Saturday, October 26, 2013

expanding light

the yema de huevos potatoes weren't going to stand for any of this storage business...they were going to grow...NOW!..( when they arrived at my house they were sprouting in the box they came in and they were planted that day )...so they were planted in containers and when the weather turned brought in under the lights...a third light has been added to allow better conditions all around for the basement population...all forty-six potato plants and their attendant green manures seem well, if crowded, and, if we can come up with a workable watering schedule, it looks like it could all pan out...it would ( if my assessment of the outdoor season holds for an artificial indoor one ) mean another generation of finished tubers in january which would lead to a replanting ( and a bit of consumption this time...they are ancestors of yukon gold potatoes and i am told they are quite good )and yet another generation done in time for april planting out doors...if it comes off i will be happy, if no-one else...the indoor tesointe is well and all the plants are aphid free as near as i can discern..still green ( unlike its outdoor relative in the fifth photo ), if not exhibiting new growth and all seventeen ears are intact...the drive for mature seeds and a second generation of teosinte completely produced in northwest indiana grinds on...stay tuned for a success/failure assessment as we move forward.

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