About the benefits of such a vegetable as a radish, literally they make up legends. Because you need to know not only the recipes of salads, but also how to store radish. After all, in terms of strengthening immunity, it is indispensable. Apparently, because it is grown not only in the provinces, that is in the village, but also in the city. There is nothing easier - to sow seeds on a small plot, which is located directly under the balcony, or if there is a small patch of land - that is, a vegetable garden. But this does not end there.
After harvesting, albeit not as large, at own dacha or simply buying vegetables for the winter there are questions. Let's say, how is it guaranteed to save vitamin reserves before spring? Relevant questions for which there are answers.
Conditions for preparing for storage
This is an important point, both for the city and for the village. After all, in the cold our beauty is not only beautiful in salads. She is saving at this time of the year, especially with colds. And so in vain someone thinks that it can be simply dropped into a pile, and then only taken for want. This vegetable should be carefully and properly prepared for storage. And here there are several actual moments. Given them, you will provide excellent conditions for root crops.
- It is initially important to choose the right winter varieties - they are better stored, more delicious and yielding.
- It is necessary to grow crops correctly, watering and fertilizing on time and according to all the rules.
- It should not be delayed with the collection, otherwise the overripe copy will be bitter, lose its quality or even disappear.
- Harvesting is desirable only in dry weather( otherwise you can not avoid mold!) And, of course, before the onset of frost.
- It is necessary to clean fruits from the ground( very carefully, without damaging the peel!) Before laying. Although there is an opinion that it is not always necessary to do this.
- After cleaning, it is necessary to cut off the tops, without damaging the vegetable itself( however, 1-2 centimeters is left).
- To lay root crops in a cradle is necessary dry, but not damp( it is necessary to dry fruits only in the shade!).
- It is very important to properly arrange a storage space so that vitamin salads will please you until the spring.
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After drying the fruits, they need to be carefully reviewed. It is important to exclude defective specimens, as well as those that have sprouted, withered or wormed. That is, they select strong root crops, the sizes of which should be almost the same. The food is usually used by those that are smaller, and those that have been rejected for various reasons.
Storage space for
Not everyone who loves this vegetable for its valuable properties lives in a village where there are cellars and other similar stores. Although it is possible and in the city to build( say, a basement in the garage) something similar. But the approach must be serious. After all, our heroine, like her other brethren in the garden, risks not being able to withstand any temptations and will simply become useless both for eating and for treatment( remember juice or compresses, drinking with bitter vegetables).
So, where, in which place is it desirable or possible to store radish in winter? There are several options, consider the most common ones.
- Refrigerator.
For the citizens - an ideal option. Store part of the crop packed in polyethylene( perfectly stored in winter for at least 1-2 months).However, there is a problem - the capacity of refrigerators is not enough to store a large amount, because other vegetables are also needed. But everything is solved. Consider the rest of the reliable options.
- Pit.
Digs in depth of 60-70 centimeters and a width of up to a hundred centimeters. Having lined the bottom with straw, put the vegetable here and, pouring sand, cover it with a layer of earth. In case of frost, it is desirable to cover the hole with snow. Since our character does not need ventilation, he will spend a great time here until spring. Usually they put healthy specimens here. The rest is laid out in the refrigerator( for eating) and the cellar.
- Cellar.
The most ideal way. After all, in the open air( under the earth, sand, snow, etc.) radish is not stored for long. By the way, there is also such a way of storing it in the basement: in polyethylene bags with a hole for air( root crops should be poured with sand).
But more often still it is simply added to the basement. To last longer, it creates all the conditions.
- First of all, containers are thought up - wooden boxes or barrels. Here, clean and healthy vegetables will lie dampened with moist sand. All this is put directly on the floor, in short, choose the coldest place.
- Secondly, it is important to create the right temperature, this is zero - plus one degree.
- Thirdly, from dampness it is necessary to get rid of it somehow, it is the enemy of our heroine, and other vegetables.
- Fourthly, there must always be aired, that is, the issue of ventilation - not the last in a chain of all nuances.
- Fifthly, before the bookmark all the cracks and potholes must be closed, and then the rodents are not terrible.
- Sixth, the earth floor is best sprinkled with fresh clean dry sand.
- Seventh, the temperature is not more than 1-2 degrees, humidity - not less than 85-90%.
Advice
You do not need to add radish with apples or pears - fruits, having absorbed the aromas of a bitter neighbor, will become tasteless, and can still share fungi with them, which reduce the shelf life.
