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Mealwood

Mealwood

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Grow time
3 cycles
Irrigation / inputs
Dirt 10 kg Dirt/cycle
Yield / harvest
Meal Lice 1 Meal Lice
Seed
Mealwood Seed Mealwood Seed
Fertilizable
Yes
Needs pollination
No
Temperature range
10 – 30°C

Mealwood is a base game crop in Oxygen Not Included. It grows in 3 cycles, needs 10 kg Dirt/cycle, and yields 1 Meal Lice per harvest. Use the farm calculator to scale Mealwood to any output, with Wild, Farmer's Touch, mutations and pollinators.

Foods made with Mealwood

The Mealwood harvest is a cooking ingredient in these 2 recipes:

Critters that eat Mealwood

These 4 critters eat Mealwood — the plant or its harvest — so it doubles as ranch feed:

Mealwood FAQ

How long does Mealwood take to grow in Oxygen Not Included?
Mealwood grows in 3 cycles. Wild plants grow about 4× slower; the farm calculator shows the exact plant count for any target yield.
What is Mealwood used for in Oxygen Not Included?
Mealwood's harvest is an ingredient in Liceloaf, Pickled Meal. The food calculator traces each recipe down to the raw crops and materials.
What eats Mealwood in Oxygen Not Included?
Drecko, Glossy Drecko, Hatch, Sage Hatch eat Mealwood. The ranch calculator converts a herd into the exact feed needed per cycle.

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