Cultivation of saffron by aeroponic method in Tangestan city
Hamzeh Abbasi-Pour Bahrani stated:
In Gorkat area of Tangestan city of Bushehr province, saffron cultivation was carried out by aeroponic method in closed
space at the rate of 140 kg of saffron onion.
Director of Tangestan Jihad-e-Agriculture, stating that one of the methods of saffron cultivation is aeroponic cultivation or aeration, added:
in this method, moisture is used instead of water and soil and there is no need to prepare special pots and replace
them and all stages of plant nutrition only through The humidity of the environment is done and the onions
do not have any direct contact with water.
He said:
One of the biggest advantages of this method is the use of maximum space and area under cultivation due to its class and high crop density
and the amount of production will increase significantly,
which is about seven times more than traditional cultivation and product quality is better.
The probability of pests and diseases entering saffron from the soil is zero.
In this method, which takes about four months, one to two kilograms of large saffron bulbs can be harvested,
equivalent to one to two kilograms of saffron.
Abbasipour Bahrani reminded: saffron cultivation has a high value for the country so that by cultivating it, value is added and a high profit from its export is given to the producer.
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