Indore couple cultivating safforn at home
Indore couple cultivating safforn at home
Fifty-eight-year-old science graduate Anil Jaiswal of Indore pursued his passion for innovative farming and replicated Kashmir valley's climate in his 320 sq ft room to cultivate one of the world's most expensive saffron spice through the aeroponics method. Aeroponics is a method to grow plants without soil
Anil Jaiswal, who grew saffron in the second-floor room of his house through the 'aeroponics' method, or one in which soil is not used,"I had gone to Kashmir with my family a few years ago and felt inspired after seeing saffron fields in Pampore.
The idea was to replicate the climate of Kashmir, said Jaiswal, whose second-floor room is now the cynosure of all eyes because of the beautiful purple saffron flowers
