alfalfa and teosinte

every alfalfa plant ( top photo ) i looked at had two true leaves this morning..so twenty-one days in we are moving along nicely towards plants that can overwinter...this is good news for the community garden as well...the bottom four photos are of teosinte silks and the ears they are attached to...i count five ears now..all on the smaller mature plants...there's a bit more on that in the next post...five ears is far better than no ears, but it is along way from last year's bonanza of production by the "wild an weedy" ancestor...i am looking for seed...i have seed left from last year that should still be viable and there is even more left from the massive amount i purchased in 2012...that seed's viability is a question for me...although buffalobird woman does say that her people set aside a store of seed to ensure two consecutive planting in case one year's crop should fail...if the domesticate can retain viability for two years, why not the ancestor? we may be forced to find out if native seed search is having issues.