Not necessarily in the money …
The Wrigglers #gardening #cartoon looks the Saffron Crocus this week. The reason it’s expensive is that harvesting is labour intensive. The plant only grows three Saffron stigmas, and it takes 70,000 plants to grow 1lb of Saffron.
Not sure there’s a pot big enough.
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How to Grow saffron with Gardener’s World
An article on this: https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-saffron/
English Saffron
David Smale re-introduced Saffron back into Essex in 2000. Giving its name to Saffron Walden, saffron was a big earner in this area way back in the 16th and 17th centuries. Discover more here:
https://www.englishsaffron.co.uk/
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