Potatoes require certain temperature and humidity conditions for a few days to cure properly for chipping and French-frying. The packaging used for the storage containers must be recyclable, reusable, or edible. Once a crop has been grown in a growth chamber, the apparatus used must be cleaned, refilled, and reused, or else recycled. If soil is used, tillage may be required to incorporate the biomass and distribute the nutrients, and avoid problems with clumps for the following operations, such as planting. The initial assembly of facilities is also included in this task.
Examples range from lunar simulant to hydroponics.