How does weather affect beet storage?
Weather plays an important role during both harvest and storage. If beets have been damaged by frost during harvest they dont store well in piles and begin to deteriorate. Several weeks of very cold weather below zero degrees Fahrenheit are needed to freeze the beets for storage through winter until processing time in the spring. Early warm weather or a series of freeze/thaw cycles can cause beet piles to deteriorate prematurely, resulting in a strong fermentation odor.
