The legendary saffron can also be planted in pots, the small purple flowers are very beautiful, and the stamens can be soaked in water to drink
Saffron belongs to a small bulbous plant, also called saffron in our Shandong region, in fact, these two plants are one, a few years ago the market hype is very hot saffron, in fact, it is the stamen of saffron, the petals will reveal a few red stamens after opening, these stamens can be soaked in water and drunk.
Small bulbous plants, whether it is in the north and south can be potted maintenance, but the northern region must be moved to the home in winter, outdoor winter will inevitably be frozen to death, now there are many friends to plant saffron in pots, as an ordinary flowering plant to watch, the cost performance is still very high, because saffron will bloom every year, the survival rate of planting is very high.
The saffron bulbs sold on the market, the price is about 10~20 yuan can be bought, just can plant a flower pot, bury the saffron bulbs into the pot and water it, probably wait until September and October to bloom, the petals of saffron are lavender, the petals give people a feeling or very elegant, the blooming petals must be picked in time when the red stamens appear.
The price of saffron stamens on the mainland market is still very expensive, and it is often sold according to customers, but when it comes to saffron, many people will think that saffron mainly grows in Tibet, but in fact it is not Tibet, and there is no saffron, the main distribution area of saffron is in the inland of the mainland, and Central China is the main production area of saffron.
For example, Anhui, Henan, Hebei in the mainland are the main production areas of saffron, especially in Anhui Province, saffron has become a local economic crop, merchants will sell saffron as a horticultural flower, and then pick red stamens when it blooms, and the collected stamens can be sold on the market after drying.
Grow saffron at home, now you can buy bulbs from the Internet this season, prepare the flower soil, bury the bulbs of saffron in the soil, cover the soil with water, the survival rate can reach at least 90%, bulbous plants are relatively easy to get started in the process of planting, at least there are no problems in the planting process, about the later maintenance is to bask in the sun and water.