Harvesting a fantastic first flush of Fiji fungi from a monotub full of magic mushrooms packed so tightly they are hard to even pick is a pure joy, so I thought i'd share it with you all today. This was an awesome first flush and comical trying to wrestle them out of each others entanglement, some needed cut free and others twisted free with ease, the Island of Fiji Psilocybe Cubensis truly look magical. To grow the Island of Fiji Cubensis successfully, it is recommended to use enriched soil and even better: pasteurized dung. When you grow the Fiji Cubensis the stems are often very slim and needle like. The Fiji is a beautiful elegant mushroom when fully grown in abundance. 00:00 Opening sequence and a pirouetting monotub for the first look at this awesome first flush 00:30 Let's get in there 01:00 Wrestling out the first cluster of Fiji Cubensis, a two handed job 01:40 Looking so pretty on the chopping board 02:00 Another two handed wrestling match with a Cubensis cluster 02:10 Amazing gills on display on this little cap 2:25 There's the television right there 02:40 Monster-mega-clustertron time 03:00 Get it on the chopping block me auld muckka 03:15 We don't make things anymore 03:40 The Cubensis harvested from the monotub on the block so far 04:20 Are we all mentally ill consumers? 05:00 Cubensis harvest heaven right here, look at that cluster 05:30 Not even a quarter done yet 05:50 The boards are filling up fast with Fiji fungi 06:20 Almost half the harvest done, seems never ending, lets get some serious knife work done here 07:10 What a mega cluster of cubes, pure eye candy joy 07:30 This we gonna need a bigger chopping board here 08:10 Just tear them out with yer bear haands grrrrrr!! lol Sadly it's just bare hands :( 08:30 Still loads of Fiji fungi left to pick 09:00 Back to the blade work 09:14 One last mega cluster of Fiji Cubensis 09:54 Maybe we're not even real, maybe we're just in your head! 10:10 Inspecting the sub left in the monotub ready to go back in the fruiting area for another flush 10:30 Time-lapse heaven full of Fiji Cubensis 11:40 Dehydrator trays filling nicely, we may not have enough 12:40 Inspecting the dehydrator trays full of Fiji Cubensis 13:30 Fiji fungi all dry and time for the weigh in 14:50 those jars full of mycelium are glowing 15:34 Thanks for watching, mush love Background harmony is by Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present ?? thank you Jesse it's awesome ? Some of the kit we use, purchasing from these link supports the channel, thank you if you do. Presto 23qt Pressure Cooker, currently only one i can find due to covid https://amzn.to/3kuqXtX Jars large 1qt jars https://amzn.to/3cXDvXr https://amzn.to/3ldVzzD https://amzn.to/33vITOy Small ones for agar https:// ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4XskwiOQdA

Peyote cacti are hard to grow, this is my technique I developed over the last 20 years, nobody grows cacti like i do unless they learnt it from me. I've gotten pretty good at it as I've dedicated a good portion my adult life to it, it took over a year just to gather the media to make this video, a year is a blink of an eye to cacti growing timescales. Chapter links and descriptions of what i am doing 00:00 December, the seed germination starts in a heated propagator at 70f with a T5 55k tube (on 18/6), the seeds are sprinkled on top of wet vermiculite, it is 'squeeze dry' wet, this ensures i don't need to disturb the micro climate to add more moisture over the next month, keep it sealed until loads are popping, then a daily FAE 00:20 January, keep the system the same, humidity at 99% maintained with a mister of water and organic liquid nutrients at 10% recommended strength for adult plants, type doesn't matter, temps around 70f, lighting 18/6, more seeds will pop, FAE twice a day, the heat pad for the tub is now off and natural climate of my home maintains the 70f 00:40 February, keep the system the same, humidity at 99% misting when needed, temps around 70f, lighting 18/6, more seeds will pop, FAE twice a day but leave lid off for about 15 mins each time to allow the FAE and to start the acclimatisation process, if they wilt and dry up a bit they are not ready yet, lid back on and back to previous FAE 01:08 March, the system is adapting, humidity at 80% misting when needed still at 10% nutrients strength, temps around 70f, lighting 18/6, more seeds may still pop, FAE thrice a day but leave lid off for about 30 mins each time to allow the FAE and to start the acclimatisation process, if they wilt and dry up a bit they are not ready yet, lid back on and back to previous FAE, sneak peak that it is all done in a little tiny space, if need be. 01:45 April, They have now adapted to the lid off in daylight, but still in the vermiculite for high humidity and the lid on at nights to balance the micro-climate, mid April i transplant out into a medium draining substrate, at the time i only had some old spent compost, it didn't need nutrients just decent drainage, they need out of high moisture at this point but are not ready for arid life of sharp sand soon to come, for me the sun is coming back after winter at this point and i'm slowly adapting the tubs to daylight instead of the 55k tube, dappled sunlight is best 02:10 May, They are adapting nicely to dryer conditions now, this is teased into them by delaying the misting of nutrient solution (10%) and allowing a dry spell between watering, some die and some get stronger, it's a game of numbers here, the more you planted the more you will have get through it 02:30 June, The survivors are plumping up, misting of nutrients at 20% with good dry spells between encouraging good root development, essential, they will look a little withered just before you water again, this is best, they are using a little of internal water and food reserves to grow organic matter in roots to look for moisture, this is how adult cacti thrive, they are on full natural light now, dappled sunlight is best. 02:50 July, fatter and fatter, same process as June for for the grower, dry spells get longer. 03:15 August, more of the same behaviour as July, a penny dropped in the movie for scale, had an overcast week and had to get a t5 tube out 04:20 September, the final transplanting en mass, into sharp sand, this is really course sand washed of fine silt, enables maximum drainage and ease of root growth chasing that drainage, mist and dry spells as before. 05:00 October sees serious weight put on and true peyote characteristics starting to show, dry spells get longer, misting with 25% strength nutrients, i'm supplement the end of daylight with a T5 as natural light hours per day not enough where i live, i still want 18/6 06:10 November, Lovely little Peyotes everywhere now and it's very visually pleasing, the rewards of a year of commitment staring right back at you, double and triple headed beauties here and there too, for the grower same behaviour as October, for me more light needed from tubes as my natural light is below 11hrs a day 07:00 December, same as November for grower behaviour but the eye candy rewards have swollen immensely, very pleasing time 07:20 End card links, thanks for watching.