Where and how to store radish in winter depends on your capabilities and the size of the harvest. Thanks to the strong integumentary tissues, root crops can lie for a long time, you just need to choose the right place and create optimal conditions for them. Which ones, we will consider in the article.

Not every radish will last the same length of time. Of the 28 varieties included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements, only winter varieties are suitable for long-term storage. All of them are presented in the table below.

Radish varieties for winter storage

The shelf life of winter radish is 200-220 days or more.

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The Margelan green radish, which belongs to the Chinese variety of the forehead, is also characterized by high keeping quality. The period of its ripening is 60-70 days, the weight of the root crop is 350-400 g.

Agricultural Secrets

Successful storage of radish in winter at home begins with timely sowing of seeds and proper agricultural technology.

• Planting of summer varieties with poor keeping quality begins in the first decade of May.
• Winter sows in June-July. If you plant them earlier, the plant can go into the trunk and bloom, and the root crop can become coarse.

To get healthy vegetables that can last for a long time, take care of them properly:

1. Do not thicken the crops, otherwise you will get rough, juicy, deformed roots.
2. Do not grow your radish after its cruciferous relatives.
3. Dig up the soil to the depth of the shovel bayonet, add humus.
4. Moisten the soil well before sowing.
5. Avoid soil crust formation - loosen the soil.

Tip of the day

If the soil is mulched with peat, the soil crust will not appear.

Harvesting

When to remove the radish from the garden for storage, in what time frame, depends on the varietal characteristics of the root crop:

• For summer varieties not intended for storage, dig up as they ripen, when the fruit reaches the size of the variety. Early vegetables can be kept in the refrigerator for 2-3 weeks.
• Collect winter varieties in one go. Leave undamaged, strong root vegetables for storage. Without letting go, send it straight to the repository.

To minimize damage, use a pitchfork to dig in the roots, picking them up with your hands. Shake the earth, remove the small roots. Cut the tops off completely. Sort vegetables by size. Small, unripe radish is fragile and tastes more juicy, so it should be consumed first.

Radish perfectly retains its beneficial properties during winter storage and becomes a supplier of vitamins in early spring, when other vegetables and fruits are already losing them.

Harvesting radish for the winter is done in dry weather, so that the roots do not rot in the future. The best period is from September 15 to the end of the month.

It's important to know!

Although winter varieties are able to withstand short-term temperature drops of -5 ° C, it is better not to wait for the first frost. Frozen vegetables will not be stored.

Cellar storage

The cellar is the best place to store your radish. But 2 weeks before laying the crop, the room must be prepared:

1. Clean it from last year's debris, sand and plant debris.
2. Whitewash wooden partitions and coatings with quicklime solution (2 kg per bucket of water).
3. Treat the storage located outside the residential building with sulphurous gas.
4. Ventilate the area well.

You can store radish in the cellar in winter:

• in containers, sprinkling each row with a layer of sand, perlite or vermiculite (see);
• laying in a pyramid with tails inside and sprinkling each row with sand;
• in paper or open plastic bags with a volume of 50 kg;
• in boxes with polyethylene liners.

The choice of packaging depends on the conditions in the cellar in winter:

• If the room is humid and cold (temperature 0-1 ° C, humidity 90-98%), use containers, boxes to avoid rotting.
• If it is relatively warm and dry (temperature 2-3 ° C, humidity 80-85%) - plastic bags and liners that will prevent drying.

If you are going to tightly tie plastic bags with vegetables, make holes in them for ventilation. Otherwise, all your supplies will quickly become moldy.

Radish adjoins well with potatoes, beets, carrots, but apples and pears accelerate the decay processes in it

To avoid wilting, you can use a clay talker. For this:

1. Dilute clay with water until creamy.
2. Dip each root vegetable into the mixture.
3. Dry and put in boxes.

Tip of the day

During the storage period, the radish can be exposed to diseases such as tail and gray rot, phomosis, alternaria and vascular bacteriosis. In order not to lose the entire crop, regularly inspect root crops, remove diseased, rotten and wilted ones.

If there is no cellar

In the absence of a cellar, you can store the radish in the apartment:

• in loosely closed plastic bags in the refrigerator;
• on the balcony in boxes, sprinkled with sand and covered with a blanket.

An important condition is that temperature and humidity should not change dramatically.

Note to the hostess

If the radish has already been peeled, but there is no need to use it, wrap it in a plastic bag and put it in the refrigerator - this way it will stay for 5-7 days.

Blanks for the winter

Radish can be eaten fried or baked, added to or mashed. However, during heat treatment, it loses its beneficial properties, which are revealed in vitamin salads made from raw vegetables.

Let us consider several recipes for preparing radish for the winter, which will allow you to preserve the maximum vitamins in it and pleasantly diversify the vegetable table.

Radish goes well with almost all products: honey, dried fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood

Pickled salad with sterilization

Ingredients per 1 liter can:

• peeled radish - 600-650 g;
• or carrots - 1 pc .;
• and parsley - half a bunch;
• - 2-3 pcs.;
• vinegar 9% - 1 tbsp. l .;
• water, sugar for the marinade.

Preparation:

1. Peel and chop the root vegetable into large wedges.
2. Cut the pepper into large pieces, pour over with boiling water; boil and cut into large plates.
3. Place vegetables and herbs tightly in jars.
4. Pour with brine: for 1 liter of water 3 tbsp. l. salt and 2 tbsp. l. ...
5. Cover the cans with lids and warm up (half-liter - 8-10 minutes, liter - 12 minutes).
6. Add and roll up lids.

This salad is served with, or. And they store it in any cool and dark place for a year and a half.

Pickled radish without vinegar and sterilization

Ingredients for 1 kg of root vegetables:

• garlic - 5-7 cloves;
• parsley - 1 bunch;
• salt - 1 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

1. Cut the radish into thin slices.
2. Lay in layers in a bowl, sprinkle with salt, chopped garlic and.
3. Withstand under oppression at room temperature for 3 days, then put the container in the refrigerator.

After 10-12 days, the pickled radish is ready. You can store it in the refrigerator or cellar for up to six months.

The radish is spiced up by essential oils with antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, expectorant properties.

Radish with honey

Black radish with honey is a proven folk remedy for the treatment of sore throats, bronchitis and cough. Its juice has a bactericidal effect, stimulates tissue regeneration processes, and has a positive effect on the functions of the digestive system.

There are three ways to prepare a medicine:

1. Cut a cavity in the root vegetable, put a spoonful of honey there and leave for 1 day.
2. Peel the radish, grate, squeeze the juice and mix it with honey (2 tbsp. L.).
3. Cut the peeled vegetable into cubes, put in a container and pour over the honey.

Keep the ready-made mixture of juice and honey in the refrigerator for no more than 72 hours.

Note to the hostess

It is undesirable to store black radish in reserve in the freezer. When thawed, it becomes lethargic and watery, loses its color and its medicinal properties.

Timely harvesting and creating optimal conditions is all that is needed to successfully store your radish. The recommendations given in the article will help you preserve the harvest and provide yourself with a healthy vegetable in the cold season.

Store properly and be healthy!

Proper storage of winter radish varieties allows you to use a useful root crop almost until the new harvest. The zoned varieties are stored for about 180-220 days, subject to the humidity and temperature regimes.

Preparing root crops for wintering

Harvesting of radishes for storage should take place from the end of September to the first days of November. That is why it is necessary to think about how to preserve the radish, even at the stage of acquiring seeds.

Only winter varieties with thick skin and dense pulp are able to withstand long-term storage. They are planted in open ground from the end of June, including the first ten days of July. In the southern regions - until August. The growing season lasts 90-110 days. During this time, the plant gains the necessary supply of dry and soluble substances, forms fruits suitable for long-term storage.

Winter varieties include:

• Night beauty;
• Cylinder;
• Hostess;
• Draft;
• Healer;
• Night;
• Levin;
• Black woman;
• Lady;
• Grayvoronskaya;
• traditional varieties of Winter white and black radish.

The dug roots are gently shaken off the ground. The tops are trimmed at a level of 1-2 cm from the fruit, taking care not to damage the upper leathery layer. Removing leaves and small roots helps prevent moisture outflow from the root crop. The crop is dried under a canopy, covered with tops, to avoid exposure to direct sunlight.

At the next stage, a thorough sorting is carried out, with the rejection of non-standard, overgrown, too small or damaged specimens.

Even minor skin disorders intensify respiratory processes, consuming significantly more nutrients and increasing natural loss. Spores of fungi and bacteria that cause rotting can penetrate through the damaged leathery layer into the juicy pulp.

Frozen vegetables, which quickly begin to deteriorate, are also subject to rejection. Covering themselves with mucus, in which dangerous microorganisms are actively developing, they become a source of infection. Decay processes can destroy significant supplies of crops stored at home.

Vegetables sorted by size are placed in a prepared container. These can be wooden or plastic boxes, boxes, perforated plastic bags. Reusable plastic and wood containers must be thoroughly washed and, if necessary, disinfected.

Rejected non-standard root vegetables are perfect for canning. Harvesting radish for the winter can be carried out in the form of salads prepared with seasonal vegetables. The finished product will diversify the winter diet and will be an excellent vitamin supplement.

Radish storage

It is customary to store vegetables at home in vegetable pits, cellars. In principle, any utility room, veranda, cold storage room, basement, inside which the necessary parameters are observed, will do:

Compliance with these conditions is the answer to the question of how to properly store the radish in the cellar in winter, until the new harvest. Temperature fluctuations should be avoided. This leads to sweating of vegetables and the active development of microorganisms.

It is unacceptable for cold air to enter the storage facility in winter, and in spring - sudden warming. A decrease in temperatures below zero leads to freezing and disruption of the cellular structure of vegetables by ice crystals. Exceeding the upper limit is dangerous by activating the processes of growth, metabolism, overripening, germination, and increased evaporation of moisture.

Relative humidity below 75% leads to wilting of root crops, loss of elasticity of the upper protective layer and a decrease in resistance to diseases. Deteriorating taste and market indicators. Carbon dioxide increases the dormant period of root crops, prevents germination, and reduces losses. At home, the required level will be maintained naturally by storing the radish in tight plastic bags or boxes lined with foil.

Radish can be stored on shelves, in boxes or containers, bins, plastic bags. It is poured in bulk, sometimes combining storage with potatoes and carrots.

But the humidity regime is easier to maintain when placing the root crop separately, in boxes of sand or film bags, which are installed vertically without tying them on top.

Any, black or white winter radish is well stored subject to ripening, adherence to harvesting dates, and rejection of damaged specimens. You can store the root crop in the refrigerator, on a loggia, veranda, basement or cellar, subject to temperature and humidity from 75%.

During storage, substandard vegetables should be removed regularly to prevent decay and the spread of bacteria. A valuable root vegetable will thank for its careful handling with a unique set of minerals and vitamins that are so necessary in winter, will become a piquant spicy addition to main dishes.

Before you send black radish for storage, you need to properly prepare it for this. First, when growing, fertilize and water it regularly. As soon as harvest time comes, you need to dig the radish out of the soil and shake it off the ground. Then you should remove the tops by cutting or unscrewing them (while leaving the base 2 centimeters high).

At the same time, try not to damage the vegetable, otherwise it will not survive for a long time and become susceptible to various fungal diseases. After the radish is harvested, dry it thoroughly. If this is not done, then raw vegetables will instantly become covered with mold.... It is worth noting that the radish should be dried in a dark place, since in direct sunlight it will quickly fade and become depleted.

Once the vegetables are dry, you need to sort them. Damaged, wormy and sprouted roots are removed, leaving only strong and healthy ones. If you pay attention to the correct preparation of vegetables for storage, then they can lie in the cellar for up to 6 months.

So, how can you preserve black radish in order to enjoy its specific taste during the winter period? Here you can offer two storage options: in the cellar and in the refrigerator. Let's take a closer look at these two methods.

The cellar is an ideal place for homemade preparations. If it is in your house, then we put the radish there for safety. For this we need wooden containers (boxes or barrels). We put the root vegetables in them in layers, which we sprinkle with sand (it should be slightly damp). The containers themselves must be placed in the coolest place.

The ideal temperature for storing radishes is between 0 and 2 degrees Celsius. The cellar should be regularly ventilated and dried so that it is not damp.

If you do not have wooden barrels and boxes, you can use thick plastic bags. We place the radish in them vertically and sprinkle it with sand. We put the bags on the shelves without closing them - the vegetables must "breathe". In the same way, by the way, you can.

Let's take a closer look at how to store black radish in the winter using the refrigerator. As a rule, you should store a small amount of vegetables in it. We recommend placing larger roots in storage in the cellar, and small ones in the refrigerator.

The radish stored in the refrigerator should be regularly inspected for stains, dents, and plaque. Damaged vegetables should be discarded. The shelf life of a radish in the refrigerator does not exceed 1 month, so do not put too many root vegetables in bags. It is better to store the main part of the vegetables in the cellar, periodically taking them out of there in small batches and transferring them to the refrigerator. Many hostesses make various preparations for the preservation of black radish for the winter. These include all kinds of radish salads. It is also stored fermented, like cabbage.

Storing radishes is a process that gardeners should know. Knowing all the subtleties, a person can enjoy a vegetable not only in winter, but also in spring. This will allow you to diversify your daily meals and enrich your food. And although radish varieties differ from each other in taste, they are all good for the human body.

Tools and materials for preservation are selected depending on the chosen method. These can be wooden boxes, barrels or buckets. With this method of shelter, the roots must be covered with sand. You can also use plastic bags. A prerequisite is that they must be dense.

Collection and preparation

Before you start digging up the roots, you need to make sure they are ripe. If you adhere to timely deadlines, the vegetable will reach the optimal size, which is typical for a particular variety. It is not recommended to postpone the harvest time. If the roots are overripe, they will become tough and lose their taste.

Without any regret, you need to get rid of small root crops. Do not store healthy and diseased vegetables together. If the fruits are deformed, they are thrown away. Selected specimens are dug out of the soil, after which the tops are cut off.

Hanging roots are also pruned, being careful not to damage the root. Before being sent for storage, a roll-shaped heap is formed from the root crops and covered with a layer of earth of 15-20 cm. After that, the vegetables are sorted out, choosing only elastic and healthy fruits without flaws. To keep the taste juicy and fresh, it is necessary to provide the radish with comfortable storage conditions.

At what temperature to store and how long

The scheme is as follows:

• refrigerator - +2 ° С, from 1 to 1.5 months;
• freezer - -15 ° С, up to a year;
• balcony - 0 ° С, up to 8 months;
• cellar or basement - 0 ° C, 8-10 months.

It is important to comply with the indicated temperature indicators. Verified by gardeners and farmers.

Choosing a storage location

This issue should be approached with great responsibility. There are several options for storing root vegetables. The choice depends on the amount of harvest and the availability of space to place vegetables. They use several methods at once to check their quality, or choose just one.

Storage for the winter at home

Root growers want to enjoy them for as long as possible. To please themselves and their loved ones with fresh vegetables, they make preparations for the winter. Thus, on vitamin-free days, you can pamper your body with fresh radish and replenish the supply of vitamins. At home, it is realistic to provide storage of vegetables.

How to store a radish for the winter

There are various ways to store your radish at home. Each of them has its own characteristics that must be considered before choosing.

Boxes with holes filled with radish are transferred to the basement. Sprinkle each layer with slightly damp sand. In the same way, the radish can be stored on the shelves. To maintain comfortable conditions, the sand is periodically moistened, and rotten and spoiled specimens are disposed of. If you do not do this, healthy vegetables that were nearby can go bad.

Wooden barrels are also suitable for storing radishes. In addition to containers, neighbors are chosen - vegetables and fruits, which will not have a negative effect on storage. Carrots and potatoes are the best company. It is undesirable to place apples or pears nearby, as they can accelerate the germination of the radish. In addition, vegetables from such a neighborhood begin to absorb foreign odors.

In the apartment in the refrigerator and freezer

How to store crops if the house is not equipped with a cellar and basement? There is only one answer - a refrigerator. To do this, all vegetables are put in polyethylene bags with holes made so that they can breathe freely. The containers are placed on the lower shelves.

