My stored beetroot (dark shed) have gone soft and wrinkly. Is this supposed to happen? I'd anticpated them remaining hard.
how did store them spudcounter? beside storing them in dark shed.
on a slatted counter. I don't think they were touching. I'd twisted off the leaves as I'd read to do. Perhaps the shed got too warm this past week (been on hol so only checked yesterday)
we store ours in damp compost in a storage box with a lid in the garage, worked last year ;D
I cook all ours and freeze them - it works and we've still got some from last year which are fine :)
I find that the texture is not good after freezing. Much better to store in damp peat based compost in a mouse proof container in a cool, dark spot.
I leave em in the ground for as long as possible - once picked they wont well store if it is too warm. This is a bit of a balancing act as they can go woody..
Storing in boxes in sand or a clamp were the tradition methods I believe.. and twist the tops leaving an inch or show of stem..
I think they need to be stored cold, but frost-free, if you don't leave them in the ground - which I don't as I find slugs spoil them.
I put them in paper bags in the fridge salad drawer in summer, if I have excess (we have a second fridge in the utility room for veg, seeds, and alcohol!) The maincrop goes in the shed in a dustbin with spent compost to keep them moist. They keep through to the spring like that before sprouting.
take the leaves off too or else they will suck the goodness up into them.
thanks for all your replies. The ones in the shed were extra as I did cook and freeze some. I'll know next year to store in damp compost.
Store in boxes with sharp damp sand, Beets not touching.