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 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…