When will the alchemist be done with my modified mandrake root?

I really liked what they did to weapons and armor now, everybody can use them. Its not like in the BG2s (SoA and ToB) only fighting classes have full access to most of the weapons and poor mages and sorcerers have limited weapon selections.

Every eight hours you sleep in the lab with the modified mandrake root on the table he should go over and pull the chain once and produce one potion. BUT you have to sit through the whole damn thing every time. So sleep 8 hours thne wait for him to go over to the chain pull it... Chain tightens... chain loosens... bam potion is made grab it off the table, then do it again. Make a few potions... you will need at least ONE for yourself and ONE for Neehro.

Yeah, when he pulls the chain, little green light swirls appear over the tables. When they stop, the potion is ready. If you have someone with alchemy skill high enough to pull the lever, you don't have the wait the eight hours; do it yourself and save time.

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why dont i have the alchemist in the lab?