How I Grow The Worlds Most Expensive Spice at Home Saffron Crocus

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How to grow Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world. Planting Saffron Corms (bulbs), harvesting, drying, Saffron is the most expensive spice for good reason, but growing your own saffron and processing enough for a years supply is pretty easy. • Support on / skillcult has been critical in keeping me experimenting and making content. If you want to help me help others, this is probably the best way to do it. Thank you Patrons for supporting the mission! • Donations can also be sent via PayPal @: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Skill... • Buy less, but buy it through my links! Shopping through my affiliate links generates revenue for me, at no extra cost to you, click links here, or go to my Amazon Store page: http://skillcult.com/amazon-store/ But seriously, buy less, do more. • Standard gear I recommend. I either use or have used all of it. • Council Tool Boys Axe: https://amzn.to/3z0muqI • Bahco Farmer's File: https://amzn.to/3Hbdhij • King two sided sharpening stone: https://amzn.to/32EX1XC • Silky f180 saw: https://amzn.to/3yZzM71 • ARS 10 foot long reach pruner: https://amzn.to/3esETmM • Victorinox grafting/floral knife: https://amzn.to/3Jki1E9 • Wiebe 12” fleshing tool: https://amzn.to/3sB0qSl • Atlas Elbow Gloves: https://amzn.to/3FwB5g6 • BOOKS: • The Axe Book, by Dudley Cook: https://amzn.to/32kx7sN • Bushcraft, by Mors Kochanski: https://amzn.to/32q2rpT • Subscribe to my channel for more insightful Self Reliance related content: http://www.youtube.com/skillcult/subs... Click the bell icon to be notified of new content. Subscribing doesn’t mean that much on it’s own. • Blog and website: www.skillcult.com/blog • Instagram and Facebook @SkillCult • • Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. How much does saffron cost? thousands of dollars a pound! However, it is relatively easy to grow, and since it is very potent and only a small amount is needed in cooking, it is easy to grow and process your own in your garden or homestead. Just don't try to grow saffron for profit unless you like long hours and low profits! • Saffron crocus, crocus sativa, is a small blue flower that blooms in the fall and grows during the winter. Each flower contains only 3 small red saffron threads, which are the female pollen receptacles. The threads are plucked by hand and dried to make the spice saffron, which is also used to dye cloth and give food a yellow color. It has a distinctive flavor as well as being used for traditional medicine. It is used to treat cancer and cardiovascular disease and depression. • Saffron is a corm, not a bulb. To properly plant saffron, the corms are planted in the early fall or late summer. They are eaten by gophers, voles, squirrels and other rodents. Planting in raised containers or wire lined beds can help deter rodents. After the flowers bloom, they will grow through the winter gathering energy for the following year's bloom. Growing your own saffron is easy. The corms are not the cheapest, but they multiply exponentially, so if you buy just 20 to 40, you'll have a lot of plants soon enough. A bed about 4 x 6 is a good size to shoot for if you are a moderate user. The corms should be divided every few years. They reproduce quickly by dividing underground. • Most saffron is grown in the middle east and Mediterranean, like Iran, Afghanistan and Spain but the plant is fairly widely adapted and cold tolerant. • See also the National Geographic Article, The Secret History of the Worlds Priciest Spice

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