The best conditions for organic iranian saffron

The best conditions for organic iranian saffron

Saffron plant growth conditions :

Saffron is the most arid regions of the world and is cultivated in hot and dry summer .

Saffron is a plant that grows at altitudes of 1,300 to 2,300 meters above sea level and experiences in areas with less than 2,000 meters in elevation than the flowers .

The best conditions for the plants 11 hours of light during the day.

Conditions are suitable for growing in areas that are 300 to 400 mm of rainfall .

the plant vegetation saffron is resistant to 20 degrees below zero, but can be resistance and freezing rain flowering time for the plant, and it is inappropriate and due to the cultivation of the plant in the north of Iran is not possible. Even in areas such as hot and humid Khozestan also planting the plant may not be appropriate and planting in a sunny areas in a way that is not cold winds.

fertilizers organizing saffron: saffron during the period of growth that several times the need for fertilizers, which is the first time before planting it got to 15 to 22 tons per hectare from animal manure, organic iranian saffron since the Second fertilizers got 50 kg and fertilizers phosphorus 50 kilograms per hectare added to the ground. Flowering crocus period in Iran between 15 and 20 days after the first irrigation with regard to the temperatures ‌ with two to three weeks of its goals are growing.

proper land for growing saffron:

organic iranian saffron bulbs relatively long life and its lifetime between 5 to 7 years and soil the plant a light soil or a combination of sand  organic iranian saffron clay to its onions Food material can provide opposite and regional conditions.

to plant growth and saffron saffron with the quality of high quality and drainage land that without tree and soil (Iommi, clay, sand and lime)and that its ‌PH‌ between7- 8 ground is the enthusiasm, wet and acidic. ”