Saffron in Egypt
Tim Eck via pbs (Fri, 03 Jul 2020 08:26:36 PDT)

That's a good question. I have to assume it is a different strain but even
the Pennsylvania Dutch strain may not require much winter chilling since
that is its growth period. I'm reasonably certain all strains would prefer
a winter night temperature of 40-50 F in Egypt to an occasional 0 F in my
area. And I assume the PA Dutch variety is as summer wet tolerant as they
come since we can have VERY wet years here.
tim

On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 9:52 AM Shawn Pollard via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

Greetings!

I understand that saffron is also grown commercially in Egypt under
largely frost-free conditions. Does anyone have any knowledge of that? Is
a different strain that requires no winter chilling and withstands extreme
heat during its dormancy, or the same one as everywhere else?

Shawn Pollard
Yuma, AZ
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