If the refrigerator has special drawers for vegetables, you do not need to put the radish in bags. In this case, it must be borne in mind that vegetables cannot be stored in this form for a long time. It is recommended to eat the root vegetables as soon as possible. This option is suitable if the vegetable should be on hand in the near future.

Experienced gardeners advise against using a freezer for this purpose. Freezing will make the vegetable tasteless and soft. It can be frozen only in one case - the treatment of colds. Grated root vegetables are packed in sachets and stored in the freezer. If necessary, take out only one and use it immediately.

It is best to store vegetables on a shelf in the refrigerator rather than freezing them. In doing so, they are checked for rot or mold. Over time, they become soft and unsuitable for human consumption. Such instances should be disposed of.

On the balcony

If a person does not have a country house, storage conditions can be arranged on the balcony. They will feel best in wooden boxes sprinkled with sand on top. If the frosts are very strong, the containers filled with vegetables are covered with cotton blankets. This option is suitable for margelan, black and green radishes.

The balcony or loggia for storage must be glazed. This is important, as the optimal temperature is a key feature in this matter. Glass prevents precipitation from settling, because moisture contributes to the development of rot and mold. The temperature on the balcony should never be below 0 ° C.

Conservation

In addition to storing fresh vegetables, you can roll them up in jars and thus get a completely different taste. Preserving crops for the winter is a great idea. There are tons of recipes for creating blanks. Most Popular:

1. Pickling. Vegetables are peeled and washed thoroughly, then cut into small pieces and sprinkled with salt. Remove excess moisture by placing everything in a colander and rinse again. Distribute the required amount in the jars, pre-sterilizing them. Prepare a marinade based on water, vinegar, salt and sugar. Remove the boiled liquid from heat and let cool. Then pour into jars and close with plastic lids.
2. Pickled vegetables. Peeled root vegetables are crushed with a fine grater and garlic and salt are added to taste. The mass is poured into banks, ramming it tightly. Store in a cool and dark place. The product is ready for use in 2 weeks, by which time the radish is completely fermented.
3. Vegetable salads. The radish, along with other vegetables, is chopped and closed in jars. Other ingredients include dill, parsley, celery, carrots, cabbage and garlic. Mixed vegetables are also tightly packed in jars, adding vinegar, salt and sugar. Containers with vegetables are sterilized in water under covered lids.

Regardless of the chosen option for preparing the radish, the jars are stored in a dark and cool place.

Features of storage of different varieties

How to preserve a vegetable so that it does not lose its taste? Features regarding the safety of root crops depend on their type. Margelan and black are best kept in the refrigerator, after placing them in a bag. This method has the advantage of increasing the percentage of air humidity inside the bag, contributing to an increase in carbon dioxide. Due to this, the shelf life of green and black radish becomes even longer.

Summer

The first to be stored are the summer varieties, which include pink and red Chinese, Viennese yellow and long white. Remnants of the earth are removed from each root crop by cutting off the roots and tops. If left on, the radish will dry out in a few days. It is better not to rely on long-term storage of summer varieties, since they are not intended for this. They start to deteriorate after 5-6 days, so the storage period does not exceed a week.

To extend the shelf life, the radish is placed in the refrigerator. Before this, the following procedure is performed:

• select the most suitable specimens;
• remove parts with flaws;
• placed in a polyethylene bag.

You need to store black radish only in bags with holes so that fresh air can flow to the harvested vegetables. Temperature fluctuations should not exceed the range from +1 ° С to -2 ° С. Relative humidity also plays an important role. Comfortable conditions - 85-90%.

Following these simple rules will help increase the shelf life up to 1 month.

Autumn

Winter storage is a long period, which some varieties of radish may not withstand. Daikon belongs to the autumn and, subject to certain rules, will lie until early spring. For this purpose, a basement or cellar is used. But before laying the vegetables, the room is prepared.

Winter

Winter radish varieties with good keeping quality are most suitable for long-term storage. To lengthen the deadline, the crop is harvested almost at the last moment. At the same time, the onset of frost should not be allowed. The suitable period is late September to mid-October.

