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Hi all, have a lot of carrots all ready to lift now. This year they seem to have grown much quicker and better than last year, must be the warmer weather. If I leave them in the ground, they will get much too big and inedible (as did happen to some of mine last year), so am going to have to lift them. But as we still have several weeks or even months of warm weather left to come, I am really not sure how to store them. They won't all fit in my fridge! Any suggestions on the best way?
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Carrots shouldn't get inedible if left, seems odd. I leave mine in the ground all winter, only ever pulling what I need as I find they store by far the best in the ground. You can store them in tears of sand etc but I don't have the space.
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Hi Alison, if you leave them in the ground when it's still warm, like now, then they will just keep growing. They become monsters and many of them become very woody. They are then really inedible as they remain hard and fibrous however much you cook them. I really have to lift them as many of them are already pretty big, but the advice is always to keep them cool and that's rather difficult in the summer. So wondered what other people did. Maybe other people just eat a lot of carrots.....Comment
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I think maybe its time to change the variety of carrots you grow.? Carrots loose there sweetness and flavour soon after they are picked. I agree with Alison and mine stay in the ground all winter and have that 'fresh pulled' taste when I just pull enough for a single meal.
I've tried storing them in sand and in peat but none have the taste of a fresh pulled carrot, cooked within an hour of harvesting.
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I store mine in slightly damp sand in and old fish box for early summer crops. They keep almost as good as new but do of course loose a bit of the sweet fresh picked taste. Also if i store them for too long they seem to get a bit too much of an earthy taste like they are absorbing the flavor of the sand.Comment
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I stored in a big box of wood shavings/sawdust last year. Worked fine...Comment
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