Carrots - still in the ground

[rokerman1973]

Is it okay to leave carrots in the ground? Harvested some yesterday and they same to taste ok.

[rokerman1973]

[Uncle Ted]

I've allways left all my root veg in the ground untill needed, with the exception of celleriac whuich suffers from frost damage, never had a problem!

[Digeroo]

I find that it becomes a problem digging up carrots when the ground is rock solid frosten.   Also if they stick out of the surface the deer nibble/rabbits them, so I try and earth them up.   So they become more difficult to find and dig up without damage.

Then there is a point when the weather warms and they become furry with little roots.  Still taste ok but start to go a bit rubbery, ok in soups and stews though.

[cornykev]

If you can dig them out of the frozen ground then they'll proably need a shave.   

[darkbrowneggs]

I find mine get eaten by mice if I try to leave them in.  They start from the bottom and leave the skin, so when you harvest them it is just a couple of hollow skin left at the shoulders

[manicscousers]

Due to the slug population, ours are stored in damp sand in the garage

[BarriedaleNick]

I still have loads in the ground - mostly Autumn King - and Ill leave them in till I want them.  AT some point though they do all have to come up.