User:Pissachu/Hydroponics
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Introduction 
Hello.
This here is Smellifer.
You probably haven't seen her yet in this page, so let's get acquainted first.
The first thing I want to clear out is how you tend to a plant whenever it's inside a 
hydroponics tray
Once you put the seed in the tray, there are only 4 tools you really need:
The Mini Hoe to remove weeds
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The Plant Clippers to take a sample seed
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The Hatchet to harvest any plant
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The Spade to kill plants and free the tray
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Since these are the base for most of the work, you'll want to have these items accessible at all times, meaning your belt.
There are alternative tools to most of these, except for the mini hoe, it's up to you to find them!
The plants grow on their own by waiting, so all you need to do is make sure they don't die.
Hydroponics layout
Because you want your trays available to you at all times to check on the plants, you'll probably want them to be close and visible.
Unfortunately not all stations have a well put hydroponics department on that regard;
always having a wrench on you to throw at furniture to displace it wherever you want is a nice additional tool to the arsenal.
Layout Examples
 Oasis has a very basic layout (if not for the number of botanists available |
 On the other hand, as full of resources as it may be, I find that Cog's is too big and too separated, the two trays behind the pillar are hard to access and you need to run around the main section like a kid on adderall to access the whole thing if your developments call for more trays. |
References
- Map layouts were using https://map.spacestation14.com/
- Shots of
performing tasks were done with a localhost server through the steps in https://docs.spacestation14.com/en/general-development/setup/server-hosting-tutorial.html
Signed User:Pissachu (talk)
