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|The elite's choice. Contains Space Drugs, [[Bicaridine]], Synaptizine and [[Hyperzine]].
 
|The elite's choice. Contains Space Drugs, [[Bicaridine]], Synaptizine and [[Hyperzine]].
 
!/
 
!/
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|Mutate Ambrosia Vulgaris
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*Mutate Ambrosia Vulgaris
 
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|-
 
!Ambrosia Vulgaris
 
!Ambrosia Vulgaris
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|Contains Space Drugs, Bicaridine, [[Kelotane]] and toxins. (Space weed)
 
|Contains Space Drugs, Bicaridine, [[Kelotane]] and toxins. (Space weed)
 
!Ambrosia Deus
 
!Ambrosia Deus
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|MegaSeed Servitor
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*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
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!Apple
 
!Apple
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|A piece of Eden.
 
|A piece of Eden.
 
!Gold Apple
 
!Gold Apple
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*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
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!Banana
 
!Banana
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|Once eaten, gives a slippery peel.
 
|Once eaten, gives a slippery peel.
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Exotic Seeds Crate
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Berry
 
!Berry
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|Can be mashed into jam.
 
|Can be mashed into jam.
 
!Poison Berry, Glow Berry
 
!Poison Berry, Glow Berry
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|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Blood Tomato
 
!Blood Tomato
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|They are so red... and indeed have Blood in them.
 
|They are so red... and indeed have Blood in them.
 
!/
 
!/
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|Mutate Tomato
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 +
*Mutate Tomato
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
!Blue Space Tomato
 
!Blue Space Tomato
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|Occasionally teleports thrower/target to a random location. Experts baffled.
 
|Occasionally teleports thrower/target to a random location. Experts baffled.
 
!/
 
!/
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|Mutate Blue Tomato
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*Mutate Blue Tomato
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Blue Tomato
 
!Blue Tomato
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|Slippery...
 
|Slippery...
 
!Blue Space Tomato
 
!Blue Space Tomato
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|Mutate Tomato
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 +
*Mutate Tomato
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Cabbage
 
!Cabbage
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|Ewwww...
 
|Ewwww...
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Carrot
 
!Carrot
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|Good for your eyes!
 
|Good for your eyes!
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Cash Tree
 
!Cash Tree
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|It prints money!
 
|It prints money!
 
!/
 
!/
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|Mutate Lemon
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*Mutate Lemon
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Cherry
 
!Cherry
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|Very Spicy!
 
|Very Spicy!
 
!Ice Pepper, Chillighost
 
!Ice Pepper, Chillighost
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|MegaSeed Servitor
+
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Chillighost
 
!Chillighost
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| said to be the hottest chili in the galaxy.
 
| said to be the hottest chili in the galaxy.
 
!/
 
!/
−
|Mutate Chili
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 +
*Mutate Chili
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Cocoa Pod
 
!Cocoa Pod
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|Give it to the chef to fill station with happiness.
 
|Give it to the chef to fill station with happiness.
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor
+
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Corn
 
!Corn
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|Use a hatchet on a bare cob to make a pipe for that sweet Ambrosia! May have more nefarious applications as well...
 
|Use a hatchet on a bare cob to make a pipe for that sweet Ambrosia! May have more nefarious applications as well...
 
!/
 
!/
−
|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate
+
||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Death Berries
 
!Death Berries
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|EXTREMELY poisonous berries.
 
|EXTREMELY poisonous berries.
 
!/
 
!/
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|Mutate Berries
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 +
*Mutate Berries
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Death Nettle
 
!Death Nettle
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|A red nettle that knocks people down with massive damage. <strike>Highly illegal</strike> Contains Polytrinic acid
 
|A red nettle that knocks people down with massive damage. <strike>Highly illegal</strike> Contains Polytrinic acid
 
!/
 
!/
−
|Mutate Nettle
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 +
*Mutate Nettle
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Eggplant
 
!Eggplant
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|Not too special.
 
|Not too special.
 
!Eggy
 
!Eggy
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|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate<br>Exotic Seeds Crate
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 +
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Eggy
 
!Eggy
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| At least, eggs which don't come covered in chicken shit.
 
| At least, eggs which don't come covered in chicken shit.
 
!/
 
!/
−
|Mutate Eggplant
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 +
*Mutate Eggplant
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Gatfruit
 
!Gatfruit
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|Berries that glows in the dark. Might not be wise to consume, they grow radium.
 
|Berries that glows in the dark. Might not be wise to consume, they grow radium.
 
