ancestral dna

the teosinte out back is coming along well so far...

flowers have been emerging over the last week or so...

and this afternoon i noticed silks for the first time this season...if everything holds together this bodes well for some ears and, with any luck, replication of ancestral dna through viable seed...i have a store of frozen seed from past years and i am considering mixing some in with this years crop next season in a larger planting to try and foster more genetic diveristy in the seed...we need to get through this season first however so we can put that thought aside until say march 2024 or so...and who knows what may happen before then?