Comments on: The Saffron Experiment: One Year, New Sprouts http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/ cooking, gardening & four hungry guys Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:49:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Andrea http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/#comment-9062 Andrea Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:13:43 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=1121#comment-9062 Maria, that's great! Thanks for sharing your success with us. According to an article on the <a href="http://www.tarvandsaffron.com/saffron.htm" rel="nofollow">Tarvand Saffron Company website</a>, the stigmas should be harvested when the flowers are 15 to 20 days old (if I read the directions correctly). Maria, that’s great! Thanks for sharing your success with us. According to an article on the Tarvand Saffron Company website, the stigmas should be harvested when the flowers are 15 to 20 days old (if I read the directions correctly).

]]> By: maria http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/#comment-9061 maria Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:31:36 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=1121#comment-9061 Hello! I am on my second year of harvest!!! Today I picked 18 stamens and I have more coming. Here in Ga. they are multiplying quickly and I am really excited. Does anyone know the best time to pick them? I have been picking early first day of bloom but wonder when the best flavor requiers waiting a bit longer. Maria Hello!

I am on my second year of harvest!!! Today I picked 18 stamens and I have more coming. Here in Ga. they are multiplying quickly and I am really excited. Does anyone know the best time to pick them? I have been picking early first day of bloom but wonder when the best flavor requiers waiting a bit longer.

Maria

]]> By: Andrea http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/#comment-8979 Andrea Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:15:20 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=1121#comment-8979 Oh Claire, it seems I missed the deadline. Hopefully the next one! Olga, for some things I can be very patient. :-) Nate, saffron comes from one particular type of crocus, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus_sativus" rel="nofollow">crocus sativus</a>, which must be planted in the fall and takes one full year before it flowers and produces the three red stigmas. Oh Claire, it seems I missed the deadline. Hopefully the next one!

Olga, for some things I can be very patient. :-)

Nate, saffron comes from one particular type of crocus, the crocus sativus, which must be planted in the fall and takes one full year before it flowers and produces the three red stigmas.

]]> By: Nate http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/#comment-8978 Nate Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:15:08 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=1121#comment-8978 We planted crocuses in our yard. Never thought to pick the stamens for saffron. Does it have to be a certain type of saffron, or will any kind work? We planted crocuses in our yard. Never thought to pick the stamens for saffron. Does it have to be a certain type of saffron, or will any kind work?

]]> By: Olga http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/#comment-8977 Olga Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:27:40 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=1121#comment-8977 wow, you must be a very patient person :) wow, you must be a very patient person :)

]]> By: Claire http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/#comment-8974 Claire Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:49:29 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=1121#comment-8974 That's awesome, Andrea! I've had saffron on the brain this week, since we're doing a root source on it. If you have any great recipes waiting for your home-grown crop, you should submit to the challenge today: http://www.cookthink.com/blog/?p=1227 That’s awesome, Andrea! I’ve had saffron on the brain this week, since we’re doing a root source on it. If you have any great recipes waiting for your home-grown crop, you should submit to the challenge today:

http://www.cookthink.com/blog/?p=1227

]]> By: Andrea http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/#comment-8959 Andrea Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:39:06 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=1121#comment-8959 Hi D Wilson! No, this experiment does not have the nearly instant gratification of the scallions trick. I've heard that growing ginger is pretty easy, so that's next on the agenda. I have some in the kitchen now, waiting to try. Hi D Wilson! No, this experiment does not have the nearly instant gratification of the scallions trick. I’ve heard that growing ginger is pretty easy, so that’s next on the agenda. I have some in the kitchen now, waiting to try.

]]> By: D Wilson http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/#comment-8957 D Wilson Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:16:32 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=1121#comment-8957 Wow - not quite as easy as your "grow new scallions from the roots" trick. I have always wanted to grow both my own saffron (since it is SO expensive) and my own ginger. I will be watching and waiting to see how your experiment turns out. Wow – not quite as easy as your “grow new scallions from the roots” trick.

I have always wanted to grow both my own saffron (since it is SO expensive) and my own ginger. I will be watching and waiting to see how your experiment turns out.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/#comment-8952 Andrea Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:16:39 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=1121#comment-8952 Thanks Susan and DaviMack! Each flower produces 3 red stigmas, the part with the flavor, so theoretically if the experiment is a 100% success I could have 150 stigmas to work with. If they have great flavor, only a few will be needed to color and flavor a dish; if the flavor is not as vibrant, then it will take a few more. Right now the experiment is only tracking at 6% growth rate, which could give me just enough for one dish. If nothing else, the experiment will demonstrate why saffron is so expensive. :-) Thanks Susan and DaviMack! Each flower produces 3 red stigmas, the part with the flavor, so theoretically if the experiment is a 100% success I could have 150 stigmas to work with. If they have great flavor, only a few will be needed to color and flavor a dish; if the flavor is not as vibrant, then it will take a few more. Right now the experiment is only tracking at 6% growth rate, which could give me just enough for one dish. If nothing else, the experiment will demonstrate why saffron is so expensive. :-)

]]> By: DaviMack http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2008/10/11/the-saffron-experiment-one-year-new-sprouts/#comment-8950 DaviMack Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:50:00 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=1121#comment-8950 Too cool! How many stamens will you get, though? Will 50 crocuses be enough to give you much flavor at all? Too cool! How many stamens will you get, though? Will 50 crocuses be enough to give you much flavor at all?

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