The duration of storage depends on many factors, including the type of vegetable, location, preparation and timing of harvest. If you do not take into account at least one point, work will not bring the desired results. Therefore, you must follow all the rules and recommendations. In addition, they have been tested over the years by experienced farmers, agronomists and ordinary gardeners.

Radish is a root vegetable with a bitter, pungent or sweetish taste. It all depends on the varieties, which differ not only in color, but also in shape. Radish can be eaten raw, pickled and even boiled. Not everyone likes to eat it, although they have heard about the usefulness of the vegetable.

It is not difficult to grow a root crop, but how to preserve it so that all the medicinal properties remain with it, and the labor expended does not disappear? It is quite possible to do this; special efforts will not be required.

Features of storage of summer varieties

Various types of root crops directly affect the characteristics of their storage. Grow radish:

• summer;
• autumn;
• winter.

Early (summer) varieties are harvested first, including Viennese yellow, Chinese pink and red, long white.

From each torn root crop, you need to remove the soil, cut off too long tops and roots. They should not be left on, as otherwise the radish will dry out too quickly.

It is not necessary to count on long-term storage of summer radish. It is not meant for that. At home, the fruits will not last even a week. They start to deteriorate within five or six days.

The storage time can be extended several times by putting the radish in the refrigerator. Before this, vegetables must:

• go over;
• remove all damaged parts;
• fold into a plastic bag.

Each package must be pierced in several places, allowing air to enter through the holes made.

The temperature in the refrigerator should be kept within the range from one degree of heat to two with a minus sign. Relative humidity is also important. Root crops feel good when it is more than 90%.

If you follow the described conditions, then you can store summer radish in the refrigerator for up to three weeks.

How to preserve autumn and winter radish varieties

To eat a radish in winter, you need to store its later varieties.

Root crops intended for long-term lying are folded into small piles immediately after harvesting and sprinkled with earth. They should dry out, being in this form for up to two weeks.

Suitable for storing radish:

• cellar;
• basement;
• refrigerator.

In rural areas, some of the root crops are stored in a pit, which is approximately 60–70 centimeters deep and up to a meter wide. Vegetables are placed inside, sprinkled with sand and covered with an earthen layer. In severe frosts, the pit is covered with snow. The radish will be perfectly preserved until spring.

Basement storage

Before laying the radish in the basement, you need to sort and select the fruits that are of the highest quality and intact. This is necessary because a spoiled root vegetable will easily infect others.

The basement should be prepared first. It is necessary to provide:

• Optimum temperature. It should not be lower than 0, but it should not be allowed that the mark of plus two degrees was exceeded.
• Stable high humidity - 85–90%.
• Ventilation. The basement must be constantly ventilated.
• Fencing a radish from rodents. To do this, you need to close up all the cracks, pits and potholes. Grilles should be placed on the ventilation openings.

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In addition, it will not hurt to sprinkle the floor with dry and clean sand.

For storage of radish, wooden boxes are prepared.

• Root vegetables are laid out in a container in layers.
• Wet sand is poured between each layer. It will help the radish not dry out or rot.

When the basement is too dry, it is advisable to put a tank of water.

In such conditions, root crops will survive well for about nine months. Such varieties as winter round white and black radish are especially resistant.

How to store a radish in an apartment

Late radish, like summer radish, can be stored in the refrigerator. She will lie there quietly until spring. But there is not enough room for root vegetables, since the refrigerator contains other products as well.

You can use the balcony to store the radish. If it is sealed and dry, and the temperature on it does not drop below zero, then the roots, packed in large plastic bags, will winter well.

When the balcony is large, it is best to store the radish in wooden boxes that are stacked one on top of the other. Root crops placed in any container must be sprinkled with wet sand.

The radish will not lose its properties for several months. It can be eaten almost until spring.

Regardless of the method and place of storage, the radish must be periodically inspected. If rotten fruits are found, they should be removed immediately. It is also advisable to remove adjacent vegetables or sprinkle with ordinary chalk.

It is undesirable to store radish next to apples and pears. But carrots and potatoes are great neighbors.

Saving a radish is not difficult at all. It is only important to correctly determine the variety and carry out preparatory work. This is what directly affects the safety of the fruit, along with all the beneficial properties hidden under the thick peel.