Hello Fellow Nexians & tryptamine enthusiasts:
Phalaris is a genus of grasses. Various species of Phalaris grow on every continent except Antarctica. They can be found in a broad range of habitats from below sea level to thousands of feet above sea level and from wet marshy areas to dry places. P. arundinacea and P. aquatica are sometimes invasive species in wetlands, whereas the Portuguese, Phalaris brachystachys is an annual grass with growth habits and cultural requirements similar to Phalaris aquatica. It grows most actively during the spring and fall, while resting during the heat of midsummer and the short cool days of winter.
P.brachystachys (wildtype):
Reported DMT content: ~1-3%
This, to me looks like the most promising of all the DMT-containing Phalaris species. I have found that if you give it a decent amount of nutrients, without giving it root burn, it will grow much faster in full sun, as long as you keep the soil wet, I suggest auto-irrigation. A good method is to buy seeds online, then germinate them in a Styrofoam box with a little bit of potting soil. Once they germinate, you can carefully transfer the seedlings to your garden or hydroponic patch.
It took mine about half a year to reach reasonable harvest maturity, but when kept healthy you can virtually harvest a new batch every week.(Depending on climate and amount of sun, ofcourse)
So once the plants start to mature, their leaves grow incredibly quick, be careful when you put these in the ground, they can get out of control very quickly and invade into the local habitat. ;-D
From a weeks regrowth i was able to fill a pint-balljar with fresh leaf, and some vinegar+methylated spirits (ethyanol) and got this amount of DMT from the extaction. (Weights coming soon)
I figured out one day, that if you replaced a small urban backyard's grass with phalaris, you would technically have enough regrowth to extract 10g of dmt per week.

Why isn't anyone growing this??
Phalaris arundinacea 'Big Medicine' Plant:
From the Entheogen Review Vol. XI 2002:-
This is my newest release that I have been working on for the last few years. I call it "Big Medicine". This is a tall fast-growing Phalaris species which contains DMT. It has been selected to be spread by root cuttings, and thus bypasses the genetic rearrangement which would result from relaying seed dissemination.
Phalaris arundinacea 'Turkey Red' Plant:
From the Entheogen Review Vol. XI 2002:-
My old, "Turkey red," was selected to produce 5-MeO-DMT because this is the alkaloid that I personally prefer for my own work and the work I do with groups around the country. I feel 5-MeO-DMT most closely mimics the natural enlightenment state of a fully functioning pineal-gland. It does not distract one with visuals, but open one's energy field and dissolves the energetic barriers between people. By taking about 75mg of the "Turkey red" extract - equivalent to about 7.5mg of 5-MeO-DMT - potentiated with a RIMA such as Syrian Rue, one can experience much healing, and in the right group, a unification of consciousness within the group. I believe this medicine has a role to play in the next stage of evolution, which must involve some form of group consciousness.
There are about five other alkaloids in Turkey red aswell. I do not know what most of them are. I have tried to experiment of separating out just the 5-MeO-DMT and taking that orally with a MAOI, and I do get and effect, comparable to that of chemically produced pharmahuasca from synthesised 5-MeO-DMT. However, It does not have the magical shamanic effect I like to use for my group use. I have about a thousand TLC plates of my tests, each with its own unique and different alkaloid mixture. This could keep graduate students busy for years elucidating the unique healing properties of these mixtures
Some other notes on Phalaris:
Essentially one could plant a 1000 seedlings and germinate, Then do a thin layer chromatography (TLC) on them to determine their alkaloid profile. It has been found the most seed sources produce quite varied profiles within the seed source, suggesting that the genetic determination of alkaloid production was not uniform within the population.
Once a clean, relatively reliable source has been established and spread around, it is then possible to use a weatgrass juicer, to gain the dmt fluid from the grass. No need to have do an extraction. With a pre-dose of MAOI, and the right strain of P.brachy you could just take a teaspoon and stay in hyperspace for a few hours.
Phalaris alkaloids increase significantly when stressed with wind, cold, heat, sunlight, darkness, nutrients (nitrogen), etc, also the plant alkaloids tripple at sunset and sunrise, therefore it is essential to harvest at these times.
Also, if any of our lovely lab-friends had the means we could look into the biochemical pathways of how the DMT is produced in these plants, and see if it is possible to genetically manipulate those bottle necks which contol the production of DMT in Phalaris.
to be continued.