How to save the carrots and beets in the apartment (without the sand and other intricacies)

Hello!

Today I'll show a "secret" way to my girlfriend - a resident of the city, how to store the tubers in housing conditions. Her parents - fans cottages and "their" vintage.

And the vegetables are grown in the area almost on an industrial scale. Retirees do not eat as much, the fruits of their labor will not throw, so after returning to the concrete jungle of the crop has to pass out (sometimes forcibly) children and friends.

Even if they do not ask. And even if excuses. And not because of modesty or politeness. Just gifts garden need not everyone, especially when they are hard to keep in the apartment.

Have you already thought about where and how you will store the supplies? It is not enough to harvest. It is important that it is kept in a reasonable condition at least for a while. Lucky owner of the cellars and cold porches, and what to do Apartement resident ...

Of course, the most obvious option - grate / chop and send it in the freezer. But the free space in the freezer is somewhat limited. And I'll tell you how to store fresh root vegetables in a flat.

Not all roots are equally well-stocked

To begin, write basic information. Shelf life of root crops depends largely on how they were collected and prepared for storage.

It is better to stick to a simple algorithm of actions:

• Harvest on a sunny day.
• In good weather to dry the roots to the sun, in the rain - in a well-ventilated area.

• Shake dry land. I know that some growers wash the carrots and beets. Others believe: this procedure increases the risk of rot. But I think if the wash and then dry well, nothing bad will happen.
• Trim the tops of sharp blade, leaving "pimpochku" of 1-2 cm.
• Remove all the roots.

Sort by: damaged tubers deteriorate soon, so they should be used in food / make harvesting as soon as possible.

How can be stored in the apartment?

The first thing we must mention the temperature. Ideal thermometer indicator for preservation of root crops - 0-3 ° C. It is clear that in the conditions of the apartment to find the "north pole" is problematic. No matter where you stored the carrots with beets, the higher the temperature, the faster it will deteriorate. Alas, this is so. But the way my girlfriend helps to significantly increase the shelf life of root vegetables from the garden.

Where to place the beets and carrots:

• Ideal - a cool loggia or balcony. Then the harvest can continue until the spring.
• Storage room, or other more or less cool room in the house - depending on the temperature will lie between 2 and 5 months;
• If quite a bit of root crops (or portions of them brought from the cellar), you can take the boxes in the main refrigerator section. shelf life, as in the first case, also impressive - up to 7 months.

And now the main thing:

Tips on the Internet require putting roots into the sand and even mud daub. We understand that such recommendations are realistic enough... So we go in a different way.

We need to make sure that the roots do not touch each other, otherwise the risk of rot will increase significantly. Therefore girlfriend wraps beets and carrots in plastic foil, and then quietly placed in a box. The method was interesting? Put the "Thumbs up!"