Growing crops in winter

[Tom]

How do i grow plants without hydrponics and in the sea ice?

[Emmote]

You can't.
You would need arable land to build a greenhouse on, making surrounding walls and building heaters to melt the snow, but the entire ground on Sea Ice is... well, Ice.

[Wantoomany]

Why would you even be playing on sea ice if you don't already understand these basic concepts?

[JoeDaTomato]

I mean, you can do it, but it'll take over a in-game year in setup.

Use a moisture pump (I think that's what it's called) and dry up the lakes. Then build & heat a building & use sun lamps to grow food on the gravel.

[Emmote]

Publicado originalmente por JoeDaTomato:

I mean, you can do it, but it'll take over a in-game year in setup.

Use a moisture pump (I think that's what it's called) and dry up the lakes. Then build & heat a building & use sun lamps to grow food on the gravel.

I just gave that a try, and moisture pumps turn the water into ice on Sea Ice maps.

[Bigfootstoe]

Just use hydroponics

[JoeDaTomato]

Publicado originalmente por Emmote:

Publicado originalmente por JoeDaTomato:

I mean, you can do it, but it'll take over a in-game year in setup.

Use a moisture pump (I think that's what it's called) and dry up the lakes. Then build & heat a building & use sun lamps to grow food on the gravel.

I just gave that a try, and moisture pumps turn the water into ice on Sea Ice maps.

Ah, sorry. I guess that’s new in B18, I know it worked back in A17.

(I haven’t done a sea ice colony yet in B18, if that wasn’t clear, so I never learned it changed.).