How to Properly Store Onions in an Apartment: Important Points Named

29.09.2024 13:30

Not everyone has the opportunity to store onions in a cellar or a barn, so you have to consider the option of storing them within the apartment.

This may cause difficulties.

Sometimes the smell of the vegetable spreads throughout the kitchen. Sometimes, due to mistakes, onions are stored for a very short period of time.

But this can be avoided if you choose the correct storage method.

What does it consist of?

First, make sure that the onion is dried in the best possible way. Otherwise, the vegetable will quickly rot. Then, evaluate the size of the bulbs.

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Large ones should be put in a separate container or bundle. We use such onions first of all. Large vegetables do not store well.

But onions with a diameter of five centimeters or less are ideal for long-term storage.

Then we choose the storage method. These can be boxes, baskets, crates, fabric bags. We send the onions.

Then we choose a dark and cool place.

The optimal temperature for storing onions is 18 degrees. If you follow these simple rules, you can keep the vegetable harvest in your apartment until summer.

Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor