Seeds

By planting the seeds, spores, samples, or entire specimens of Flora, the Player can either farm useful Raw Materials or decorate their surroundings and Seabases.

While some plants like Creepvine have seeds that can be picked by hand, in order to obtain most types the respective plant must be cut with a knife. In order to plant them, the player must construct a suitable structure for them, either a Plant Pot, Exterior Growbed, Indoor Growbed, or an Alien Containment. Simply discarding seeds or spores on the seabed will never result in their growth.

Each plantable flora takes up a certain amount of slots, and can only be planted in some types of planters. Flora with a dark blue item symbol background can only be planted underwater, while those with a green item symbol background can only be planted in bases or on land.

In cases where the player can pick up the entire plant (e.g., Acid Mushroom, Marblemelon) the player can either place the whole plant or its seeds in a suitable structure. In all cases, once a plant is fully grown, the player can harvest it for multiple seeds. These can then be planted to expand the player's plant collection. After a set number of knife hits a plant will be destroyed and its space in whatever it was planted in cleared.

Creepvine is a unique case in that it has two types of "seed" which produce different results. Planting a Creepvine Sample will result in a plant with no seeds, while planting a Creepvine Seed Cluster will result in one with seeds.

Each flora has a different growth time. If a plant is not fully grown, it will display its current growth as a percentage, using the same graphic used for the Repair Tool, when the player looks directly at it. Creepvines and Bloodvines require vertical clearance to fully mature: if placed in an Alien Containment less than two stories tall, they will never finish growing.

Something to note is that edible seeds, even if rotten, still function identically to freshly picked ones and will grow fruiting plants all the same.

Marine Flora

The following flora can be planted in Exterior Growbeds (Underwater) or Alien Containment.

Flora	Seed/Sample	Size	Bioreactor Output	Bioluminescent	Item ID
Acid Mushroom	Acid Mushroom Spore	1	+210 / +21	Yes	acidmushroom / acidmushroomspore
Bloodvine	Blood Oil	4 (2×2)	+420	Yes	bloodoil
Blue Palm	Blue Palm Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	bluepalmseed
Bulb Bush	Bulb Bush Sample	4 (2×2)	+420	Yes	kooshchunk
Cave Bush	Cave Bush Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	purplebranchesseed
Creepvine	Creepvine Sample<br> Creepvine Seed Cluster	4 (2×2)	+210 / +70	Yes	creepvinepiece / creepvineseedcluster
Deep Shroom	Deep Shroom Spore	1	+210 / +21	Yes	whitemushroom / whitemushroomspore
Eye Stalk	Eye Stalk Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	eyesplantseed
Furled Papyrus	Furled Papyrus Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	No	redrollplantseed
Gabe's Feather	Gabe's Feather Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	gabesfeatherseed
Gel Sack	Gel Sack Spores	1	+245 / +7	Yes	jellyplant / jellyplantseed
Ghost Weed	Ghost Weed Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	redgreententacleseed
Jellyshroom	Jellyshroom Spore	4 (2×2)	+140	Yes	snakemushroomspore
Membrain Tree	Membrain Tree Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	membraintreeseed
Pygmy Fan	Pygmy Fan Seed	1	+28	Yes	smallfanseed
Redwort	Redwort Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	redbushseed
Regress Shell	Regress Shell Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	redconeplantseed
Rouge Cradle	Rouge Cradle Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	redbasketplantseed
Sea Crown	Sea Crown Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	seacrownseed
Spiked Horn Grass	Spiked Horn Grass Seed	4 (2×2)	N/A	No	shellgrassseed
Spotted Dockleaf	Spotted Dockleaf Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	spottedleavesplantseed
Tiger Plant	Tiger Plant Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	spikeplantseed
Veined Nettle	Veined Nettle Seed	1	+21	Yes	purplefanseed
Violet Beau	Violet Beau Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	Yes	purplestalkseed
Writhing Weed	Writhing Weed Seed	1	+140	Yes	purpletentacleseed

Land-Based Flora

The following flora can be planted in Exterior Growbeds (Surface), Indoor Growbeds, or Plant Pots.

Flora	Seed/Sample	Size	Bioreactor Output	Item ID
Bulbo Tree	Bulbo Tree Sample	4 (2×2)	+420	bulbotreepiece
Chinese Potato Plant	Chinese Potato	4 (2×2)	+140	purplevegetable
Fern Palm	Fern Palm Seed	4 (2×2)	+70	fernpalmseed
Grub Basket	Grub Basket Seed	4 (2×2)	+105	orangepetalsplantseed
Jaffa Cup	Jaffa Cup Seed	4 (2×2)	+140	orangemushroomspore
Lantern Tree	Lantern Fruit	4 (2×2)	+210	hangingfruit
Marblemelon Plant	Marblemelon Seeds	4 (2×2) / 1	N/A	marblemelonplant / marblemelonseeds