!/
 
!/
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|Mutate Berry
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 +
*Mutate Berry
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Gold Apple
 
!Gold Apple
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|Divine, and probably edible. A steady source of gold.
 
|Divine, and probably edible. A steady source of gold.
 
!/
 
!/
−
|Mutate Apple
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 +
*Mutate Apple
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Grapes
 
!Grapes
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|Very grapy
 
|Very grapy
 
!Green Grapes
 
!Green Grapes
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|MegaSeed Servitor
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Grass
 
!Grass
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|Instrumental in turning the station into your own groovy love jungle.
 
|Instrumental in turning the station into your own groovy love jungle.
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Green Grapes
 
!Green Grapes
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|These grapes can cure burns! WOOO!
 
|These grapes can cure burns! WOOO!
 
!/
 
!/
−
|Mutate Grapes
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 +
*Mutate Grapes
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Harebell
 
!Harebell
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|Instead of being hot, those mutated Chilis are cold (?). Chef can use them.
 
|Instead of being hot, those mutated Chilis are cold (?). Chef can use them.
 
!/
 
!/
−
|Mutate Chili
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 +
*Mutate Chili
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Killer Tomato
 
!Killer Tomato
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|Not very deadly though. Use it on itself and you too can have a pet like one of the Heads!
 
|Not very deadly though. Use it on itself and you too can have a pet like one of the Heads!
 
!/
 
!/
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|Mutate Tomato
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 +
*Mutate Tomato
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Koibeans
 
!Koibeans
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|Contains carpotoxin!
 
|Contains carpotoxin!
 
!/
 
!/
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|Mutate Soibeans
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 +
*Mutate Soibeans
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Kudzu
 
!Kudzu
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|Ugh... sour... Give these to the [[Bartender]].
 
|Ugh... sour... Give these to the [[Bartender]].
 
!Cash Tree
 
!Cash Tree
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|MegaSeed Servitor
+
||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Lime
 
!Lime
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|A very sour fruit. Another fruit used in cocktails.
 
|A very sour fruit. Another fruit used in cocktails.
 
!/
 
!/
−
|MegaSeed Servitor
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Moonflower
 
!Moonflower
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|Take with botanical gloves, whip intruders. Contains Sulfuric acid
 
|Take with botanical gloves, whip intruders. Contains Sulfuric acid
 
!Death Nettle
 
!Death Nettle
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|MegaSeed Servitor (Hacked)<br>Exotic Seeds Crate
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
 +
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Novaflower
 
!Novaflower
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|Sweet and sour!
 
|Sweet and sour!
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Poison Berries
 
!Poison Berries
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|Looks relaxing. Contains [[Bicaridine]].
 
|Looks relaxing. Contains [[Bicaridine]].
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Potato
 
!Potato
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|Caroline.
 
|Caroline.
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Pumpkin
 
!Pumpkin
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|Carve this into a scary face or a hat!
 
|Carve this into a scary face or a hat!
 
!/
 
!/
−
|MegaSeed Servitor
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Replica Pod
 
!Replica Pod
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|Nature's own way to defy God. Check the Pod People section to learn more.
 
|Nature's own way to defy God. Check the Pod People section to learn more.
 
!/
 
!/
−
|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Exotic Seeds Crate
+
||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Soybeans
 
!Soybeans
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|Vegetarian delights!
 
|Vegetarian delights!
 
!Koibeans
 
!Koibeans
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|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Starthistle
 
!Starthistle
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|Come and get the sugar from the cane!
 
|Come and get the sugar from the cane!
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Sunflower
 
!Sunflower
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|It's like being home again.
 
|It's like being home again.
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Tomato
 
!Tomato
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|Staple in making ketchup and expressing yourself to the clown.
 
|Staple in making ketchup and expressing yourself to the clown.
 
!Blue Tomato, Blood Tomato, Killer Tomato
 
!Blue Tomato, Blood Tomato, Killer Tomato
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|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Watermelon
 
!Watermelon
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|Filled with watery goodness and regular boring biomass.
 
|Filled with watery goodness and regular boring biomass.
 
