Ukraine: In Transcarpathia, farmers harvest saffron

The collection of saffron, from the stamens of which an elite spice is made, has started in Transcarpathia. Report Details. “Three years ago we planted saffron flowers near the house, then planted a field between the mountains. It grew by 70 hundredths. We can collect 7 kg or 14-15 thousand flowers from this plantation, ”said farmer Andy Mazyuta. According to him, the most valuable thing in a flower is the stamen. It should be cut off so that there are no tails. The work is quite painstaking, it takes 2-3 hours to process 200 flowers. From them 1 g of spice which cost 200 UAH turns ...