Original: A pound (454 grams) of dry saffron requires 50,000 â "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).
Simplified: A pound of dry saffron (0.45 kg) requires 50,000 â "75,000 flowers. These flowers would need about a football field's area of cultivation.