more ears

new silks continue to emerge and ears continue in irruption out back...the series of photos from top to bottom show different views of the ears' morphology from those still inside the stem ( top ) to the fully emerged ear with a seed just visible at the bottom of the ear...i count a total of nine ears this evening and, with the tillers on the large plant all flowering, i am hoping for more before the weather shuts the plants down...if there is time this weekend i will be beginning to test the viability of the teosinte seed i have to determine which to attempt to use in "naturalizing' seed this autumn and in an early spring planting...if any germinate there will be growth under the lights as well with the possibility ( although i won't hold my breath on this one...teosinte and indoors seem mutually exclusive to one another...this is not your mother's houseplant ) of a ( carefully ) managed indoor season...the aim is to produce more ears and some potted plants outdoors that can be "finished" indoors next autumn...we'll see what comes up.