Farming

Farming
Plant Beds can be crafted at the BCU for 6 scrap metal, 10 planks, 8 cordage, 500 power and 100 mass, and are used to grow up to 8 plants at a time.

Seeds
There are currently 6 types of seeds that can be grown by the player: Tomatoes grow in the wild, also seeds can be found in green loot bags and locked chests, or obtained by right clicking a tomato and clicking "extract seed". This uses the tomato. Growing a tomato seed will yield two tomatoes, enabling the player to renew their supply. Tomatoes can be used to stock chicken/rabbit food, eaten raw or used as an ingredient in tomato soup.
 * Tomatoes (2 per seed)
 * Carrots (3 per seed)
 * Potatoes (3 per seed)
 * Onions (3 per seed)
 * Medicinal herbs (8 per seed)
 * Cotton (3 per seed)

Carrots, onions and potatoes all grow in the wild and can be collected in the same way as fibres. Picking a wild one will yield either a seed or the vegetable itself. Seeds can be extracted by right clicking the vegetable and clicking "extract seed". This uses the vegetable. Vegetables can be used to stock rabbit/chicken food, eaten raw or used in a variety of different recipes in the oven.

Medicinal seeds can be obtained through green loot bags or locked chests. They yield the medicinal herbs which can also often be found growing wild. Picking a wild one will never yield the seeds, they can only be obtained by looting. Medicinal herbs can be used as an ingredient for medical tonic, to craft biofuel or as an ingredient in tomato soup.

Cotton seeds appear to be the rarest and can be looted from regular crates, locked crates, and hunter chests. They can also be found growing wildly during the months of Fall, giving either a piece of cotton or a cotton seed. Each seed yields three cotton, which is used to craft cloth or padded cloth, with the latter being used to make sofas, or armor.

Water/Fertilizer
Plant Beds take water and fertilizer, as well as light, for plants to grow. Plant beds will grow with no water and fertilizer however at a much slower pace. There are currently three types of fertilizer: Ash, faeces and potassium. Ash is obtained via campfires or wood burners. Faeces is obtained by building an animal housing unit and upgrading it with a collector tray. When an animal has been domesticated, the tray will collect faeces over time. Potassium can be mined from rocks and then it must be refined in the refinery. Potassium is by far the best fertilizer.

Light
Plant beds require light to grow. The easiest form of light is regular sunlight. This makes growing during the night difficult. There is a grow light upgrade which can be added to the plant beds.

The grow light will consume 0.07 energy and enables the plants to grow during the night or in a low light area, such as indoors or next to a wall. Grow lights keep the light level at 100%. This will offer the quickest growth for plants, but beware it also uses resources very quickly.

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