Hydroponic Farm

Hydroponic Farm is a Life Support building in Surviving Mars.

Description
Produces. Consumes depending on crop type.

Strategy
Hydroponic Farms are available from the start. Hydroponic Farms take up 3 hexes unlike the 10 hexes required by Farms or an out-dome building like Fungal Farms. The main advantage of Hydroponic Farms is the lower amount of Water needed to grow crops, but at the expense of lower Food yields than Farms and Fungal Farms.

Wheat Grass, Leaf Crops, and Microgreens can be grown initially.

Research Utility Crops (Tier 2 Biotech) to unlock Algae.

Rice, Vegetables, and Kelp are unlocked by researching Gene Adaption, a Tier 3 Biotech technology.

Researching the Breakthrough Giant Crops unlocks Giant Rice, Giant Leaf Crops, and Giant Wheat Grass.