There is no longer any need to fill cellars with potatoes to the brim for the winter. You can always buy any variety of domestic or imported root crop in the store.
You want to preserve the harvest you’ve grown with your own hands, and you can do this with the help of some little tricks.
We will tell you in what conditions you need to store potato tubers, and what tricks help them stay fresh.
Terms and Conditions
1. The vegetable is best stored at a temperature of 4-6 degrees Celsius. It is important to avoid fluctuations and sudden changes.
2. The storage room for the harvest must be dry and ventilated. It is important that the potatoes are not exposed to light and are stored away from heating devices.
3. The next condition is air humidity within 85-95%. If this indicator is below 75%, the potatoes will become limp.
4. It is also important to remember that late varieties of vegetables are stored until spring. Mid-season potatoes are stored until the New Year, and early varieties are stored for 2-3 months.
Tricks
A popular method is storing potatoes together with beets, which prevents the tubers from sprouting.
People also use chestnuts, acorns, mint and wormwood to improve the storage conditions of potatoes.
But the most important thing is to periodically check the safety of the harvest. After all, one sick tuber can cause the entire stock to spoil.
For reference
Potato is a species of perennial tuberous herbaceous plant of the genus Solanaceae of the family Solanaceae. It is an important food product, but due to the content of solanine it can pose a health risk.
