Pincha Pepperplant

This article has not been revised for the current version (***U50-587362***). It was last updated for *LU-356355*. It may contain inaccuracies.
This article has not been revised for the current version (***U50-587362***). It was last updated for *LU-356355*. It may contain inaccuracies.

## Pincha Pepperplant

Pincha Pepperplant produce flavorful Pincha Peppernut for spicing food.

###  Temperature

35 ↔ 85 °C
 308.15 ↔ 358.15 K
 95 ↔ 185 °F

## Can be planted in:

**Pincha Pepperplant** is a food plant that can be grown from a Pincha Pepper Seed. Pincha Pepperplants are found in the Caustic Biome exclusively growing from the ceiling. It can only be domestically grown in a Farm Tile or Hydroponic Farm tile with a downward orientation. This plant is 3 tiles tall instead of the more common 2 tiles.

Pincha Peppernut is a spice that cannot be eaten raw by itself but is used in several Gas Range recipes alongside other food stuffs to create higher quality meals.

## Food

* Pincha Peppernuts are required for high quality food (Pepper Bread, Spicy Tofu, Stuffed Berry). Recipes with Peppernuts add a small amount of calories, and increase food quality to boot.
* Peppernuts are consumed by Espresso Machines, which improve Duplicant Morale.
* Peppernuts can be used to make Immuno Boosters in the Apothecary.

Pepper Bread provides 4,000 kcals and requires 1 Pincha Peppernut. It improves food quality to Superb(+5) with additional requirement of Sleet Wheat to be planted.

* (4,000 kcals / 1 Pincha Peppernut) \* (4 Pincha Peppernut / 8 cycles)
	+ 1 plant = 2,000 kcals / cycle
* 1,000 kcals per dupe / 2,000 kcal per plant = 0.5 domestic or 2 wild plants per dupe.

## Growth

A Pincha Pepperplant requires temperature range of 35 °C - 85 °C, and air pressure of 150 g - 10 kg. It can grow in any atmosphere.

### Wild

A wild Pincha Pepperplant takes 32 cycles to grow to maturity.

### Domestic

A domestic Pincha Pepperplant can be planted in Farm Tile or Hydroponic Farm with a downward orientation. It requires 1 kg/cycle Phosphorite and 35 kg/cycle Polluted Water. Phosphorite for fertilizing Pincha Pepperplants can be produced by ranching Dreckos.

A domestic Pincha Pepperplant takes 8 cycles to grow.

## Decor

A Pincha Pepperplant has a decor value of +15 within 2 tiles.

## Tips

* Even when their growth is halted a domestic Pincha Pepperplant will consume 1 kg Phosphorite per cycle.
	+ Thus, it may be wise *not* to use Polluted Water from the Lavatories, if the intention is to do away with the infected output. Such a purpose requires the plants' consumption to be higher than the output in order for this disposal to be reliable, which would then waste the Phosphorite if this plant is chosen instead of the others that consume Polluted Water. Furthermore, this plant's rate of consumption is not fast enough to quickly dispose of sudden build-ups of the water.
* Given their ability to grow at 85 °C, irrigating Pincha Pepperplants can be a useful way to dispose of hot polluted water at the end of a cooling cycle.
* If heating is a problem, consider routing gases that have been pumped from electrolysis; line regular gas pipes (Granite is recommended, for moderate heat exchange) across the plants' bases, and use insulated piping for the rest of the routing.
* Due to the fact that cooking raw food items on the Electric Grill or Gas Range always eliminates all forms of germs automatically, Pincha Pepperplants can be safely irrigated with germ-ridden Polluted Water without fear of large-scale food-based contamination throughout your colony.
	+ It can, however, infect your dupes via the Espresso Machine

## Trivia

* The name "Pincha Pepper" may be a reference to the phrase "pinch of pepper", similarly to the Dasha Saltvine.