!/
 
!/
−
|MegaSeed Servitor
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Wheat
 
!Wheat
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|Grind into flour!
 
|Grind into flour!
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Whitebeet
 
!Whitebeet
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|Unbeetable
 
|Unbeetable
 
!/
 
!/
−
|MegaSeed Servitor
+
||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Amanita
 
!Amanita
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|Contains amatoxin and psilocybin
 
|Contains amatoxin and psilocybin
 
!Destroying Angel
 
!Destroying Angel
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|MegaSeed Servitor (Hacked)<br>Exotic Seeds Crate
+
||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
 +
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Chanterelle
 
!Chanterelle
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|Not as tasty as Plump Helmets.
 
|Not as tasty as Plump Helmets.
 
!/
 
!/
−
|MegaSeed Servitor<br>Seeds Crate
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 +
*[[Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Destroying Angel
 
!Destroying Angel
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|Kills you dead, with poison.
 
|Kills you dead, with poison.
 
!/
 
!/
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|Mutate Amanita
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 +
*Mutate Amanita
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Glowshroom
 
!Glowshroom
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|Shroomy glowberries. Contains radium.
 
|Shroomy glowberries. Contains radium.
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor (Hacked)
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Liberty Cap
 
!Liberty Cap
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|Full of psilocybin!
 
|Full of psilocybin!
 
!/
 
!/
−
|MegaSeed Servitor (Hacked)<br>Exotic Seeds Crate
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||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
 +
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Plump Helmet
 
!Plump Helmet
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|Tasty!
 
|Tasty!
 
!Walking Mushroom
 
!Walking Mushroom
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|MegaSeed Servitor (Hacked)<br>Exotic Seeds Crate
+
||
 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
 +
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Reishi
 
!Reishi
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|A mushroom with muscle-relaxing toxins.
 
|A mushroom with muscle-relaxing toxins.
 
!/
 
!/
−
|MegaSeed Servitor (Hacked)<br>Exotic Seeds Crate
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]] (Hacked)
 +
*[[Exotic Seeds Crate]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Towercap
 
!Towercap
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|Cut trunks with the hatchet to make wooden planks.
 
|Cut trunks with the hatchet to make wooden planks.
 
!/
 
!/
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|MegaSeed Servitor
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 +
*[[MegaSeed Servitor]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Walking Mushroom
 
!Walking Mushroom
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|This is just <strike>creepy</strike> adorable. Resist the urge to plant, they reproduce fast enough to warp space-time.
 
|This is just <strike>creepy</strike> adorable. Resist the urge to plant, they reproduce fast enough to warp space-time.
 
!/
 
!/
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|Mutate Plump Helmet
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*Mutate Plump Helmet
 
|}
 
|}
  

Revision as of 16:06, 2 February 2014

Flower Power

Hydroponics and the Botanists who work there are important people on the station, especially in longer rounds. Botanists grow plants, obviously. Without plants, the Chef cannot make many types of food. Without those types of food, the denizens of the station will either have to live off of beef jerky and space twinkies, or starve to death. Now that you understand why this is important, let's get started!

Plants

Here is a chart with the types of plants you can grow, in case you forgot.

