Turnip storage

[euronerd]

Does anybody know if I can store turnips (snowball and purple top) in peat or sand, in the same way as carrots and beetroot?
Thanks in advance.

Geoff.

[euronerd]

[saddad]

Yes I'm fairly certain that works... or you can clamp them like potatoes...  :)

[lizagrowbag]

sorry to but in but whats clamping?

[Lizann]

Anyone able to explain how to store in sand?  Does any kind of sand work?

[saddad]

Clamping involves a bed of straw then a heap of roots, a cover of three inches of soil with vents of straw on the ridge... used when farmers didn't have cold stores!

Sand I use sharp sand... needs to be damp but not wet... builders sand can get "wet" which would encourage rots. All the sand does is prevent the roots drying out/shrivelling up...  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

I've always been hesitatnt over clamping because of rats and waterlogging. A neighbour of mine stores roots in buckets of sand, which sounds worth trying.

[manicscousers]

we used mp compost last year in toy containers, it worked well for carrots, parsnips, beetroot and celeriac, we topped up our raised beds with the compost in spring..mind you, we got it very cheaply in autumn  ;D

[grannyjanny]

Manic was it the mother earth mp, & how cheap?

[manicscousers]

no, janet..it was cheapo asda, they were selling it off for 50p per bag, we managed to snaffled 20 bags  ;D