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A '''Hydroponics basin''' allows your colonists to grow '''[[food|food]]''' indoors, provided there is a powered '''[[Sun lamp|sun lamp]]''' nearby.  
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A '''hydroponics basin''' provides highly fertile soil for growing '''[[food|food]]''' quickly. With the use of '''[[Sun lamp|sun lamps]]''', it can also be used for growing crops indoors.
  
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Hydroponics basins provide much more fertile environment for plants, and as such, crops planted in them grow much more quickly than in soil. They are also one of the two ways to grow crops in mountain colonies, the other being '''[[Fertilizer pump|fertilizer pumps]]'''. The disadvantage of hydroponics is their need of power to operate, without which the crops planted in the basin die. The other disadvantage is the limited selection of crops that can be grown hydroponically.
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Currently, only '''[[Potato plant|potatoes]]''' and '''[[Strawberry|Strawberries]]''' can be grown in hydroponics basins. To build the basins, you first need to research them at a '''[[Research bench|research bench]]'''.
  
'''[[Accele-potato plant|Accele-potatoes]]''' grown on hydroponics tables mature much faster than regular potato plants in growing area. Must be researched using the research table.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 15:42, 16 September 2014

Hydroponics basin

Hydroponics basin

Base Stats

Type
ProductionPlants
HP
180

Building

Size
4
Placeable
Y
Power
-40 W


A hydroponics basin provides highly fertile soil for growing food quickly. With the use of sun lamps, it can also be used for growing crops indoors.


Hydroponics basins provide much more fertile environment for plants, and as such, crops planted in them grow much more quickly than in soil. They are also one of the two ways to grow crops in mountain colonies, the other being fertilizer pumps. The disadvantage of hydroponics is their need of power to operate, without which the crops planted in the basin die. The other disadvantage is the limited selection of crops that can be grown hydroponically.


Currently, only potatoes and Strawberries can be grown in hydroponics basins. To build the basins, you first need to research them at a research bench.