![]() He immediately fertilized the plants, and will continue to do so every day. ![]() The waters had swept away the flowers’ purple blossoms, but most of the bulbs were still in the ground and were already re-sprouting. 5), he was shocked to discover that his saffron flowers were much tougher than he thought. He was crushed when he thought all that hard work was washed away after catastrophic flooding hit the Sumas Prairie starting in mid-November.īut when the floodwaters receded enough for Dhillon to walk his farmland on Sunday (Dec. (Submitted photo)Ībbotsford farmer Avtar Dhillon spent almost five years experimenting with various methods to grow the flower that produces saffron – the world’s most expensive spice – before hitting success this year. A tractor is buried in water on Avtar Dhillon’s blueberry and saffron farm on Sumas Prairie after major flooding hit the area in mid-November.
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