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cherry76
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Please any tips how to keep vegs bought over Xmas fresh? Bought 5 bags if potatoes and left in garage but not sure about carrots as they do not last long, bought only a couple. I heard about the stay fresh bags and wonder whether it is worth buying? Thanks

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  • sarah1972
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    Stay fresh bags don’t work in my opinion. Carrots should last weeks in your veg drawer in the fridge 
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  • PLRFD
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    Cloth bags are better they let some air in dont store spuds with onions.
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    Also carrots keep well in water in the fridge change the water daily.
  • Katiehound
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    The stay fresh bags do work but the produce needs to be dry.

    I would take the carrots out of their plastic bags for starters! otherwise they sweat.

    carrots certainly don't last for weeks in my salad drawer (whereas apples & citrus do) They either get wizened or they go slimy!!  I shall probably freeze some. 
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  • HillStreetBlues
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    Katiehound said:
    The stay fresh bags do work but the produce needs to be dry.

    I would take the carrots out of their plastic bags for starters! otherwise they sweat.

    carrots certainly don't last for weeks in my salad drawer (whereas apples & citrus do) They either get wizened or they go slimy!!  I shall probably freeze some. 
    If you keep apples with veg that would be the reason the veg doesn't last as long, it's the ethylene the apples emit.
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  • Katiehound
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    HillStreetBlues said:
    Katiehound said:
    The stay fresh bags do work but the produce needs to be dry.

    I would take the carrots out of their plastic bags for starters! otherwise they sweat.

    carrots certainly don't last for weeks in my salad drawer (whereas apples & citrus do) They either get wizened or they go slimy!!  I shall probably freeze some. 
    If you keep apples with veg that would be the reason the veg doesn't last as long, it's the ethylene the apples emit.
    The fruit is in one drawer & the veggies in the other .  They are not together
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    Stash bust :2023. 120duvets, 24 bags, 43 dog coats, 2 scrunchies, 10 mittens, 6 bootees, 8 glass cases, 2 A6 notebooks, 59 cards, 6 lav bags,36 angels,9 bones, 1 knee blanket, 1 lined bag,3 owls, 88 pyramids = total 420 total spend £5. Total for 'Dogs for Good' £546.82

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  • mikb
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    cherry76 said:
    Please any tips how to keep vegs bought over Xmas fresh? Bought 5 bags if potatoes and left in garage but not sure about carrots as they do not last long, bought only a couple. I heard about the stay fresh bags and wonder whether it is worth buying? Thanks
    Another vote for "freeze them" here. Even garden-home-grown veg has a limit on being stored in cool/fridge etc. so with carrots/parsnips I wash/peel/slice and bag them. They'll last months.

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