[Sca-cooks] Saffron in Ireland

[Finne Boonen]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:32:00 -0400, Alex Clark
<alexbclark at pennswoods.net> wrote:
> 
> At 11:51 AM 6/22/2004 -0400, Johnnae llyn Lewis wrote:
> >There's no reason it couldn't have been
> >grown in Ireland as regards climate. [Ireland grows a surprising number
> >of  almost  tropical plants
> >in gardens, including a number not grown in England.]
> 
> I have read that saffron requires a dry summer, during which it is dormant.
> I don't know that this information is entirely correct, but if it is then
> Ireland would not be a good place to grow saffron.

indeed, the warm seathingie that passes it on certain sides of the
island would also have been present during colder spells btw.

Finne
(trying to return something for the help for my bday)