Neighboring Silo Thirtieth-Level Hydroponics
The thirtieth-level hydroponics contains dark, winding water loops and ruined plants; the children know a tangle in the grow pits as the Wilds.
Story so far
The hydroponic farms on level thirty contain three closed water loops extending through winding corridors. When encountered in darkness, rotted plants hang from their suspended pipes.
The children call a tangle of plants in the grow pits the Wilds, while the deepest pits have neither working lights nor growing plants. Jimmy and the children plan to tend the Wilds while waiting for Juliette. Elise remembers navigating the Wilds in darkness by always turning right.
Appearance
Suspended pipes and three closed water loops extend through winding corridors. Rotted plants hang in darkness, and the deepest grow pits lack working lights or growing plants.
Role
The hydroponics includes the Wilds the children know and plan to tend.
Relationships
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
- WoolBook 1
Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
- The children call a tangle of plants in the grow pits the Wilds.
- The deepest grow pits have no working lights or growing plants.
- Jimmy and the children plan to tend the Wilds while waiting for Juliette.
- Elise recalls using a rule of always turning right to navigate the Wilds in darkness.