Plant pot

A plant pot allows a colonist to grow decorative plants indoors or outdoors, in order to improve beauty. The plants must be resown regularly by growers and the pot cannot be used to grow crops.

Acquisition

Constructing a plant pot requires 20 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 200 for SMVs), and 250 ticks (4.17 secs) of work.

Summary

Once constructed, the plant pot can be sown with the following decorative plants by colonist assigned to Growing: Bonsai tree, Daylily, Rose

The plant inside has a limited lifespan and needs to be replanted regularly by a grower in order to provide the desired beauty, and can be eaten by animals. However, growers will periodically check the plant's health, and replant in the pot if necessary.

The pot has a fertility of 100%.

Plant	Grow Days	Real Grow Days	Beauty	Sow Work	Lifespan
Rose	1.5	2.77	14	750	5
Daylily	1.5	2.77	18	540	3

Analysis

Plant pots are a cheap and fast way to provide decoration, but are generally inferior to sculptures for two reasons. First, as growers have to occasionally sow the pots they are labor intensive for valuable skilled pawn-time - especially in large colonies. Second, all non-Uranium sculptures of Normal quality or better provide better beauty per material than Daylily plant pots, while also taking up less space. They can retain a niche in the early game however, when you won't need as many plant pots and either cannot afford to make sculptures or do not yet have a pawn with a high enough skill in Artistic to avoid wasting materials on Poor or Awful quality sculptures. However once better quality sculptures can be acquired, and/or the colony expands, plant pots should be replaced to reduce the workload on growers and improve the beauty of rooms.

Although daylilies are more beautiful and take less time to sow, unless the plant pot is close to the normal workplace of your growers, roses should be planted because they only need to be tended to every 5 days.

Resource Compression

A niche use for the plant pot is resource compression for caravaning or using transport pods. A constructed plant pot has a base mass of 2kg but can be deconstructed into 10 units of its component material, or 100 for small volume materials. As these 10 units often weigh more than the 2kg of the pot, more material can be carried for the same mass by keeping it in pot form and deconstructing it at the end of travel. For example, 10 effective* units of steel weighing 5 kg can be compressed into 2 kg of plant pot, allowing you to carry 2.5 times the steel you normally would.

(* Resource compression has a drawback in that you will lose 50% of the invested resources - 10 out of the 20 units of material used to construct the plant pot will be lost. However, when the alternative is abandoning the material anyway due to weight restrictions, there is no reason not to do so if time permits.)

