The Best Way to Store Root Vegetables 🥕 🥔

The autumn leaves are falling, and it's time to reap the Roots of your labor!
Think of all those tasty roast dinners, cottage pies and rooty stews to come over the winter. Delicious!

But how do you keep your veggies from going off between now and when you want to use them?
Ben has some nifty tips for how to harvest, cure and store all your favourite roots. Pass the gravy!

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[teqnicalities]

Hi! I’ve recently decided to start getting into growing veg with my parents as they’re keen veg gardeners! Such a rewarding hobby! I’m 22 and most of my friends aren’t enthusiastic to say the least but I feel that if more younger people were to visit a garden stocked with veg during harvesting time they you absolutely love it!

[daniellebaker]

I have a bucket of potatoes in my closet!

[hannahsteck]

Alaska cold makes storage a bit tricky... but also the long winters make the storage important and necessary. We get our potatoes through the entire winter by curing and placing in bins of shredded paper. Helpful, if you have the space, to keep them separated so as not to spoil too much if one starts to rot.

Beets and carrots do well in sand or peet moss... and the rest of the brassicas are good made into fermented kraut, blanched, frozen and canned. So thankful to be heading into another winter with a full freezer and stocked pantry.

Thank you so much for your informative and helpful and knowledgeable ... I learn so much from you Ben! Loved your trellis videos last spring... cucumbers looked so great climbing up a trellis. 👍👍

[janethouckanderson]

Your enthusiasm is infectious. Thanks bunches.

[valoriegriego]

Ben, this was a very useful video for me. Thanks! Your daughter is a cutie.🙂

[johnmassey]

I recently tried storing root plants in perlite -most lasted 12 mths with no sign of trouble -just put in a container that could hold the crop then layered perlite /root crop/perlite ect, ect until full sort the vegies out and leave the saddest in the last one or two top layers so you use them first..you can reuse perlite -discard any areas where vegies have gone bad(you will almost always have a dud somewhere)..PS store in cool light free area

[healthygreenbrave]

I'd love a root cellar one day! But for now, I buried a sprinkler box. It stores potatoes beautifully, if layers are separated with straw. They will keep through the snow season, 4 months here!

[joj]

Great tips & just in time!!! Thank you Ben

[AquaLumenStudio]

Thank you… great harvesting and storage tips! 🥕🥕🥕

[DebyAdairUnicornKisses]

Please don't throw the carrot tops away! Chop them up and use in salads etc. They are also a highly nutritious food. Great information. Thank you.

[nunyabuisness]

I use plastic milk crates to store potatoes for optimum air circulation. I put either a brown paper bag or news paper on the bottom so nothing falls out.

[wendycoombs]

Great information! Good ideas as well!

[Mrbfgray]

THIS is crucial info and considerations, toyed with storing roots in the ground sometimes and always thought it was one of the 'holly grails' of gardening! :D
Slightly similar to storing citrus fruit or avocadoes *on the tree* for months or yr round.

[susanriggs]

Carrot tops are delicious in a mixed salad and contribute a mild carrot taste.

[marksallotmentplot]

Great video Ben.

Excellent tips on how to store veg over winter, especially useful when there’s lots of things ready all at the same time

[fionaharvey]

Brilliant video Ben, it was timed perfectly just what I needed to know for this week end! Thank you your videos are great packed with information and easy to follow! ☘️☘️☘️☘️

[lorainemcguire]

So glad I've found your channel you explain so well with such great tips 👍🥔🥕

[alexanderroberts]

Rock Star Ben at it again! Very good information, especially in my Canadian Winters!!

[louiseberesford]

This is definitely something I need to work harder at this year, making a dedicated area for storage.

[timtation]

Excellent video Ben!!! Thank you for your tips and tricks. I would like to add that Commercial potato storage (that I have seen), is usually done in large barns with air coolers that keep them at 45 degrees F and 90+% humidity. They pile the potatoes into one huge mountain up to 40+ feet high and keep them in total darkness. (I don’t know if they treat them with fungicides), but knowing this might help someone in a more humid climate to have a starting point for research/possibilities so I figured I’d mention it. —- Cheers —-