Carrot storage

[henmother]

I bought a couple of net sacks of carrots from my grocer last week, after a couple of days in the feed room they went to mush . They weren't mushy when I put them there, is it the warm weather? Don't have room in fridge at home , should I stop buying carrots until it gets cold, where do you keep yours to stop them going mushy and minging? Thankyou.

 

[Exploding Chestnuts]

try layering in dry hay and keep in the dark if possible, they are washed carrots and even in winter will go mouldy, our feedstore keeps them in winter the are £3.50, but in summer I don t use them, [sugars]

 

[henmother]

Thanks MrsD123, I'll give the hay idea a go.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

I go over to apples as soon as the warm weather comes. Keep them in a dark cool place & they keep for ages

 

[asmp]

Saw a pic on here once where someone kept them in a bucket of water. I have tried it but not in the summer. I don't bother buying them when it's warm for just this reason.

 

[henmother]

Ahh, it appears I have made a schoolboy error buying sacks of carrots in this warm weather. It was really a little , hello and thankyou, gesture to the other liveries. I'll try hay, and the water trick too asmp, with the sack I've just had delivered. Thankyou.

 

[Fides]

if you store them in sand they last for ages - I have kept homegrown carrots all winter and spring in this way

 

[henmother]

What kind of sand Fides? Like builders sand?

 

[Orangehorse]

Unwashed carrots will store well too. It is because they have been washed that they go mouldy so quickly.

 

[9tails]

I swap over to supermarket carrots in summer. Netted bags don't last but a kilo is fine if feeding a few every day.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I can't even buy a net of carrots here in the summer as the lady at our local feed store said they go mushy before selling half the time so they waste too much.
Supermarket value carrots are good. I used to keep mine in a cool bag which helped

 

[_GG_]

Saw a pic on here once where someone kept them in a bucket of water. I have tried it but not in the summer. I don't bother buying them when it's warm for just this reason.

I did that last 3 summers and in a bucket of water in a dark place, they stayed fresh for weeks even in really hot weather. Just change the water every 4-5 days and you'll be fine. I could get a 20kg bag and keep it going for a month easily as only two horses last year.

 

[dollyanna]

We used to keep them in buckets of water, but needed to change the water most days - it was best to change it every day if possible, more than 2-3 and they started to mush. Probably depends on where the bucket is - mine was in a very warm shed, a cooler place would work better!

 

[Darkwater]

Agree with the posts above - Put the sack in a big bucket of water. Keep the carrots in the net otherwise its much harder to change the water! I usually change the water every 2/3 days but maybe a bit more often in hot weather

 

[Shay]

We switch to other veg in the summer - for just that reason. Although a few years ago you used to be able to buy something called "Ez-ee carrots" that were freeze dried and all you had to do was soak them? Anyway - we trawl the reduced piles in supermarkets and feed anything we can buy cheaply and in small amounts. Apples, pears, swede, melon, whatever. Not potatoes as they are poisonous and don't bother with grapes - they go straight through untouched!

 

[henmother]

Thankyou everyone. I've had the bag, it was a plastic bag this time ,stored in my pantry since it was delivered. I've opened the bag and it is in a cool dark spot and so far so good. I've just been grabbing a mitt full to take up with me.
I do like the water idea, and will try that in future .
Thankyou for your help and advice , who needs google when you have the H&H forum

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I bought a couple of net sacks of carrots from my grocer last week, after a couple of days in the feed room they went to mush . They weren't mushy when I put them there, is it the warm weather? Don't have room in fridge at home , should I stop buying carrots until it gets cold, where do you keep yours to stop them going mushy and minging? Thankyou.

best way put them in water, they will last a good weeks We buy ours each week and serve them up this way since 1996, would not do it any other way.>>>> check out>>>>http://horse-care-and-advice.weebly.com/useful-ideas.html

in very warm weather change the water more often we use a sieve to serve them up

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Saw a pic on here once where someone kept them in a bucket of water. I have tried it but not in the summer. I don't bother buying them when it's warm for just this reason.

Tee Hee that was me as per post above

in the warmer weather you need to change water more often