How to store radish in the winter in the basement, pit or refrigerator?

Literally legends are composed about the benefits of such a vegetable as radish. Therefore, you need to know not only salad recipes, but also how to store radish. Indeed, in terms of strengthening immunity, it is indispensable. Apparently, because it is grown not only in the province, that is, in the village, but also in the city. There is nothing easier - to sow the seeds on a small plot, which is located directly under the balcony, or if there is a small piece of land - that is, a garden. But that does not end there.

After the harvest, albeit not so big, questions arise at one’s own summer house or just acquiring vegetables for the winter. Let's say how to preserve vitamin reserves until spring? Relevant questions for which there are answers.

Storage Preparation Conditions

This is an important moment, both for the city and for the village. Indeed, in the cold, our beauty is beautiful not only in salads. She is salvage at this time of the year, especially with colds. And therefore, in vain someone thinks that you can just dump it in a heap, and then only take it as needed. This vegetable must be carefully and correctly prepared for storage. And there are a few relevant points. Given them, you will provide excellent conditions for root crops.

1. Initially, it is important to choose the right winter varieties - they are better stored, more tasty and fruitful.
2. It is necessary to properly grow crops by watering and fertilizing on time and in accordance with all the rules.
3. It should not be delayed with the collection, otherwise the overripe instance will be bitter, lose its quality or even disappear.
4. It is advisable to harvest only in dry weather (otherwise mold cannot be avoided!) And, of course, before the onset of frost.
5. It is necessary to clean the fruits from the ground (very carefully, without damaging the skin!) Before laying. Although there is an opinion that doing this is not always necessary.
6. After cleaning, it is necessary to cut the tops without damaging the vegetable itself (however, 1-2 centimeters are left).
7. Laying the roots in a lying place must be dry and not wet (you need to dry the fruits only in the shade!).
8. It is very important to correctly arrange a place for storage, so that vitamin salads will delight you until spring.

Tip

Having dried the fruits, they need to be carefully reviewed. It is important to exclude defective specimens, as well as those that have sprouted, wilted, or in which worms are wound. That is, they select strong root crops, the sizes of which should be almost the same. Usually, the smaller ones and those that were rejected for various reasons are allowed to eat.

Storage space

Not everyone who loves this vegetable for its valuable properties lives in a village where there are cellars and other similar stores. Although it is possible to build in the city (say, a subfloor in a garage) something similar. But the approach must be serious. After all, our heroine, like her other brothers in the garden, risks not withstanding some temptations and simply becomes unfit for eating and for treatment (remember juice or compresses, drinking with the participation of a bitter vegetable).

So, where, in what place is it desirable or possible to store a radish in winter? There are several options, consider the most common of them.

• Refrigerator.

For the townspeople - an ideal option. Part of the crop is stored packed in polyethylene (perfectly stored in the winter for at least 1-2 months). True, there is a problem - the capacity of refrigerators is not enough to store large quantities, because you need other vegetables. But everything is solved. Consider the remaining reliable options.

• Pit.

It delves into a depth of 60-70 centimeters and a width of up to one hundred centimeters. Having covered the bottom with straw, they lay the vegetable here and, sprinkling it with sand, cover it with a layer of earth. In cold weather, it is advisable to cover the pit with snow. Since our character does not need ventilation, he will have a great time here until spring. Usually healthy specimens are put here.The rest is laid out in the refrigerator (for food) and the cellar.

• Basement.

The most perfect way. Indeed, in the open air (underground, sand, snow, etc.) the radish is not stored for long. By the way, there is such a way of storing it in the basement: in plastic bags with an opening for air (root crops should be sprinkled with sand).

But more often all the same, they simply put it in the basement. To stay longer, all conditions are created for her.

1. Firstly, packaging is thought out - wooden boxes or barrels. Here, clean and healthy vegetables will lie sprinkled with wet sand. All this is put right on the floor, in a word, they choose the coldest place.
2. Secondly, it is important to create the desired temperature, this is zero - plus one degree.
3. Thirdly, you will have to somehow get rid of the damp, it is an enemy of our heroine, and other vegetables.
4. Fourth, there should always be aired, that is, the issue of ventilation is not the last in the chain of all the nuances.
5. Fifth, before laying, all the cracks and potholes must be repaired, and then the rodents are not terrible.
6. Sixthly, it is better to sprinkle the earthen floor with fresh, clean, dry sand.
7. Seventhly, a temperature of not more than 1-2 degrees is provided, and humidity is not less than 85-90%.

Tip

You do not need to put the radish together with apples or pears - the fruits, having absorbed the aromas of the bitter neighbor, will become tasteless, and they can also share fungi with them that reduce the shelf life.