the pioneer Zea diploperennis did alright in its first twenty-four hours so yesterday i brought up a Zea perennis...afterwards i went back into the basement and put three more Zea diploperennis and two more Zea perennis into peat pots and left them on the heat mat for another twenty-four hours to adjust to their new habitat...this morning i brought them all up and put five more Zea diploperennis in peat pots to bring up tomorrow...sothere's movement towards eventually transplanting some to the garden and some to the biggest pots i can find to grow here at home and , hopefully, get them to seed...i colored some toothpicks with markers to differentiate the different strains ( red-Zea perennis, blue=Zea diploperennis, green= Zea mexicana, and yellow=northern tepehuan) once i get them out of the peat pellets...turning the growlight off at night has the Zea mexicana and the northern tephuan growing at a much slower and proportionate rate...my hope is that the stem diameter on the ones that grew so quickly will catch up to their hight...if there's a problem i still have quite a few seeds ( the majority of the ones i put into cook germinated, except the stubborn Zea mexicana...i am still working on that strain) and can start over using what knowledge i've gained form the first round to try and do a better job....here's hoping that won't be necessary
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