Pumpkin can be used to make a lot of healthy and tasty dishes. Usually, storing it is not a problem for those who have a cellar, basement or at least a balcony.
But in each of these cases, it is necessary to have an idea of how to properly store the harvest.
The easiest way is to cut, peel and freeze, but the freezer, as we know, is not made of rubber. Here's what experienced housewives do.
How to Store Pumpkin
1. The harvest is collected in sunny or dry weather. If the weather is bad, then before storing the pumpkin, it should be dried in a well-ventilated room for two weeks.
It is desirable that the temperature in it be about 25 degrees Celsius.
2. It is recommended to store pumpkin with the stalk. Therefore, when cutting it from the vines, leave 5-10 cm in reserve.
Without a stalk, pumpkins are stored much worse and often spoil.
3. Unripe fruits should be placed in a dark and dry place with an air temperature of 5-15 degrees Celsius. They can ripen.
4. The ripened harvested crop should be kept in the sun for some time before being stored.
This way you can sort out those that start to spoil in time.
At the same time, sunlight will promote healing of damage.
5. If the weather is cloudy, you can disinfect pumpkins in other ways.
One of these is treatment with a solution based on hay bacillus.
