How to store carrots in the refrigerator: useful tips and life hacks

In an apartment, the most optimal place to store carrots is the refrigerator. Moreover, both the main compartment and the freezer. Short-term storage does not imply any special conditions or preparations, but long-term storage will still require some additional actions.

First of all, carrots must be collected on time, as soon as the tops begin to turn yellow. The exact dates are indicated on the seed packaging - you should either write them down or save the bag. Accuracy when collecting is also very important, since damaged root vegetables have a very short shelf life.

Advice
The magazine purity-en.htgetrid.com recommends not watering carrots a day before planting, so they will remain juicy longer. And the tops should be cut or torn off immediately, for the same reason.

Before harvesting carrots, you should dry them and sort them, taking only strong root vegetables.

Instructions:

1. Root vegetables are slightly shaken off the ground, but not washed.
2. Wrap the carrots in cling film one at a time or put them in a plastic bag, 3-6 pieces, no more. Moreover, the first option is preferable, since it will immediately be visible where the carrots begin to deteriorate. And due to the fact that the fruits do not touch each other, rot will not spread.
3. After this, the carrots are put into the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator, where they can be safely stored for up to six months, or even longer.
4. It is worth making sure that there are no apples in the same box.Their proximity will negatively affect the shelf life of carrots.
5. Periodically you need to check the box with root vegetables and promptly remove spoiled ones.

With washed carrots the situation is approximately the same. You just need to dry it after washing, and try to use damaged ones quickly and not put them together with stronger ones. And, although such root vegetables, by definition, will be stored less (from 1 to 3 months), this option is more hygienic and therefore preferable for the refrigerator.

As for storing in the freezer, the carrots must first be washed, peeled and either grated/chopped in a blender or cut into pieces. Only after this do I put the root vegetables in a bag or container and freeze them. So it will definitely lie for 1 year.

Important
Repeated freezing is unacceptable, so you should immediately package the carrot pieces in small portions, for example, in an ice tray.

A small life hack from the site’s authors purity-en.htgetrid.com: To slightly extend the freshness of already peeled carrots, place them in a small container and fill them with water, and then put them in the refrigerator. The shelf life will thus be extended by 3-4 days.

Carrots are a fairly unpretentious vegetable and it is very easy to store them both in the refrigerator and on a glazed balcony in winter. Moreover, for the second option, you don’t even need to wash the root vegetables - put them in a box and wrap them so that they don’t freeze.

For greater reliability, gardeners advise sprinkling the fruits with sawdust or onion peels - but this does not require much effort. Loading carrots into the freezer will require more effort and patience, but you will always have a portion of carrots on hand, ready to cook.