Oilseed

Safflower

📍 Pakistan

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

Sow Harvest

Sow

Oct – Nov

Harvest

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Growing period

Varies

Seeding rate

20 - 25 kg/ha

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Harvest — this part of the plant

Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .

Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .

Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.

Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.

Where Safflower grows in Pakistan

other

31°21′52″N 72°59′40″E / 31.36444. Central punjab is rich in agricultural practices and a good part of economy depends on agriculture.

other

dry arid

This covers the Salt Range and the Potwar Plateau. The climate of this zone is semi-arid with hot summers.