Name Type Seed Potting Product Notes Mutates into Available from
Ambrosia Deus Regular Ambrosia deus seed.png Ambrosiadeusplant.png Ambrosia deus.png The elite's choice. Contains Space Drugs, Bicaridine, Synaptizine and Hyperzine. /
  • Mutate Ambrosia Vulgaris
Ambrosia Vulgaris Regular Ambrosia vulgaris seed.png Ambrosia vulgaris stage harvest.png Ambrosia vulgaris.png Contains Space Drugs, Bicaridine, Kelotane and toxins. (Space weed) Ambrosia Deus
Apple Regular Appleseed.png Appletree.png Apple.png A piece of Eden. Gold Apple
Banana Regular Bananaseed.png Bananatree.png Banana.png Once eaten, gives a slippery peel. /
Berry Regular Berryseed.png BerryTree.png Berry.png Can be mashed into jam. Poison Berry, Glow Berry
Blood Tomato Regular Bloodtomatoseed.png Bloodtomatoplant.png Bloodtomato.png They are so red... and indeed have Blood in them. /
  • Mutate Tomato
Blue Space Tomato Regular Bluespacetomatoseed.png Bluespacetomatoplant.png Bluespacetomato.png Occasionally teleports thrower/target to a random location. Experts baffled. /
  • Mutate Blue Tomato
Blue Tomato Regular Bluetomatoseed.png Bluetomatoplant.png Bluetomato.png Slippery... Blue Space Tomato
  • Mutate Tomato
Cabbage Regular Cabbageseed.png Cabbageplant.png Cabbage.png Ewwww... /
Carrot Regular Carrotseed.png Carrotplant.png Carrot.png Good for your eyes! /
Cash Tree Regular Cashseed.png Cashtree.png Spacecash.png It prints money! /
  • Mutate Lemon
Cherry Regular Cherryseed.png Cherrytree.png Cherry.png For pies and jelly. They can't be used as earrings ; a shame. /
Chili Regular Chiliseed.png ChiliTree.png Chili.png Very Spicy! Ice Pepper, Chillighost
Chillighost Regular Chillighostseed.png Chillighosttree.png Chillyghost.png said to be the hottest chili in the galaxy. /
  • Mutate Chili
Cocoa Pod Regular Cocoapodseed.png Cocoapodtree.png Cocoapod.png Give it to the chef to fill station with happiness. /
Corn Regular Cornseed.png CornPlant.png Corn.png Use a hatchet on a bare cob to make a pipe for that sweet Ambrosia! May have more nefarious applications as well... /
Death Berries Regular Deathberryseed.png Deathberrytree.png Deathberrypile.png EXTREMELY poisonous berries. /
  • Mutate Berries
Death Nettle Weed Deathnettleseed.png Deathnettleplant.png Deathnettle.png A red nettle that knocks people down with massive damage. Highly illegal Contains Polytrinic acid /
  • Mutate Nettle
Eggplant Regular Eggplantseed.png Eggplantplant.png Eggplant.png Not too special. Eggy
Eggy Regular Eggyseed.png Eggyplant.png Begg.png At least, eggs which don't come covered in chicken shit. /
  • Mutate Eggplant
Gatfruit Regular Gatfruitseed.png Gatfruittree.png Gatfruit.png A mysterious plant rumored to grow .357 revolvers. /
Glow Berries Regular Glowberryseed.png Glowberrytree.png Glowberrypile.png Berries that glows in the dark. Might not be wise to consume, they grow radium. /
  • Mutate Berry
Gold Apple Regular Goldappleseed.png Goldappletree.png Goldapple.png Divine, and probably edible. A steady source of gold. /
  • Mutate Apple
Grapes Regular Grapesseed.png Grapeplant.png Grapes.png Very grapy Green Grapes
Grass Regular Grassseed.png Growngrass.png Grass.png Instrumental in turning the station into your own groovy love jungle. /
Green Grapes Regular Greengrapesseed.png Greengrapeplant.png Greengrapes.png These grapes can cure burns! WOOO! /
  • Mutate Grapes
Harebell Weed Harebellseed.png Harebellplant.png Harebell.png So useless only your bio generator will be happy to get some. /
Ice Pepper Regular Icepepperseed.png Icepepperplant.png Icepepper.png Instead of being hot, those mutated Chilis are cold (?). Chef can use them. /
  • Mutate Chili
Killer Tomato Regular Killertomatoseed.png Killertomatoplant.png Killertomato.png Not very deadly though. Use it on itself and you too can have a pet like one of the Heads! /
  • Mutate Tomato
Koibeans Regular Koibeanseed.png Koibeans.png Contains carpotoxin! /
  • Mutate Soibeans
Kudzu Weed Kudzuseed.png Kudzuplant.png Kudzu.png It grows and never stops. The goat can eat it more quickly than it spreads. /
Lemon Regular Lemonseed.png Lemontree.png Lemon.png Ugh... sour... Give these to the Bartender. Cash Tree
Lime Regular Limeseed.png Limetree.png Lime.png A very sour fruit. Another fruit used in cocktails. /
Moonflower Regular Moonflowerseed.png Moonflowerplant.png Moonflower.png Contains naturally-produced moonshine! /
Nettle Weed Nettleseed.png Nettleplant.png Nettle.png Take with botanical gloves, whip intruders. Contains Sulfuric acid Death Nettle
Novaflower Regular Novaflowerseed.png Novaflowerplant.png Novaflower.png A burning flower, to be handled with gloves. Contains capsaicin. /
Orange Regular Orangeseed.png Orangetree.png Orange.png Sweet and sour! /
Poison Berries Regular Poisonberryseed.png Poisonberrytree.png Poisonberries.png Very poisonous berries. Death Berries
Poppy Regular Poppyseed.png Poppyplant.png Poppy.png Looks relaxing. Contains Bicaridine. /
Potato Regular Potatoseed.png Potatoplant.png Potato.png Caroline. /
Pumpkin Regular Pumpkinseed.png Pumpkinplant.png Pumpkin.png Carve this into a scary face or a hat! /
Replica Pod Regular Replicapodseed.png Replicapodplant.png Nature's own way to defy God. Check the Pod People section to learn more. /
Soybeans Regular Soybeanseeds.png Soybeansplant.png Soybeans.png Vegetarian delights! Koibeans
Starthistle Weed Weedsplant.png You can't harvest from this you disgrace to space-gaia. Only plant worth eradicating anytime. /
Sugarcane Regular Sugarcaneseed.png Sugarcaneplant.png Sugarcane.png Come and get the sugar from the cane! /
Sunflower Regular Sunflowerseed.png Sunflowerplant.png Sunflower.png It's like being home again. /
Tomato Regular Tomatoseeds.png Tomatoplant.png Tomato.png Staple in making ketchup and expressing yourself to the clown. Blue Tomato, Blood Tomato, Killer Tomato
Watermelon Regular Watermelonseed.png Watermelonplant.png Watermelon.png Filled with watery goodness and regular boring biomass. /
Wheat Regular Wheatseeds.png Wheatplant.png Wheat.png Grind into flour! /
Whitebeet Regular Whitebeetseed.png Whitebeetplant.png Whitebeet.png Unbeetable /
Amanita Mushroom Amanitaseeds.png Amanitaplant.png Amanita.png Contains amatoxin and psilocybin Destroying Angel
Chanterelle Mushroom Chanterelleseed.png Chanterelleplant.png Chanterelle.png Not as tasty as Plump Helmets. /
Destroying Angel Mushroom Angleseeds.png Angleplant.png Angle.png Kills you dead, with poison. /
  • Mutate Amanita
Glowshroom Mushroom Glowshroomseed.png Glowshroomplant.png Glowshroom.png Shroomy glowberries. Contains radium. /
Liberty Cap Mushroom Libertycapseed.png Libertycapplant.png Libertycap.png Full of psilocybin! /
Plump Helmet Mushroom Plumphelmetseed.png Plumphelmetplant.png Plumphelmet.png Tasty! Walking Mushroom
Reishi Mushroom Reishiseeds.png Reishiplant.png Reishi.png A mushroom with muscle-relaxing toxins. /
Towercap Mushroom Towercapseed.png Towercapplant.png Towercap.png Cut trunks with the hatchet to make wooden planks. /
Walking Mushroom Mushroom Walkingmushroomseed.png Walkingmushroomplant.png Walkingmushroom.png This is just creepy adorable. Resist the urge to plant, they reproduce fast enough to warp space-time. /
  • Mutate Plump Helmet

