In Kashmir a big saffron growing area, they bloom inEarly November in a very dry part of the year with no irrigation Vijay Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 7, 2020, at 1:17 PM, Jose via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Sorry for the general e-mail blast, but can Carolyn Craft please contact me personally at arlen.jose@verizon.net? > > Thank You, > Fred > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of , via pbs > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2020 4:23 PM > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Cc: , <theladygardens@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Saffron > > I have successfully grown saffron in a large pot before. They were in full sun and did well. Critters got into the pot and ate the bulbs so this year I have planted again, with a wire basket over the top of the pots. Hopefully this will work and I won't loose the bulbs.Carolyn in Los Gatos CA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: EJ via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Cc: EJ <elainej@gmail.com> > Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2020 9:42 am > Subject: [pbs] Saffron > > Hi all, I followed all the good advice from very knowledgeable people here and...Yay, my saffron bulb has sprouted! (Hopefully 3 more to come.) > > It has been shaded by the top tier of a wooden bench with other potted plants above. The whole area gets bright shade and maybe a 2 -3 hours of direct sun for the plants on the top tier(potted saffron on lower shelf gets no direct sun) . > > So now I wonder, since it sprouted, do I give it more sun gradually bringing it up to full sunlight for 2-3 hours a day? > > How much water should I give? I’m in 9b, California San Francisco Bay Area, and it does get pretty dry. Drench it every —3 days? > > I am in mortal fear of the bulbs going to mush... > > Greatly appreciate the advice so far, it’s working! :-) > > Mike Mace, are you in SF Bay Area too? > > Best regards, > -Elaine Jek. > _______________________________________________ > 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/… > > > Scanned by McAfee and confirmed virus-free. > Find out more here: https://bit.ly/2zCJMrO/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/…