Comments on: How to Store Root Crops for Winter https://modernfarmer.com/2015/08/how-to-store-root-crops-for-winter/ Farm. Food. Life. Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Trisha McDonald Duffy https://modernfarmer.com/2015/08/how-to-store-root-crops-for-winter/#comment-30622 Wed, 11 Mar 2020 01:30:47 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=38980#comment-30622 In reply to Mike Lesch.

This is how I’ve stored massive amounts of turnips a couple years ago. A friend of mine told us to get a box and layer the turnips and cover them in sand. We stored our turnips that year and as long as they weren’t touching, they were perfectly fine. Id also like to add that we stored them over winter in the garage so it was a dry, cool place. ^THIS^
If the air in the storage space is particularly dry, the sand can be dampened to avoid dessication but not wet enough to encourage rot.

]]> By: VT dig https://modernfarmer.com/2015/08/how-to-store-root-crops-for-winter/#comment-26174 Sun, 20 Oct 2019 22:07:48 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=38980#comment-26174 In reply to Mike Lesch.

Maybe digging a ‘root cellar’ may work. Or leaving in the ground and harvest as needed.

]]> By: Mike Lesch https://modernfarmer.com/2015/08/how-to-store-root-crops-for-winter/#comment-26088 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:04:06 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=38980#comment-26088 I’m in Zone 3 and my carrots are still in the ground which is still wet and we’re expecting more rain today. We’ve heard that storing them in dry sand in the garage or basement is a good method here. The garage is uninsulated and the basement doesn’t get below 60F.

May I get your advice please?

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