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Will have to start storing Carrots Swedes & Parsnips soon
i believe sand is the best but does it have to be bone dry or
damp & will ordinary sharp sand from my local builders yard do??


Bill.....

Slightly damp, sharp sand is fine

Can you not leave the root veggies in the ground for a bit longer? I tend to lift main crop carrots in October/November for storage but leave the parsnips in the ground right through winter. A frost on them also makes them far sweeter.

Jerry

I find dry peat or old potting compost for such as carrots & root vegetables and hessian sacking for potatoes. Then of course there is the freezer.