That there was in the winter opportunity to indulge all the seven various dishes prepared from potatoes which are grown up by own hands, it is necessary to take care of its correct cleaning and preparation for storage.
It is required to you
- - straw;
- - wooden boxes;
- - pebble or crushed stone;
- - table salt;
- - wormwood or tansy;
- - woven bags.
Instruction
1. Provide and carefully prepare the place for storage of potatoes. For this purpose choose the dry, cool and dark room which will not be chilled in the winter. The best conditions for storage of tubers: air temperature has to be 2-5os (depending on potatoes grade), relative air humidity – 85%. That moisture indoors did not accumulate, it is recommended to put the container with unslaked lime.
2. For reduction of humidity in cellar use also pebble or crushed stone, fill it on bottom of cellar about 30 centimeters thick. Before lowering tubers in cellar, it is necessary to disinfect previously the room solution of table salt of 2% or smoke screens from wormwood or tansy.
3. Before removing potatoes on storage, it is necessary to dry tubers in the sun within several hours, thanks to it losses from phytophthora will be reduced. Then sort potato by the size and grade, remove small (they will be useful as planting stock next year) and patients, the earth and plant debris. On tubers there has to be as little as possible earth, it will provide the best access of air, will reduce risk of their incidence.
4. It is possible to store potatoes in the basement or cellar as wooden boxes, and embankment. At the same time thickness of layer should not exceed one meter. It is better to put healthy root crops in baskets or boxes and to cover with straw. It is possible to shift tubers rowan leaves. To reduce air humidity, over potatoes put beet or the apple cut in half.
5. If you have no cellar and the basement, live in the city apartment, it is possible to provide storage of potatoes on the balcony in the warmed boxes or woven three-layer bags. From time to time touch tubers as one decayed potato can spoil all harvest and to you not to avoid unpleasant smell.