First, wash the lotus root, and then put the lotus root into a large loading container, and then soak it in water, room temperature cool water can be, you need to completely soak the lotus root, can not show the surface of the water, so as to have the effect. The water should be changed about once in 3 days, not all the time, so that it can be kept fresh for about two months. However, if storing in winter, the water cannot freeze and may need to be done indoors.

Preservation

2, sand hiding method

Using common fine sand, the use of washed water-soaked wet sand, the specific humidity, probably hand-held into a ball, loosened and spread out, no moisture between the fingers of the look can be. Generally is carried out indoors, with bricks around the pit shape, and then lay the wet sand, and then directly placed lotus root, a layer of lotus root layer of sand. The top should also be covered with sand. This is also almost keep fresh for about two months.

With mud

3, constant temperature water storage

One is the constant temperature water preservation, do not wash the lotus root, construction of a pool, or the existing pool, and then use a stable water temperature of the water in the pool, directly immersed in lotus root. The general water temperature should be about 5 to 8 degrees of stable water temperature. Such a method can be preserved in about a month.

Vacuum

4, vacuum storage

The use of vacuum environment to save, generally is, the use of appropriate amount of preservative, after hydrolysis, the lotus root can be soaked for an hour. Then loaded into a special bag directly using a vacuum packaging machine to packaging, and then put into the low temperature refrigeration. This method is very suitable for the market. Freshness time is relatively long.

Packaging

5, slurry storage

Use of loess, remove impurities, add water into a uniform slurry, directly soak the lotus root into the whole package after the slurry. Boxed storage, but note that the mud is easy to dry off, if you want to store for a long time, do not recommend this method. Short-term transportation, after falling off they can soak the mud again.