How to store a radish: useful tips

Harvest

Only radish, grown in the right conditions and with proper care, is well stored. For this purpose, the plant is fed with potassium and a sufficient amount of moisture is provided to the culture. Fertilizers of natural origin, for example, manure, cannot be used. Otherwise, the shelf life of the root crop will be significantly reduced.

The harvest of winter varieties of vegetables is harvested in late September - early October, that is, before the first severe frosts appear. In this case, the day should be without precipitation. If the harvest has not yet taken place, and the air temperature has already dropped to -5 °, you can forget about long-term storage of the radish. Frostbite, it will deteriorate quickly even under ideal storage conditions. Nevertheless, it is also not worth delaying harvesting, because, after overriding, the vegetable accumulates a large amount of fiber, which makes the fruit tough and tasteless. Sometimes the radish becomes completely unsuitable for consumption.

How to preserve the harvest? In addition to timely harvesting, you still need to properly carry out it and prepare root crops for storage.

After digging up the vegetable, you need to get rid of the remnants of the earth and remove the tops (unscrew or cut off). The spine must be left about 0.02 meters, no more. Moreover, all manipulations should be done very carefully so as not to damage the vegetable itself.

After all, such a radish becomes very vulnerable to pathogens of various diseases and fungi. And this despite the fact that all cuts are quickly tightened with a thin skin.

The harvested crop must be well dried. This component of preparing the crop for storage is especially important if the harvest was carried out in the rain or in conditions of high air humidity. Indeed, in this case, the culture is susceptible to mold attack. It is necessary to dry the roots in the shade, direct sunlight provokes the wilting of the radish.

Further, vegetables are sorted, separating diseased, lethargic, wormy and sprouted. Only healthy and powerful fruits are suitable for long-term storage. In this case, it is desirable that they have a similar size. Small, overripe and scratched vegetables are best consumed immediately. You can store them in the refrigerator in a bag with holes made in it. Thus, the freshness of the plants will remain for about a month.

How to store a radish harvested in the fall? A cellar prepared for these purposes will help to preserve the taste and freshness of the fruits, as well as their beneficial properties.

It is necessary to prepare the cellar 14 days before the planned harvest. Exactly 2 weeks are needed to establish the indoor climate.

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Cellar storage

Today there is a variety of radish varieties, as well as a number of devices and technologies for its cultivation. Because of this, it is possible to harvest crops from late spring to late autumn. Therefore, the question is: "How to store a radish in winter?" becomes more and more relevant every day.

You can store the crop of a plant in the cellar, basement, refrigerator and even in the house, but in order to keep the vegetables fresh for as long as possible, you should opt for the cellar or basement.

Preparing a cellar for long-term storage of radish includes:

• Drying the room, ventilating it and disinfecting it. The treatment is best done with bleach in a proportion of 2 kilograms per bucket of water.
• Eliminate cracks and other holes in the cellar. This will help protect the plants from frost and rodent attacks. After all, unfortunately, radish does not belong to those vegetables that quickly recover from frost. All fruits beaten by low temperatures will simply have to be thrown away.
• The ventilation of the room will need to be thoroughly cleaned, its functioning should be checked, and the hole itself should be covered with a mesh so that dust does not get inside.
• The earthen floor must be covered with dry sand. The layer thickness should be up to 0.05 centimeters.
• The air temperature in the room should not exceed 1 ° - 2 °, and the humidity should be within 90%. In a cellar with dry air, it is worth placing buckets of water.
• If parasites live in the room, you need to get rid of them as soon as possible. The easiest way is to seek help from professionals who will do everything quickly and efficiently. However, you can destroy pests yourself. It is enough to purchase an insecticide, or dust or other chemical intended for pest control at specialized points of sale.
• After processing, you need to carry out a thorough cleaning by examining the walls in search of mold. If it is found, it is worth treating the walls. After that, they need to be plastered and covered with antifungal paint. However, this is not enough. We need to find the cause of the mold. Often this is high humidity. Heaters will help to regulate this parameter.
• The preparation of the premises comes to the end with complex cleaning.

All the activities described are carried out annually before the planned storage of root crops. Indeed, the quality and safety of the radish directly depends on the state of the cellar.

When laying plants for storage, it is worth considering the proximity of vegetables and fruits. So, apples and radishes cannot be in the same room. Fruits absorb foreign odors and lose their flavor. At the same time, apples are a source of fungi that are harmful to radish. These microorganisms reduce the keeping quality of vegetables. Because of this, storing radishes next to pears is also not recommended.

Home storage

You can store your radish even if you don't have a cellar. After all, it is easy to place crops for the winter period even on a glazed balcony in an apartment. Vegetables should be placed in a bag with holes made in it for ventilation and wrapped in a blanket in case of severe frosts. You should also control the temperature regime on the balcony. In no case should the temperature be allowed to fall below zero.

It is permissible to store different varieties of radish in another way: it is enough to place vegetables in a box and cover them with wet sand. This "coating" should be periodically moistened, but in moderation. Too wet sand will provoke the germination of root crops. The most comfortable temperature, ensuring long-term preservation, is 1 ° - 3 °.

In addition, if the harvest is small, then it can be successfully stored in the refrigerator. However, such preservation can last for a maximum of about a month. In this case, the vegetables are sorted out and placed in a plastic bag with holes.

Next, the vegetables are placed in the refrigerator, in the vegetable tray. Periodically, it will be necessary to check the safety of such blanks and their condition.

So, the radish is becoming more and more popular every day. The main reason for this phenomenon is the wide range of uses of the root crop. Harvesting radish, like storing it, resembles similar procedures for beets. In order for root vegetables to be stored as long as possible, it is necessary to collect and prepare them correctly. You can save vegetables for the winter both in the basement or cellar, and in apartment conditions.

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