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Production forecast of 6 tons of saffron in Sabzevar city

The director of Sabzevar Agricultural Jihad announced the production forecast of 6 tons of saffron in this city.

Mohammad Javad Izadian, referring to 1500 hectares of cultivated area of this crop in this city, added:
with an average yield of 4 kg per hectare, it is predicted that 6 tons of saffron will be harvested.

He announced a 20 percent increase in production compared to last year, citing the proper distribution of last year’s rainfall.

Referring to the suitable cold and warm weather at the beginning of the autumn season this year, Izadian said:
This delayed the flowering of saffron by about 10 days.

Morteza Saeedi Shahri, the head of horticulture of Sabzevar Agricultural Jihad Plant Production Department, also stated:
with the ideal planting of saffron and observing technical points and suitable climatic conditions,
the average yield of this product can be increased up to at least 6 kg per hectare.

To strengthen the bulbs and increase the average yield of this crop next year, he advised saffron growers to use 50 to 100 kg of nitrogen fertilizer per hectare twice at the same time with the second irrigation in the fields.

Saeedi Shahri pointed out:
They should also spray saffron fields several times with suitable micronutrients until the first half of March.