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I am puzzled by a diagram in Kitchen Garden Mag which shows a net bag of cabbages, roots cut off, and the advice to remove yellowing leaves.
Has anyone had experience of storing savoys? How long will they keep?
Also I was told that if you cut off sprouts at ground level and put the stalk in a few inches of water they will keep for a couple of weeks. Any experience of this please? It would be really handy to keep a couple of weeks supply in the garage.

I have heard of people storing sprouts by pulling up the plant, roots and all, cutting off the head and then hanging the plant upside down in a cool shed. The sprouts are meant to be fine for a few weeks if not longer.

Never tried it myself as we eat them too quickly!

Jerry

I would not have thought that Savoys were hard enough to store for long - eck out the sell by date in the s/market. White ones will, of course, store for ever!

Sprouts - yes , that's the way we do them when we get them from the Farmers' Market. But don't forget to EAT the head - the best part!! = Tim

Have never tried any of these with sprouts.  Just keep what we will need for the next few days in the fridge and quick freeze the remainder - find they are still much much better than the normal frozen sprouts.

Have realised that I have never tried eating the sprout plant heads tho obviously many people do.

Yup Wicker, Brussel tops are a big fave in our family.  My nan who is up for Chrimble has already reserved them for her plate!  :o

That's really helpful thanks everyone. I shall try both methods with sprouts and see which lasts best. I really didn't know that about storing white cabbage - thanks. And I did know about the sprout tops, but I'm afraid mine are a bit mangy after slugs and caterpillars.