Growing The Afforementioned Plants

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These are some pots. You grow stuff in them.
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This is a Nettle. Nettles are your friends.

First, locate the hydroponics trays, sometimes referred to as "planting pots". this is where you will be planting the seeds. Take a seed in your hand, and click the pot. You will then get a message saying "you plant the seed in the pot.", or something along those lines. You can only plant one seed per pot. If you click the pot with an empty hand, you will get a basic analysis of the plant, and the nutrient and water level of the pot. Here is an example:


This pot has [plant] planted.

Water: 75/100

Nutrients: 8/10


This is an easy way to identify the plant, if you are not familiar with what they look like. It is also a good way to check on new species that have found their way into the "farm". If this happens, you will get a red message that says soemthing like "hydroponics tray has been overtaken by [plant]!". This can be good, bad, or a combination of both. Best case: a few Liberty Cap spores lodge themselves in the tray, and you get super duper high. Worst case: starthistle. These grow fast and serve no purpose. All they do is take up space (get it? cause you're growing stuff on a space station?).

The trays themselves can be un-wrenched and placed elsewhere, if you feel like a change of scenery. The trays you start with aren't the only place you can plant, either! Dirt planting trays can also be created.


An example of a useful weed (not the smokable kind), is the humble nettle. Nettles are a very useful plant, and a powerful weapon if grown properly. If you play the Botanist and get picked to be a Traitor, then do not fret. Just wait for some nettles to show up in your garden and kill those targets with FLOWER POWER! Nettles are poisonous to begin with, but with skillful harvesting and increases of the Potency level, the nettles can deal a lot of damage, and have a very high knockout chance. However, they only can be used a few times before they leaves fall off and leave you with nothing.