Stats table

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Quality

Plant pot		Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Quality	Material	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Awful	Bioferrite	0	000,625 ticks (10.42 secs)	150	75%	8.65
Awful	Gold	-2	000,225 ticks (3.75 secs)	45	40%	1,000
Awful	Granite blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	128	0%	12
Awful	Limestone blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	116	0%	12
Awful	Marble blocks	0	001,515 ticks (25.25 secs)	90	0%	12
Awful	Plasteel	0	000,550 ticks (9.17 secs)	210	0%	91
Awful	Sandstone blocks	0	001,390 ticks (23.17 secs)	105	0%	12
Awful	Silver	-1	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	53	40%	100
Awful	Slate blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	98	0%	12
Awful	Steel	0	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	75	40%	19
Awful	Jade	-1	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	38	0%	52
Awful	Uranium	0	000,475 ticks (7.92 secs)	188	0%	61
Awful	Wood	0	000,175 ticks (2.92 secs)	49	100%	12
Poor	Bioferrite	0	000,625 ticks (10.42 secs)	150	75%	13
Poor	Gold	10	000,225 ticks (3.75 secs)	45	40%	1,500
Poor	Granite blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	128	0%	18
Poor	Limestone blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	116	0%	18
Poor	Marble blocks	0	001,515 ticks (25.25 secs)	90	0%	18
Poor	Plasteel	0	000,550 ticks (9.17 secs)	210	0%	137
Poor	Sandstone blocks	0	001,390 ticks (23.17 secs)	105	0%	17
Poor	Silver	3	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	53	40%	151
Poor	Slate blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	98	0%	18
Poor	Steel	0	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	75	40%	29
Poor	Jade	5	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	38	0%	78
Poor	Uranium	0	000,475 ticks (7.92 secs)	188	0%	91
Poor	Wood	0	000,175 ticks (2.92 secs)	49	100%	18
Normal	Bioferrite	0	000,625 ticks (10.42 secs)	150	75%	17
Normal	Gold	20	000,225 ticks (3.75 secs)	45	40%	2,000
Normal	Granite blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	128	0%	24
Normal	Limestone blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	116	0%	24
Normal	Marble blocks	1	001,515 ticks (25.25 secs)	90	0%	24
Normal	Plasteel	0	000,550 ticks (9.17 secs)	210	0%	182
Normal	Sandstone blocks	0	001,390 ticks (23.17 secs)	105	0%	23
Normal	Silver	6	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	53	40%	200
Normal	Slate blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	98	0%	24
Normal	Steel	0	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	75	40%	39
Normal	Jade	10	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	38	0%	105
Normal	Uranium	0	000,475 ticks (7.92 secs)	188	0%	122
Normal	Wood	0	000,175 ticks (2.92 secs)	49	100%	25
Good	Bioferrite	0	000,625 ticks (10.42 secs)	150	75%	22
Good	Gold	40	000,225 ticks (3.75 secs)	45	40%	2,500
Good	Granite blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	128	0%	30
Good	Limestone blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	116	0%	30
Good	Marble blocks	2	001,515 ticks (25.25 secs)	90	0%	29
Good	Plasteel	0	000,550 ticks (9.17 secs)	210	0%	225
Good	Sandstone blocks	0	001,390 ticks (23.17 secs)	105	0%	29
Good	Silver	12	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	53	40%	250
Good	Slate blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	98	0%	30
Good	Steel	0	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	75	40%	49
Good	Jade	20	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	38	0%	131
Good	Uranium	0	000,475 ticks (7.92 secs)	188	0%	152
Good	Wood	0	000,175 ticks (2.92 secs)	49	100%	31
Excellent	Bioferrite	0	000,625 ticks (10.42 secs)	150	75%	26
Excellent	Gold	60	000,225 ticks (3.75 secs)	45	40%	3,000
Excellent	Granite blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	128	0%	36
Excellent	Limestone blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	116	0%	36
Excellent	Marble blocks	3	001,515 ticks (25.25 secs)	90	0%	35
Excellent	Plasteel	0	000,550 ticks (9.17 secs)	210	0%	275
Excellent	Sandstone blocks	0	001,390 ticks (23.17 secs)	105	0%	35
Excellent	Silver	18	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	53	40%	300
Excellent	Slate blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	98	0%	36
Excellent	Steel	0	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	75	40%	58
Excellent	Jade	30	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	38	0%	157
Excellent	Uranium	0	000,475 ticks (7.92 secs)	188	0%	183
Excellent	Wood	0	000,175 ticks (2.92 secs)	49	100%	37
Masterwork	Bioferrite	0	000,625 ticks (10.42 secs)	150	75%	43
Masterwork	Gold	100	000,225 ticks (3.75 secs)	45	40%	4,000
Masterwork	Granite blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	128	0%	60
Masterwork	Limestone blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	116	0%	60
Masterwork	Marble blocks	5	001,515 ticks (25.25 secs)	90	0%	59
Masterwork	Plasteel	0	000,550 ticks (9.17 secs)	210	0%	455
Masterwork	Sandstone blocks	0	001,390 ticks (23.17 secs)	105	0%	58
Masterwork	Silver	30	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	53	40%	500
Masterwork	Slate blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	98	0%	60
Masterwork	Steel	0	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	75	40%	97
Masterwork	Jade	50	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	38	0%	260
Masterwork	Uranium	0	000,475 ticks (7.92 secs)	188	0%	305
Masterwork	Wood	0	000,175 ticks (2.92 secs)	49	100%	62
Legendary	Bioferrite	0	000,625 ticks (10.42 secs)	150	75%	87
Legendary	Gold	160	000,225 ticks (3.75 secs)	45	40%	5,000
Legendary	Granite blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	128	0%	120
Legendary	Limestone blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	116	0%	120
Legendary	Marble blocks	8	001,515 ticks (25.25 secs)	90	0%	118
Legendary	Plasteel	0	000,550 ticks (9.17 secs)	210	0%	910
Legendary	Sandstone blocks	0	001,390 ticks (23.17 secs)	105	0%	115
Legendary	Silver	48	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	53	40%	1,005
Legendary	Slate blocks	0	001,640 ticks (27.33 secs)	98	0%	120
Legendary	Steel	0	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	75	40%	195
Legendary	Jade	80	001,250 ticks (20.83 secs)	38	0%	520
Legendary	Uranium	0	000,475 ticks (7.92 secs)	188	0%	610
Legendary	Wood	0	000,175 ticks (2.92 secs)	49	100%	123