Storing Carrots

[splatcat]

which is the best way to store carrots? I have a couple of sacks and wondered which way was best to store these, and keep them as fresh as possible before use..

[Shadylane]

Mine are stored in a box full of compost/soil and have kept fine. Snadger leaves his in the ground all winter which is fine if you don't have slug or baby centipede problems.

[Aberdeenplotter]

layer in dry sand after harvesting and keep in a cool dry but frost free place till needed, or dig a hole in the veg plot, line with straw, place the carrots on top, cover with another layer of straw then finally cover with a good thickness of soil. Open to remove carrots when needed but not on frosty days.

[Alison]

Mine have been stored in the ground all winter. I dig up enough fo the next week every weekend and they're doing fine. Although I do have a slug problem they don't seem to have bothered them - well it is winter! The only problems I've had were when they were frozen in the ground and I had to chisel them out and some of them have a bit of frost damage at the tops of them. The only protection they have had is the enviromesh which is still in place from last year and will be providing some insulation.

[Two_Sheds]

Mine are stored in a box of compost in the cold greenhouse - they have started regrowing though

[Jono]

I've left mine in the ground all winter for the first time, and they're still fine. I covered them with fleece, pinned down with tent pegs.

[Nicos]

Mine are stored in a box of slightly damp sand in the barn and keeping well.

[splatcat]

Mine are stored in a box full of compost/soil and have kept fine. Snadger leaves his in the ground all winter which is fine if you don't have slug or baby centipede problems.

Mine are stored in a box of slightly damp sand in the barn and keeping well.

so either sand or compost, as in a layer of compost, then a layer of carrots etc?

already dug them up lol, so cant really put them back

[Hilary B]

First necessity, DO NOT WASH THEM!
after that, keep them from 'sweating'.
Buried in dry compost or slightly damp sand, or a clamp, as traditionally used for potatoes. If it is only going to be a few weeks, and they are dry to handle, they will keep in a paper sack.

[Snadger]

Mine stay in the ground..............cos I is a lazy git!

[chris]

Just read a tip from the veg box scheme we get.. they said to stand brocolli up in a sturdy glass of water, in the fridge (which will stop them going limp)... and that it also works on carrots too.

Personally, I put them in a zip lock freezer bag and then in the fridge if Ive lifted them, else just in the ground (or if in growbag / sack things, I put them in the greenhouse so they don't freeze AS bad as being outside).

[newmannewy]

storing carrots ?

hi peeps,

when u guys leave the carrots in the ground. Do u cut the green leaves off them ? Or leave leafs and all on ?

cheers

[Aberdeenplotter]

Left in the ground they are just potential fodder for marauding slugs n snails. Better to freeze or store in boxes of dry sand in an airy but frost free place.

[newmannewy]

I know but thats not what I asked

If I do leave them in the ground do I need to cut the green foliage off them ?

[veggiechicken]

Surely the leaves die back when they're ready anyway? Why would you want to cut them off?