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brownthumb2

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saffron
« on: October 13, 2017, 08:01:55 »
 My friend has saffron crocus  flowering in his new garden well I think they are as flowering now and all purple  /pale blue  and he has said I can use for saffron  how would I go about harvesting  them there are loads  in the borders

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Re: saffron
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2017, 08:40:57 »
Tweezers to extract the stigmas and styles but leave the flower in place and then you dry them.
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