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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: daffodil on July 15, 2009, 09:54

Title: storing turnips and beetroot
Post by: daffodil on July 15, 2009, 09:54

please could you advise best way to store swedes and beetroot.  they are both about tennis ball size today.  when best time to store or can i leave them in ground for while?  apologies for being a bit ignorant but only in our first year of allotment owning.
many thanks

Title: Re: storing turnips and beetroot
Post by: Ropster on July 15, 2009, 12:16

Beetroot can be pickled or stored in damp sand in a box in the shed
I would have said the sweeds had a while to go before they were ready but it depends on the variety I supose

Title: Re: storing turnips and beetroot
Post by: daffodil on July 15, 2009, 16:24

Apologies for ignorant question - have since read through website and found the answers I needed.  All very helpful.