Another aspect to take into account is the indosynchrasy of the plant, its elements and its form of flowering, the flowering season occurs from less to more, reaching a central point called "the flowering", this is the peak moment that It lasts about five days, it is when all the cultivated bulbs give flowers at the same time, once the flowering period has passed, the flower production is detrimental until it stops coming out.
The normal thing is that the first four or five days the flowers appear without the leaf yet, the leaf of the plant is called "espartillo" and is very hard, even breaking it by hand is quite difficult, this aspect is important to assess the viability of a machine because the leaf must remain healthy since it is vital for the plant and will continue growing until April.
On the other hand, the flowers are more fragile than wire grass, at the point of morning, when the light of dawn shows, they have already been born, they are closed "in a cocoon" and they last a couple of hours, facilitating the collection since when they are open, they are taller, but it is more difficult to collect them if the wire grass is present.
If it rains or the flowers are left unpicked for a day, we will find them expired and on the ground. This aspect is important for mechanization and also for the quality of the saffron since the less the saffron brin is subjected to the sun and insects. , the better quality it will be.
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