basement potatoes

unlike the winter wheat in the iuncg ( or what's planted in the ground in my back yard for that matter ) the containerized winter wheat is showing serious signs of dormancy...fall planting was seriously disrupted last year and i didn't grow any wheat this season, but the year before all the wheat, in beds or containers, stayed active all winter...so this is different...down in the basement in the meantime the potatoes are shedding their bottom leaves as they develop new growth...i had to raise the lights a few inches yesterday as the taller plants were touching the bulbs...so we have growth and that is pleasing...the teosinte is still green and still has seventeen ears...how long its season can be extended in artificial light is anybody's guess ( although if i wrote mary eubanks a polite enough email i bet she'd tell me...for someone who has no clue who i am she has repeatedly been more than helpful and generous with her time and information )...so far we are doing well downstairs..hopes are high.