Invasion of the Pod People

Hydroponics get a very special type of seed, Replicate Pod Seeds. These are experimental, genetically engineered plants that grow (physically deformed) human beings. They are easy to grow, but take time just like cloning some one in a cloning pod.

How do I potato people?

Using a replication pod is simple! Just follow the following steps:

  1. Find a dead person who is in need of cloning.
  2. Take a blood sample with a syringe.
  3. Inject a seed pack with the blood sample.
  4. Plant the seeds.
  5. Tend to the plants water and nutrition levels until it is time to harvest the cloned human.

Most of the time, crew members cloned via Replica Pod will be identical to their former selves. However, they can occasionally reborn more plant than man, their skin being covered by vegetation.

Do NOT attempt to recreate this effect during a critical situation. Replica Pod seeds are very limitated, since you cannot get some from already grown Replica Pods. If you require more pod seeds, plant them without any blood injected into it, you can potentially harvest more than one seed pack from it. It is recommended to use any nutrient but Left 4 Zed on Replica Pods, as they might die before harvest comes due to their short lifespan.

Remember: Potato people create the most succulent and delicious of mashed potatoes. If you happen upon one, grab your fork.

Caring for your Vegetable Friends

Mushrooms: Just feed these fertilizer, don't need to water them.

Weeds: Just water them, they don't need plant food. Nettles are considered weeds.

Everything else: Feed them water AND Fertilizer.

The hydroponics tray will warn you of any issues with your plants with colored lights.

  • Green Light: Ready for harvest
  • Blue Light: Low water
  • Yellow Light: Low nutrients
  • Red Light: Low health
  • Red/Blue Flashing Light: Alert: Weeds/Pests/Toxins

To fix the water problem, take your bucket (or your backpack watertank), fill it with water at one of the water tanks or sinks inside the farm, and pour the appropriate amount of water onto the plant. You can simplify this task by changing the amount of water used per transfer. To do this pick up a bucket, or stand next to a water tank and type "Set transfer amount" into the chat, or go to the "Object" tab and click "Set transfer amount". If a pot is full of water, you will not be able to add any more and the excess will splash onto the floor.

To fix the nutrients, replace the solution using the nutrient dispenser, then taking the vial and clicking on the tray. Only do this if the tray needs nutrients. The easiest way to be a Failmer (Fail Farmer) is to replace the solution when there are 9 units left. The excess fertilizer dissapears forever, and the dispenser has a finite supply.

Weeds can be removed by clicking on the tray while holding a mini-hoe in your hand. Keep clicking until you see the message "This plot is completely devoid of weeds. It doesn't need uprooting.".

If a plant is dead, a single click will empty it from the tray. If your tray decides to sprout some annoying harebell or unwanted crops, a few sprays with the Plant-Be-Gone will kill it, albeit rather slowly.

Your Badge of Office

Don't forget to prioritise the creation of your badge of office, the Pumpkin Hat. Grow a pumpkin, and then use the Hatchet from the back room to carve your heraldic visage into the vessel. Then don the symbol of your people, and go about your business with pride.

Chemicals, Wonderful Chemicals

Certain chemicals do special effects on plants and mushrooms. Either it kills, heals, feeds, or mutates the plant.

Things that you should feed your plants

Unstable Mutagens: Will either mutate the plant's stats, kill the plant, or change the plant's species. Does not add toxicity to the water. This is how Ice Peppers are made. Whine to and/or robust the Geneticist/Chemist to get some of this.

Radium: Lower chance to mutate plants, and causes more ill effects (and toxicity to the plant).

Nutriment: A fertilizer. You can get it from the Chef

Ammonia: A more pure fertilizer. Get it from the Chemist or hack the Nutri-Vend to get this.

Diethylamine: A very powerful fertilizer. Get it the same way you get Ammonia.

Anti-toxins: Makes your plant less toxic. You can get it by whining to anyone who works in Medbay

Cryoxadone: Heals your plant, via miracles. Get it from the Chemist, or find a nice doctor to steal some from cryogenics.

These will kill your plants

Toxins: DUH.

Acids: DUH.

Go Forth and Procreate

This section is about making new plants from existing ones. Remember, the seed dispenser will run dry very early into the round. And if you ask the QM for a seed crate, he will most likely laugh in your face and kick you in the dick for being stupid. So to make more seeds, you will need the help of Mr. Seed Extractor.

