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== Usage ==
Opening the Farming Station's GUI gives access to its internal slots. A capacitor can be added to the bottom left, below the red power bar. Capacitors increase the range, power use, and power storage of the Farming Station. Tools and fertilizer go in the top row, while seeds are placed in the center four slots with padlock icons.
As a RF machine, it can be powered with RF or EU from a GregTech power source. In its smallest configuration (7x7), the Farming Station passively consumes ~225 EU/s even when not actively working, and significantly more when harvesting or planting. For wood harvesting, three Vibrant Photovoltaic Cells (480RF/t) and a Basic Capacitor will let a 7x7 Farming Station work all day and night with default size/growth speed trees, such as Darkwood or Birch. Conduits can be used to provide power and item logistics with a minimal footprint.
[[File:BotaniaFlowersFarmingStation.png|right|frameless|alt=A rainbow assortment of flowers scattered across a flat ground of rich garden soil. A ring of lighter brown blocks surrounds a grey-green machine with purple horizontal panels at the top, a blue diamond chest and a power bank with red trim.]]
[https://ftbwiki.org/Sprinkler_(OpenBlocks) Sprinklers] can be added to accelerate crop or tree growth for no extra cost other than a steady [[water]] supply, which is far more efficient than providing the Farming Station with bone meal or another fertilizer. Forestry Fertilizer, vanilla Bone Meal and Botania Floral Fertilizer are accepted, IC2 Fertilizer, Witchery Mutandis and Forestry Compost are not. Floral Fertilizer can be used to grow Botania flowers on grass or dirt blocks. Dirt is recommended as grass blocks will also produce grass which clogs up the farm and prevents more flowers, and Sprinklers should be avoided as they make tall flowers the Farming Station will not get any harvest from. The Farming Station won't use Floral Fertilizer on Garden Soil but flowers will be placed there, so this can be used to make Botania flower farming more efficient by having a ring of dirt in the middle of the Station's range.
It is highly recommended to get an Unbreakable tool to reduce upkeep. Enchantments on tools are applied when the Farming Station uses them, up to normal vanilla limits. Fortune for example will increase the number of apple and sapling drops from Oak [[tree]]s. Overchanting or otherwise exceeding the normal limits does not seem to have any additional benefit; a Fortune X axe works the same as a Fortune III.
== Limitations ==
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