Analysis: 8 Steps On How To Store Radishes After Harvest

8 Steps on How to Store Radishes after Harvest

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Introduction
Do you know how to store radishes? It has become clear that radishes have emerged as one of the fastest growing garden crops. They are quite easy to plant, and with efficient rainfall in the fall or spring, gardeners can enjoy their crisp and crunchy nature for a long time. Therefore, the trick to making sure that this nutritious and tasty vegetable does not die out after harvesting is following some few steps on how to store your radishes.
Here are some eight steps on how to store radish after a harvesting period:

8 Steps on How to Store Radishes after Harvest
Harvest from the dry soil
Hydro-cool for storage on a short-term basis
Chop or cut off the
Excellently sautéed or braised in olive oil with a pinch of roasted, salt, pepper and garlic.

Store The Radish In A Pool Of Water

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I have found out that keeping radish roots in water is also effective especially if you’re not willing to use hydro-cooling. Here, what you have to do is trim and wash the radish roots to remove the leafy parts and the small-like tap roots which grow from the bottom. Drain the excess moisture and put the vegetables in a canning jar, preferably large with layers of cut and trimmed radishes. Proceed on to filling the remaining part of the container with water, cover it with the lid, and store it in the fridge. Eventually, the roots are able to retain their crispy nature for a period lasting about eight days.

Zip/Close And Seal

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Another step to ensuring that your radish vegetables last longer is by following a small procedure. Place the unwashed radishes as well as their leafy parts in a plastic bag which have a zip top. Also, the plastic bag should have at the bottom, a slightly folded and damp paper towel. Lastly, store the bag in a cool, moisture sufficient, dark environment, for example in the crisper compartment found in the fridge. While stored in this manner, they are sure to last for a couple of
Research shows that you can also keep them in a basement or even a root cellar. Whichever choice you pick, it’s important to maintain the right temperature. Keep this nourishing vegetable in degrees of thirty-four to forty-two Fahrenheit, and similarly, at high a humidity of ninety to ninety-five percent.
Fill the cardboard with slightly mushy sand and spread the dirty roots between the sand layers. Here, make sure that no root come into contact with another. The main reason behind this is to prevent cases of rot from spreading. Follow up this procedure by checking the roots constantly to make sure rot does not occur. Remove the roots which have already been infected. You will note that with sufficient storage of sand, your radish roots last up to two to three months.

Store Radishes In The