Topic: Saffron season is go!

[sparrow]

First flower this morning - much earlier than last year. Come rain, come shine, this means daily morning visits to the plot till they are done...

[Jayb]

Well done, a pretty treat too!
I only managed to keep mine going for a couple of years, couldn't keep them growing well enough and they just kinda fizzled out.

[sparrow]

Am determined to try and keep them. They get a top dressing of rotted manure & a nettle & comfrey feed as soon as they have finished flowering to try and build the new corms for next year.

I just hope that the drainage is ok. And mice don't find them. I've been advised to bury some fine metal mesh to stop the pesky varmints from digging them up.

[pumkinlover]

Are you drying it?
I have never got mine to flower so lovely to see yours

[sparrow]

Yes, each picking is kept between 2 sheets of kitchen roll till it's properly dried out. Last year's tasted amazing and this year there is a whole lot more. Am very pleased!