teosinte news...

...and the news is encouraging...the one store bought seed from 2013 that germinated is coming along well and will get out into the light this week...its six compatriots seem to be inert...which i was wondering about until i opened up the baggie of indoor seeds i soaked and put in to germinate last monday...there is a teosinte plant germinated from a seed from my back yard downstairs under the lights...the sole representative of a second generation from homegrown seeds until now...four of the seeds from the plants in the basement have germinated and they are a mix of light and dark seeds to boot...no differentiating viable seed by color...that does not seem to be a factor...i moved these seeds to a warmer climate than the basement and it seems to have had an effect...so with a bit of luck and patience my seed ears will produce at least five second generation plants...nothing tremendously unique in that...but not a bad showing for a semi-tropical grass in northwest indiana...more as they move along.