This little box (located next to the NutriMax) is your best friend in long rounds. It is possible to use your leet Hacking skills on the seed dispenser to get more, but these are all either poisonous or full of space drugs. To extract seeds from a plant, pick up a plant product (Fruit, Vegetables, Shrooms, etc.). Then, click the seed extractor. You will then get 1-4 bags of seeds or mycelium from the product. Then, dump out the contents of one of those shiny hydroponic crates you have and put the extra seeds inside, or simply pick them up with your plant bag and put them in your SmartFridge. This will keep the seeds neat and organized.

If a new species sprouts in your farm, keep it alive so you can make seeds from it and grow more.

Analyzing the Analysis

Upon selecting the Botanist, you will find that your apron contains a handy-dandy Plant Analyzer. You use this to get a highly detailed analysis of the targeted plant. The readout looks like this:

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Age: How old the plant is. When a plant's age is higher than its lifespan, it starts losing health.

Endurance: Determines the plant's health. If this is high, the plant can suffer more neglect or abuse before it dies.

Lifespan: How long the plant will live before it starts to lose health.

Yield: How many products it will produce at once.

Production: Determines how long it will take for the plant to be ready for harvest.

Potency: The FLOWER POWER the plant posesses. If it is a chili, this equals hotness or coldness (for ice peppers). For shrooms, this equals toxicity. For drugs, this equals how long it gets you high. For Nettles, this equals damage dealt.

The analyzer also shows you the status of the pot. Weeds and pests can be remedied by hoeing or a few squirts of Pest Spray. Toxicity is important for shrooms, because it tells you how deadly it is. The water and nutrition levels are self-explanatory.

File:Biogenerator.png Maximizing the Benefits

A correct botanist will harvest two or three times what he sowed. A good botanist will have his plants produce so much right-clicking on a tile will cause a mini-lag. But becoming the first station food provider doesn't come with luck. The educated businessman knows how to use what he possesses to take the maximum out of it.

To make tons of food, you need fertilizers. Nutri-Vend gets you some, but not enough to build your long-term farming empire. Here comes in action your Biogenerator. This fella accepts any kind of plants (but no Nettles because it'd be too easy), and can make meat, milk, fertilizers and anything leather-related (including tool-belts) out of the biomass it brews. Most botanists relies on unwanted plants, such as Amanita Flies, to fill it up, but we do not seek such pusillanimous spirits here.

To get a large amount of biomass, plant a seed with a either large yields like apples or a seed with lots of nutritious produce such as watermelons or pumpkins, give him a Robust Harvest, and take the resulting harvest to the Biogenerator. Turns the biomass into Robust Harvest, and voila, you have completed the cycle of mass production.

On the Origin of Mutant Tomatoes

Forcing your plants to take the next step on the slippery stairs of evolution is one of the funnest activities you'll experience as a Botanist. The joy you'll feel when your first glowing abominations will pop out of their sprouts! The surprise on your colleagues' faces once walking mushrooms invade the Captain's quarters!

Tools for playing amateur geneticist, sadly, aren't in your possession at the beginning of the round. Go ask chemists for Unstable Mutagen in bottles (or they'll cry because you stole their precious beakers). If you're lucky/persuasive, R&D will provide you with a Floral Somatoray, which emits precise amounts of radiation to mutate your vegetable friends even more efficiently.

If you went for the Chemist's way, take a syringe from your NutriMax vending machine, fill it with Unstable Mutagen and inject it directly into the plant you want to mutate. Mutations are entirely random: it may affect the pests, the weeds, or even kill your plant. It's recommended to inject minimum doses (5 units) so that you don't spoil 30 units of Mutagen in killing your Apple Tree, since a successful mutation doesn't depend of the amount of Mutagen injected. A mutated plant will grow as a new mutated one, thus the growing cycle will go back to its initial state; don't try your mutations when the plant is already fully grown, it'll only be a waste of time (except if you want to, say, harvest Chilis to make new Chili seeds before trying to turn it into Ice Peppers).

Weeds and pests can mutate too. The new mutated weeds will annihilate the seeds you previously put in that tray, which can be good or bad depending on how much you cared about whatever you had planted previously. Pest mutations will result in horrible spiderlings that will eventually grow into man-eaters, so use that pest spray before you start shooting up mutagen everywhere!

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