# Carbon Planters Not Working **URL:** \ **Category:** NMS Beyond - Help A Fellow Traveler\ **Created:** [August 18, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/carbon-planters-not-working/6592 "2019-08-18T18:14:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dersvr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/dersvr/32/60255_2.png) [@dersvr](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/dersvr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/carbon-planters-not-working/6592/1 "2019-08-18T18:14:26Z")
I’ve got a room full of carbon planters on my freighter and some on a couple of bases. none of them are working anymore although they could be classed as outside at the bases. Just wondering if anyone has working carbon planters 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DevilinPixy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/devilinpixy/32/74073_2.png) [@DevilinPixy](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/DevilinPixy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/carbon-planters-not-working/6592/2 "2019-08-18T18:35:13Z")
There appear to be some issues with planters and hydrophonic trays in general. They require power and usually work if the room itself has power. As a workaround, some found that attaching a ‘Coloured Light’ wired up to power gets a tray to work. Not sure that will work on Standing Planters, but worth a shot? ---
**Author:** ![dersvr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/dersvr/32/60255_2.png) [@dersvr](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/dersvr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/carbon-planters-not-working/6592/3 "2019-08-18T18:49:02Z")
Thanks, that’ll do as a workaround 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DevilinPixy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/devilinpixy/32/74073_2.png) [@DevilinPixy](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/DevilinPixy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/carbon-planters-not-working/6592/4 "2019-08-18T19:36:43Z")
I tried getting the Standing Planters to work on my freighter, but no luck. I thought the patch notes for Beyond mentioned them being ‘restored’, so I assumed they had now become available to us all (not just pre-NEXT). I guess them not providing resources anymore on a freighter is a bug. ---
**Author:** ![dersvr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/dersvr/32/60255_2.png) [@dersvr](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/dersvr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/carbon-planters-not-working/6592/5 "2019-08-18T20:56:43Z")
On the freighter, when I scan the planter the growing time counter starts to count down, but resets to 10min every time I re-check. One of those ones that’ll get sorted a bit down the line. ---
**Author:** ![Mad-Hatter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/mad-hatter/32/61657_2.png) [@Mad-Hatter](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Mad-Hatter)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/carbon-planters-not-working/6592/6 "2019-08-18T21:09:35Z")
I found on my pre-BEYOND save (PS4) that many but not all coloured lights on my Command Ship were rendered non functional. They cannot be connected using wire but simply placing a new light works fine… So… Could you place a large planter and put a light on it to make it work, like @DevilinPixy mentions or are they simply not functioning at all? ---
**Author:** ![DevilinPixy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/devilinpixy/32/74073_2.png) [@DevilinPixy](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/DevilinPixy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/carbon-planters-not-working/6592/7 "2019-08-18T21:32:50Z")
I did try putting a coloured light on a standing planter in my freighter, but saw no growth. Maybe I was not around long enough to notice, but I don’t think it works on a freighter at least. Have not tried a light on a large tray in my freighter though … It’s funny how distant LOD shows the standing planters fully grown 🙂 We’ll have to do with a ‘distant memory’ for now. ---
**Author:** ![zsigmond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/zsigmond/32/7551_2.png) [@zsigmond](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/zsigmond)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/carbon-planters-not-working/6592/8 "2019-08-18T23:28:26Z")
I put down the cube metal box and the door that suppose to attach does not. It appears that there is no compatibility with different parts. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![DevilinPixy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/devilinpixy/32/74073_2.png) [@DevilinPixy](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/DevilinPixy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/carbon-planters-not-working/6592/9 "2025-08-21T19:55:42Z")