how to grow devilstrand

[jackal[ronin]]

Starting a thread to help since the wiki is down.

I had a plot of it out in the sun and it never grew.

I put a roof over it and keep it in the dark and it never grows.

Any tips for growing it?

[Chillspace]

is it during the right season? not to cold? does it have the right light level?

[Corvax]

nop nop, never mind me, that was healroot I was thinking about.

[jackal[ronin]]

I planted it, so i have the minimum skill...which is 10

the tooltip for it says nothing about the season or growing temp, just that it needs 50% light. It has this constant 0% growth rate.

Im guessing having it in a dark room makes it 0% light. how do i get to 50% light? torches?

[Phoenix C64]

misc->sunlamps

[SquareDildo]

It NEEDS light to grow, if you click on a plant it says "needs light level 50%". It just takes a few seasons to grow. Bonus points for rich soil. It has the same temperature requirements like other plants.

If you have a winter, plant it in spring as early as possible.

Building a plain lamp or a torch will give yo 60% light, which will NOT give you 60% growing speed but something like 10%. It's only 10% above the minimum. For growing it in winter, you need sunlamps (Architect>Misc). No other structure in the game consumes as much power (1600W).

[jackal[ronin]]

hrmmm... if by seasons, you mean days then Ill be ok. otherwise I may be screwed. the area i started in has year round summer

[itssirtou]

Is it in a Hydroponics?

[KatherineOfSky]

Originally posted by jackalronin:

hrmmm... if by seasons, you mean days then Ill be ok. otherwise I may be screwed. the area i started in has year round summer

No, it definitely takes over a season to grow. If you have year-round growing, then you are in the BEST environment for growing devilstrand. It takes a LONG time to grow... but one of the best resale values when made into clothes. (Also, excellent bonus properties on clothing).

[jackal[ronin]]

ok, so i let it sit there and then all hell broke lose so i dont know what is what.

it was getting to about 85% growth and just disappearing.

factors:
i had a ♥♥♥♥ load of chickens join my colony, i tried to watch carefully, but im not 100% sure they werent eating them

the planet was coated in toxic spores and it lasted for 6 days... mushrooms (along with ALL of the wild life just kept on disappearing/dying)

pro tip, when they are harvested, what icon do they look like? is it a mushroom or a sheet like cloth?

[Eretnek]

Red sheet of clothes

[silvrsurfr7]

The chickens may eat it... and the toxic stuff kills all plants. It takes a long time to grow and can be grown and is a bit fragile I think.
It is described as a silk producing mushroom, creates strong fabric but doesnt insulate from cold... Think strong spidersilk.

[SquareDildo]

It may die of old age. If you plant it on poor soil, temperature is not ideal and not much light, it will grow even slower than usual. If it goes past its lifespan, it withers and dies. I think it takes 20 days to grow and 60 year lifespan. But these 20 days may be 20 days of GROWING, and they don't grow 24/7.

If for some reason you can't grow them properly, consider a premature harvest. (Orders>Harvest). You need plants over 66% grown.