#crop research

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[tattooed-alchemist]

New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Ltd A Crown Research Institute

A four-page PDF, analyzing the potential for saffron farming in New Zealand, and it has some great info about growing saffron in general.  This was the piece I was looking for which talked about corms.

“Corm size has a significant effect on the production of daughter corms  and on the production of flowers and the yield of saffron.  The larger the mother corm, the more daughter corms will be produced in the annual cycle, which increases the potential for higher yields in subsequent years.  Our research shows each original mother corm, above 30 g, produced an average of six new corms (in the second year), while the mother itself decayed.  In the third year, the total mean corm number had risen to 22 new corms from each original mother corm, while in the fourth year that total had risen to 65. The weight of corms produced is also affected by the weight of the original mother corm.  When the original mother corm is above 30 g, the total weight of replacement corms doubles in the second season, is 10 times heavier than the original in year three, and in year four is about 16 times heavier.”...

“Corm size has a large effect on the production of flowers per corm. Large corms (>45 g) can produce up to 12 flowers per corm, while more average sized corms (20-30 g) produce six flowers per corm.”

I have never weighed my corms, but in a few years when I dig them up again, I will.  My corms were in the ground for four years before I dug and replanted, 20 went in initially, 130 came out, which is about a half dozen for each original mother.  But my initial corms were small, I know that now, and that’s what I gave away when I replanted, the small stuff.  That what most growers sell when they sell corms too.

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Everyone Wants More Time, Few Can Create It

Everyone Wants More Time, Few Can Create It

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The coolest onboarding crew a girl could ask for, checking out a @oneacrefund agriculture research station in Bungoma #maizeforlyfe #inthefield #onboarding