Farming Station: Difference between revisions

[[File:FarmingStationGUI.png|thumb|alt=Machine GUI with red vertical power bar on the left, capacitor slot below, slots for tools and fertilizer across the top center, and slots for seeds and harvest below.|Farming Station GUI]]

The '''Farming Station''' from EnderIO is an [[Automated_Farming|automated crop and lumber]] management block. It can be configured to automatically plant and harvest when supplied with power and tools; a Hoe for crops and Axe for wood. Any enchantments applied to the tools also work, such as Looting/Fortune to increase drop rates. Farming Station is well suited to mass lumber or sweed production, where it's high energy consumption is offset by the utility of having resources in bulk. Eventually superseded by the [[Tree Growth Simulator]].

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.

 

[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.

 

| None || style="text-align:center;"|7x7 || style="text-align:center;"|12 x 4|| style="text-align:center;"|40 RF /t || 100-200 RF || 250k RF

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| Double-Layer Capacitor || style="text-align:center;"|11x11 || style="text-align:center;"|30 x 4|| style="text-align:center;"|67 RF /t || 200-300 RF || 500k RF