Storing carrots

[vegnovice10]

Still have a lot in the ground which is just thawing so able to pick a few today. It's supposed to go very cold again soon with more snow. Should I leave them in the soil or will they keep indoors? I don't want to freeze them. I have a hessian sack as I've just finished the spuds in that sack. Should I take the carrot tops off and wash the carrots if I store them? thanks

[Shetty]

Originally Posted by vegnovice10

I don't want to freeze them.

You already done that

Carrots are not overly frosthardy and can get damaged by too much frost, you could try and cover them with a layer of straw to keep the worst off.
I don't know, how some 'frostbite' would effect their storage potential. If you store carrots, they prefer to be burried in sand in a large box.
I have tried this year to bury them in shredded newspaper in a plastic barrel, sofar it has worked well

[heskie]

Most years I have had some carrots in the ground that I somehow missed, and I have been able to use some of them well into winter and beyond, sometimes the top will get a bit rotten, but most of the carrot remains usable.

So, this year I deliberately left in a couple of rows and piled earth on top of them, before the snow and harder frosts. So far, though it is only December, I have been able to dig down and harvest totally wholesome carrots.

The varieties are Flyaway and Resistafly.

I am in West Dorset and our lowest temperature so far this winter has been -9C