Saffron

The importance and usage of saffron

 

The importance of saffron cultivation:

·         Saffron needs water at the right time

·         One time of planting gives 5 to 6 years of crops and every year it is not necessary to prepare the land, seeds, and seeds

·         If its cultivation expands, the job field will be favorable for unemployed people

·         It does not need closed and heavy agricultural machinery

·         The work of collecting saffron flowers is simple and easy, and all members of the farmer's family (men, women and youths) can participate in saffron cultivation

·         The working time of saffron is when farmers are unemployed. (Other agricultural products are harvested in this season and farmers are more unemployed)

·         In the most areas with water quantity is low; the income of saffron is higher than other crops

·         It has a good market for selling, as long as its production increases, it has a market

Uses of saffron

Although there are many uses of saffron, the following three destinations can be briefly mentioned:

1.       Saffron is used as a spice, color and aroma to food. Its beautiful color and taste make people hungry and encourage people with low appetite to eat.

2.       Saffron is used as an important herbal medicine to cleanse the face, strengthen the liver, invigorate, wash the bladder, induce sleep, strengthen the heart and liver, and prevent eye irritation, shortness of breath, headache and earache.

3.       The beautiful color of saffron is used in the industry as a dye for silk and cotton fabrics, and saffron is also used in the perfumery and cosmetic industry.

Note: Eating a lot of saffron is poisonous and it may cause miscarriage in pregnant women. An adult can use 3 grams of saffron per month.

The life cycle of the saffron plant

Saffron is one of the plants whose flowering period coincides with the autumn season and the life or growth period of this plant is started by giving an irrigation at the end of the autumn and the first part of saffron; It is a flower that blooms from the stem and then saffron leaves gradually appear, and during the development period of saffron, other saffron onions are produced from the saffron mother’s onion, and the mother onion disappears until the end of the development period and is replaced by the same new onions. which is produced from the mother onion is established, the saffron leaves grow and develop until the end of March month, and after April, the growth and development of the leaves stops, and gradually the saffron leaves turn yellow and dry, and the saffron goes into a state of stagnation (summer sleep). Since the end of April, there are no more vegetables in the saffron field, and animals should not roam over the saffron field, or anything should be thrown on the ground, and water should not reach the saffron field from the middle of April, as there is a possibility of spoiling the saffron onions.