Saffron Crocus Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

Crocus sativus

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• Planting Saffron Crocus Corms: Depth, Spacing and Drainage
• Saffron Crocus Care: Winter Leaves, Feeding and When to Stop Watering
• Harvesting Saffron: Picking the Three Red Stigmas and Drying Them
• Saffron Crocus Growing Calendar: A Year That Runs Backwards
• Saffron Crocus Problems: Corm Rot, No Flowers, Rodents and Pests
• Saffron Summer Dormancy: Why the Corms Need a Hot Dry Rest

Pests and diseases (0)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.