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Cumin vs Saffron

Both are Spice. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Cumin Saffron

Measure Cumin Saffron
Season Rabi Rabi
Sowing window Nov–Dec Aug–Sep
Days to harvest 100–120 90–110
Spacing 30 × 10 cm 20 × 10 cm
Soil pH 6.8–8.3 6.0–8.0
Water 250–350 300–450
Temperature °C 15–25 10–22
Seed rate 12–15 kg 6–8 t corms
Yield 0.6–0.8 t 3–5 kg
Watch for Wilt, blight, aphid Corm rot, mite

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