Time of flowering and harvesting

Flowering starts in the first week of October and continues upto the first week of November. The plucking of flowers is usually done by hand in the morning. The plucking flowers are fully dried in the sun for 3-4 days. After the flowers have fully dried, the three long stigmas are picked up by hand. The upper portion of the stigma which is red-orange in colour is the shahi saffron. The lower portion of the style is also taken out and it is the saffron of inferior quality and is called mogra.

Yield

An average yield of about 2.5 kg/ha of dried saffron is obtained.