Original: A pound of dry saffron requires 50,000 -- 75,000 flowers , the equivalent of a football field 's area of cultivation ( 110,000-170 ,000 flowers or two football fields for a kilogram ) ... Some forty hours of labour are needed to pick 150,000 flowers .
Simplified: These flowers would need about a football field 's area of cultivation ... Some forty hours of labour are needed to pick 150,000 flowers .