How Saffron, a Precious Import, Became an American Cash Crop
It’s hard work to harvest, but a growing cadre of small farmers and home gardeners are cultivating the spice for profit, or ...
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How to Plant and Grow Saffron
It is leafless with star-shaped, lavender-pink to lilac-pink flowers. Saffron crocus is hardy in USDA Hardiness Zones 5-9.
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The problem for the world’s most expensive spice
the city at the heart of Iran's saffron growing region. After years hampered by American sanctions, which meant a lot of Iranian saffron ended up exported in bulk to be repackaged and sold as ...
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Why real saffron is so expensive
And it can take 40 hours of hard manual labor to produce just 1 kilogram of high-quality saffron. Growing the plants isn't exactly easy either. David Smale: They're actually called corms ...
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Mistakes Commonly Made When Growing Saffron At Home
Saffron, while it's fairly hardy in hardiness zones 5 to 8, has specific climate needs that must be met for successful cultivation. It thrives in regions with hot, dry summers and cold winters.