They say, bread – to all the head. The same can be told also about potatoes. Fried, baked in uniform, boiled to salty small fish and marinated onions, warm, fragrant. And what amount of New Year's salads contains this ingredient? And that it was not necessary to spend money for store in the winter (doubtful quality) potatoes, it is better to take care of its correct storage.
It is required to you
- - bags for vegetables
- - wooden boxes or wooden boards of which it is possible to make boxes
- - paint
- - balcony/cellar
Instruction
1. If you initially plant potatoes not in order that in the fall to eat all harvest and to leave it on storage till spring, and even later, then pay attention upon purchase of potatoes to its characteristics. Early ripening grades are stored maximum till November. Therefore for long storage choose mid-season or late-ripening grades.
2. Having dug out potatoes, carefully peel it from the remains of the earth and decompose to dry. Several hours or even day are desirable to dry potatoes in the fresh air one layer. Then it will not begin to decay ahead of time.
3. When all potatoes lie on drying, find the patients damaged rotten, too small tubers. They need to be moved away as such potatoes cannot be stored. It not only will quickly decay, but also will damage healthy potato.
4. That potatoes were not affected by various fungi, tubers can be mixed with leaves of rowan or wormwood. These plants interfere with reproduction of fungi.
5. Further everything depends on where you are going to store potatoes. The ideal option would be to get the place (cell) in the general vegetable storehouse. There the necessary temperature and humidity is observed. Your task - it is simple to bring the packaged potato in time.
6. If you live in the apartment and you have no cell in vegetable storehouse, then as your cellar will serve the balcony. The main thing to meet all storage conditions. For the autumn period at temperature 4-7oc just put bags with potato on balcony. From above of potatoes put small layer of beet in bags. Both you will save the place, and keep potatoes. Beet incorporates excess moisture, and potatoes remain dry.
7. And here for winter storage it is necessary to try a little. Build special boxes with false bottom, top and walls. And between these walls insert thick layer of polyfoam for warming. Outside paint boxes with paint that the tree did not carry out moisture. Yes, it is difficult, but such designs will serve to you in the future not one year. At careful operation, certainly.
8. If the construction of boxes is too difficult to you, then in specialized shops buy ready devices for storage of vegetables.
9. If you have the cellar, then it needs to be prepared for wintering. To clean from garbage, it is good to air, whenever possible to disinfect, and to whitewash walls lime water. The cellar has to be dry, dark and with low humidity. In cellar it is also better to store potatoes not embankment, and in bags or boxes.