Редактирование: Botanist (раздел)

==Tools of the Trade==
You get a few fun tools as a botanist that will make your life so easy when growing plants:<br/>
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[[File:Hatchet.png]] Hatchet. It's a rather robust small cutting tool used to <s>murder people</s> make wood planks, pumpkin helmets and corn cob pipes.<br/>
[[File:Cultivator.png]] Cultivator. This one is meant to claw, or perhaps filter, out weeds from the hydroponic trays.<br/>
[[File:Plant-b-gone.png]] Plant-b-Gone Spray bottle. Kill hydroponic plants, kill kudzu weeds, kill alien weeds too, can be filled with other chemicals. Does minor toxin damage, but absolutely '''''devastates''''' plant persons.<br/>
[[File:Plant analyzer.png]] Plant analyzer. It tells you basically everything about your plant, including its killing / drugging / healing properties.<br/>
[[File:Waterbackpack botany.png]] Backpack irrigation system. Makes watering the plants much less annoying. [[File:Waterbackpack botany nozzle.png]]<br/>
[[File:Bucket.png]] Buckets, in case you want to water the plants the annoying way. These function as beakers, so you can mix chemicals inside them too.<br/>
[[File:blender.png]] Chemical grinder and a large beaker, so you can extract chemicals from your plants.<br/>
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There is a crate in the back room. It contains:<br/>
[[File:Bucket.png]] Another bucket.<br/>
[[File:Wirecutters.png]] Wirecutters. To set up a more efficient irrigation system.<br/>
[[File:Wrench.png]] A wrench. To rearrange the trays.<br/>
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Things you should get from the outside:<br/>
[[File:Multitool.png]] A multitool. To hack the seed vendor. If you can't get one, use two signallers or ask an engineer. They can also be printed at the [[autolathe]].<br/>
[[File:Tmed.png]] Toxin med kit. Because sometimes you can get TOO high.<br/>
[[File:IGloves.png]] Insulated Gloves. In case you fail to hack it the first time.<br/>
[[File:Generic_engineer.png]] If you can't manage to obtain insulated gloves, obtain the whole [[Engineer|guy]] that comes with the gloves instead. Because electricity will fucking kill you. He'll probably do a better job than you, anyways.<br/>
[[File:Bottle.png]] Acid, in a spray bottle. It will melt down your fail crops.<br/>
[[File:Cleaner.png]] Space cleaner, in a spray bottle. It will clean the goo left behind from the acid, and the red goo left behind from the victims of your more fun produce. <br/>
[[File:Dispenser.png]] Various chemicals from chemistry to mutate or treat your plants with.<br/>
[[File:Eyedropper.png]] A dropper, so you can mutate plants more precisely. An empty fertilizer bottle works as a ghetto substitute.<br/>

===So Harsh, Bro===
People like to break into hydro and steal your spray bottles, because they can fill them with <del>lube</del> water. Keep all the bottles in a safe enough spot in hydro, or actually stay in the hydroponics bay. You can also hand them out like candy. It's not like you need all of them.

=== Chemicals ===
BEG the chemist to make you stuff, namely unstable mutagen. You will go through this stuff fast, so make sure they aren't stingy. If chemistry is helpful they can also give you a dropper for more precise mutations. A generous chemist might even lend you a spare chem dispenser if you [[Hacking#Airlocks|ask nicely]].

Different chemicals do different things to your plants when injected. Experiment until you find a blend you like!

Most of your crops can be blended down into chemicals themselves. You can also put these crops directly into hydroponics trays if dosage specificity isn't an issue.

An alternative to chemicals is a floral somatoray. You can get it from the scientists unless they and/or the shaft miners are being lazy fucks (which is always). It is a gun that shoots mutation rays that either increases yield or tries to change the plant's stats. ([[Guide to hydroponics]]).

===Dirt===
If you happen to come across a [[Shaft Miner]] that hasn't taken an explorer suit and gone off to <del>get gamer loot</del> mine, then you're halfway there. Get some sand, use it to make sandstone, then take three sandstone to make dirt. 
Another method is to grow grass in your existing hydroponics trays, then plant the grass tiles and dig them up with the spade found in the back room! This will dig up some sand.
Congratulations, you are no longer restricted to tiny water tubs for growing now! Be warned though, it is not the most efficient method of planting, as there are no lights to indicate needs for water, fertilizer, etc. Have fun surrounding the theatre with bananas and watching the clown collapse in sheer joy.