The main rules for storing carrots. So they don't rot and are stored until spring

12.02.2023 02:30

We suggest you familiarize yourself with several rules for preparing carrots for the winter. They are very capricious, so you need to prepare everything carefully.

Dig up the carrots, clean off any dirt, and inspect them carefully for cracks or damage.

Carrots should be stored sorted and dry.

To make it last longer, cut off the tops and only then can you put it in the cellar.

Prepare the place where the carrots will be stored in advance. To do this, it needs to be cleared of last year's garbage and vegetables.

Carrot
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Monitor the air quality in the room. Humidity should be 90-95%, and the favorable temperature for storage should be -2..2 degrees.

Methods of storing carrots

Take wooden boxes and put carrots in them.

You can store it in pine sawdust, sprinkling it in layers with carrots.

Take the onion peel and mix it with the carrots. Then put everything in bags so that the carrots don't rot.

Mix chalk and sand, then layer the carrots, sprinkling them with this mixture.

Author: Elena Gutyro Internet resource editor