Greenhouse Questions

[Jon.Topps]

1. Does it have to be a "room", like all walls, ceilings, floors, etc, finished and closed, in order to receive the effect?

2. If the answer to 1 is yes, then how do you pipe water in, without making a hole in the wall?

3. Can parts of the ceiling NOT be greenhouse? I ask because the ceilings are more expensive than the walls. I would "like" to have just a few of the center pieces be greenhouse ceiling, with all th edges not. Will save me a ton of resources.

4. What's the range of the greenhouse wall/ceiling pieces for them to give the effect to plants? (ie. 3 wall space range? Meaning, whatever is under the ceiling, and then three blocks away? Or how many?)

5. Is there really a reason to make a wall around it? I almost never have dinos attack my buildings, and if they do, it's because I've retreated into the building.

[Yvvyyy]

1. From what I know, only the ceiling needs to be greenhouse piece. But I may be wrong...

2. Even if you DO seal the greenhouse completely, the pipes can be placed through walls, so there's no need to put a hole through.

3. I believe only the ceiling right above the crop plot needs to be greenhouse piece to take effect.

4. Read 3.

5. Greenhouse walls are fragile. Like, you can PUNCH it down, aka can be torn down by even the dilos. So are ceilings and any other pieces. It's adviced to have stronger outer wall on the premeter, and if possible out of reach from hostile dinos. But if you have that covered with other defense you don't have to worry too greatly about it.

[Jon.Topps]

Oh didn't realize pipes went through walls, cool!
Thanks for the info!

Another stupid question, can metal and stone pipes be used in the same irrigation grid? Like will stone connect with metal ones and work?

[HawthornThistleberry]

Yes, you can mix and match materials.

Only the ceiling has to be greenhouse, but you also have to have enough glass around the plot to get the full 300% and walls can contribute to that. There's a lot of detail on the wiki about greenhouses and how the percentage is calculated.

[crimsondrac]

I have built more than a few greenhouses and this is what I have learned. To get the full 300% bonus, you will need greenhouse walls and ceilings. My first greenhouse was only one wall high and I had issues with ceiling height being to low to walk on the crop plots. So if you have any crops surrounded by other crops, you will never be able to get to them. Since then I have built all my greenhouses two walls high. This also gives you some slack to bring in your water pipes at a comfortable height. My two wall high greenhouses generally have all the lower row of walls made of greenhouse walls, then the second row of walls, I will use stone. Then the ceiling, of course, is greenhouse too. Also, ceiling pieces only effect what is directly beneath them. If one ceiling piece covers two crop plots, both plots will get some benefit. If you do not care about the full 300% bonus, you can get partial bonus (which is still not terribly bad) buy building just ceiling pieces. But full bonus requires a full enclosure and greenhouse panels on the walls (bottom row only) and ceilings.

Alternately, if you are running your own server or playing single player, you can simply adjust the grow rate of crops and forego worrying about greenhouses.