Life hacking for the gardener: how to store carrots in the cellar in the winter in sugar bags

Autumn is the time of harvest. But harvesting is not enough, you still need to be able to correctly save it, because under the wrong storage conditions the carrots will quickly lose their excellent qualities - the color and aroma will become dry and tasteless.

The easiest and most convenient way to store carrots is to put the vegetable in the bags. Next, tell about the beneficial properties of the root.

Recommendations that will help to keep your stocks longer: how to prepare the vegetable for storage, how to prevent it from rotting, how to put it in sugar bags. As well as possible difficulties that may arise during storage.

Useful properties of the plant

Carrots are a herbaceous biennial from the celery family. In the first year of life edible roots are formed. In the second year - the seeds appear. This is a very tasty and healthy vegetable, beloved by all gardeners. Her roots contain a large amount of vitamin A. Carrots can be useful for a number of ailments:

• with anemia;
• with bronchitis and asthma;
• in cardiovascular diseases;
• wound healing;
• while weakening the vision.

This vegetable acts on the body as an antiseptic, demineralizing, anthelmintic, analgesic, choleretic, expectorant, antisclerosis. It also has a stimulating effect on the functioning of the gastrointestinal gland.

Rules that will help preserve the harvest

A carrot can be stored for a long time, but before it is put into storage it is necessary to follow some simple rules:

1. Carrots must be dense and healthy, free from damage, rotten patches or mold, since even one spoiled root vegetable during storage can infect all other vegetables.
2. If the harvest was carried out in wet weather, then the carrot must be slightly dried before laying, it will not allow the formation of mold.
3. Do not delay with the laying of root crops. From the moment the crop is harvested to the time it is placed in storage, no more than a day should pass.

Is it possible to prevent rotting?

Carrots, as shown, can be stored in sugar bags. But it should be remembered that vegetables during storage emit a small amount of carbon dioxide. If you close the bags completely deaf and put them in close proximity, carbon dioxide will start the process of rotting and this will spoil all the vegetables.

Practical recommendations

It is very easy to store root vegetables in sugar bags. You just need to make a few small holes to release carbon dioxide, or put the bags in an upright position and not tightly tie. Also For better preservation, vegetables can be sprinkled with moisture-absorbing materials:

• chalk;
• sawdust;
• wood ash.

Pros:

1. Simple and convenient method.
2. Compactness.
3. In comparison with other methods of storage less germinated root crops are formed.

Minuses:

1. Bags of vegetables require periodic ventilation, so that the carrots dry out and accumulate moisture, leading to rotting.
2. Root vegetables in bags are in very close proximity, which contributes to the formation of rot and its rapid spread.

How to prepare the vegetables for storage in the basement for the winter?

What you need to have:

• Well ventilated and dry place for drying root crops. This is best done in the open air outside, but in shelter from direct sunlight.
• Bags for storing vegetables in storage.
• If many root crops have damaged areas, a saturated solution of potassium permanganate will be needed for disinfection.

Important! Carrots for bookmarks should be quite ripe. Unripe fruits will be poorly stored, they will have an unpleasant taste and too hard. In overripe carrots, the sugar content is too high to entice pests.

Storage Preparation:

1. Pull the tubers out of the ground with great care. Or dig them out, trying not to hurt the roots.
2. If the weather is dry, then it is easy enough to shake a tuber, so that extra earth fell off of it. If the tubers are wet and very dirty, then the carrots should be washed with warm water.
3. Cut the tops. First, cut it at 2 cm from the tuber. Then cut the top of the carrot and the tops of another 1.5-2 cm.
4. Dry the vegetables, spreading them in a single layer in place to dry.
5. Tubers with rot or other damage process a saturated solution of manganese dark purple.

Detailed instructions for laying root vegetables in packaging for granulated sugar

To store carrots in sugar bags in the basement, follow the instructions below:

1. Take a clean bag of sugar from a capacity of 5 to 30 kg.
2. Fill them with clean, dried carrots for about 2/3.
3. Do not tie tightly; air must flow for ventilation.
4. Put the bags of fruit vertically, not too close to each other.
5. Place the harvest for the winter in the basement or cellar.
6. If the basement is high humidity, the roots can be pre-sprinkled with finely grated chalk, because it absorbs moisture well and will not allow the process of rotting to begin.
7. Periodically check the contents of the bags for condensation. If it appears, completely untie the container before drying, after which the bags are again tightly tied.
8. When finding a vegetable in the basement, the shelf life will be about 6 months.

Possible problems

During storage, the following problems may occur.:

• Mechanical damage to the lower layer of root vegetables in the bag with the upper layer.
• The accumulation of condensate at the bottom of the bag and, as a result, the rotting of the bottom layer of carrots.
• Rapid spread of rot within one bag.

Recommendation. To avoid these troubles, several additional holes can be made in the bags, through which excess moisture will evaporate.

Also, many experienced gardeners sprinkle carrots with wood ash or sawdust to disinfect and prevent the spread of rot, if a damaged root vegetable is suddenly in the bag.

Conclusion

Harvest carrots can be saved for the winter, so that it remains fresh, juicy and tasty. And the most simple, and affordable storage is the placement of root crops in sugar bags in the basement. It does not require much effort and is very effective. And you will always have on hand a tasty and healthy vegetable at any time of the year.

Watch the video: How To Store Potatoes (April 2024).