Queso.
Corn stalk Produces corn, which can be eaten for light sustenance. Corn is used to make Popcorn and Enchiladas.
Eggplant Produces eggplant, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make Vegetable Pizza.
Egg Plant Produces eggs slower than an animal can. Are used in Cooking.
Galaxy thistle Produces galaxy thistle which can eaten raw as medicine or ground to produce a liquid medical chemical.
Gatfruit tree Produces gatfruit.
Lemon tree Produces lemons. Lemons are used in various cooking recipes. They also help prevent scurvy.
Lingzhi Produces lingzhi which can eaten raw as medicine or ground to produce a liquid medical chemical.
Nettle bush Produces nettles which are poisonous raw but can be used to make medicine.
Oats Produces oat bushels. Oats are used in various cooking recipes.
Onion Produces onions, which can be eaten for light sustenance. A Chef can slice these with a knife to make onion slices which are used in various cooking recipes.
Red onion Produces red onions, which can be eaten for light sustenance..
Pineapple bush Produces pineapple, which can be eaten for light sustenance. Pineapples are used in various cooking recipes. Seeds come from Exotic Crates
Poppy flower Produces poppies which can eaten raw as medicine or ground to produce a liquid medical chemical..
Potato Produces potatoes, which can be eaten for light sustenance. Potatoes are used in various cooking recipes.
Space tobacco Produces space tobacco leaves. Unused?
Sugarcane Produces sugarcane. Sugarcane can be ground into sugar and used in various cooking recipes.
Tobacco Produces tobacco leaves which can be dried and then crafted into a blunt. Seeds come from Exotic Crates
Tomato Produces tomatoes, which can be eaten for light sustenance. They are also used to make various Pizzas, Spaghetti, and Bowls of chili. Can also be thrown for fun.
Tower cap Produces tower caps. Tower caps are a source of logs. A hatchet is needed to chop these trees down. The resultant produce can be turned into wood planks via a hatchet. Wood planks are used in Construction
Wheat Produces wheat bushels. Wheat can be used in a grinder to produce flour which can be mixed with water to make dough or used in various cooking recipes.


Chemicals

The raw plant can be eaten for a small medical effect or poison. This effect can be boosted if the plant was grown with Robust Harvest. Alternatively, the plant can be processed into a more powerful medicine.

Plant Name Properties Description
Aloe vera 10 seconds: 10 Aloe cream. Aloe & Dermaline Dermaline heals burn/shock damage. Aloe cream is a more effective usage.
Ambrosia vulgaris Kelotane & Desoxyphredrine Kelotane heals burns, but is less effective than Dermaline. Desoxyephedrine causes poison damage and stuttering , but makes you somewhat stun/knockdown resistant.
Banana tree Pulped Banana Peel Effective against internal bleeding.
Chilli bush Capsaicin Oil Causes caustic damage.
Galaxy Thistle Stellibinin An anti-toxin that heals against amatoxin damage.
Lingzhi Ultravasculine & Epinephrine Ultravasculine rapidly flushes toxins. Epinephrine brings back people from a critical state. Do not Overdose.
Nettle bush Histamine A poison that can range from mildly annoying to lethal depending on the dosage. Used to mass produce Ultravasculine
Poppy flower Bicaridine Used for brute damage/stabilize someone who is badly beaten.
Galaxy Thistle & Aloe vera Siderlac & Dermaline Siderlac heals against caustic damage.

Layouts

You start out with the default layout of where trays and vending machines are, however, if you so desire, you can change that. All you need is a Wrench which you can get from an Tool Vending Machine which can be found in the Engineering hallway. Holding the wrench, you just click on each plant tray, and then carry it into its desired position. Make sure to wrench it back down or it might fly away later. You do the same for vending machines and water tanks, etc.

Example Layout.

Plant Genetics

Plants treated with Unstable Mutagen will undergo random genetic mutations. The more unstable mutagen, the more mutations. Since many genes are essential to a plant's survival, randomly mutating them has a high probability of killing the plant. However, mutation is the only way to get some genes.

Plants can also be cross-pollinated with one another for a chance to transfer traits and other desirable properties. To transfer pollen from one plant to another, use a sterile swab. Avoid pollen cross-contamination! Different species can be crossed to produce hybrids. Since cross-pollination is also probabilistic, it may take several tries for you to transfer the traits that you desire.

To reset the plant's genetics, put its produce into a SeedMaker. To retain the genetics, instead use Plant Clippers

Crates

A Botanist can request crates from a Cargo_Technician that contain seeds. Most seeds will be available either in Hydroponics lockers or the SeedMaker. Some exotic seeds will need to either be purchases from Cargo or mutated.

  • Seed Crate - An assortment of seeds available from a SeedMaker. e.g. carrot, chilli, corn, eggplant, lemon, oat, onion, potato, sugarcane, tomato, wheat
  • Exotic Seed Crate - An assortment of rare seeds. e.g. banana, cannabis, egg-plant, fly amanita, nettle, pineapple, tobacco, tower cap
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