Talk:Plants/Questions about food production (on behalf on of 162.158.115.18)

Created this thread based on the following remarks posted today by 162.158.115.18.

Remark: these numbers are based on what soil and on what per colonist consumption? Is it taking into account that cooking increases the nutrient content of the inputs used? Does it take into account overeating? Some average of sicknesses/smokeleaf usage which increase food consumption? If you feed colonists meals, they seem to need two meals per day when they are in a "clean" state (no illness, no drugs etc.). I end up with 14 corn plants per "clean" colonist on normal soil. But to take into account all the eventualities (blights, eclipses, sicknesses, increased consumption due to drugs, food binges etc.), I'd rather go with 20 in regions with all year growing season and all year optimal temperature.