I just store them in my basement in crates.
Potato Storage Ideas
This is my first year at growing potatoes. Looks like we're going to have a good crop. We got white's, red's, and sweet potatoes. I need some ideas on how to store these things over the winter. The only place I have that is reasonably cool and dry is the crawl space. I need something that's going to be critter proof also as it seems we get a couple of mice every year.
I was thinking about putting together some stackable trays with 2x4's and some kind of mesh screen. I wanted to ask here first to see what others have done.
Thanks!
I was thinking about putting together some stackable trays with 2x4's and some kind of mesh screen. I wanted to ask here first to see what others have done.
Thanks!
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Are you talking about plastic milk crates?I just store them in my basement in crates.
milk crates work if kept in the dark. whatever it is needs to breath.
Note that "Irish" potatoes need to be stored in a cool place while Sweet Potatoes need to be stored in a relatively warm place. The best place I ever had was an old refrigerator in the garage for potatoes. Now I spread them out on cardboard in the unheated part of the basement for awhile then box them up in cardboard boxes. Banana boxes are good because they have holes for ventilation. Milk crates should be fine. When I was little, they put them in a pile in the garden and covered them with straw then a dirt mound, dug them out as needed. Grandpa stored Sweet Potatoes in a large wooden covered box behind their heating stove. We store ours in cardboard box in the heated part of the basement.
Walt Conner
Walt Conner
Thanks for the info Walt.
I use wooden crates so they can get air, I have red potatoes which don't keep as good as my white potatoes.
Ok, thanks. Guess I'll have to make up some crates.I use wooden crates so they can get air, I have red potatoes which don't keep as good as my white potatoes.
I use bread crates from the local grocery store-keeps them shallow for good air movement and they're easy to handle. I made a flip-up rack on the back of our potato harvester so we can drop the trays under the harvester chain discharge. When one is full, somebody moves the full one to the back of the Gator and throws an empty onto the rack. As for storage, we use the crawl space under the mudroom. Critters haven't been a problem so far.
there is also a method of "curing" taters and onions. my dad does it but i fail every time! input?
dad's got the green thumb...mines mostly black and blue...poor eyesight and hammers you know. :ROF
dad's got the green thumb...mines mostly black and blue...poor eyesight and hammers you know. :ROF
After you dig potatoes you need to let them lie in the Sun to 'cure' and throughly dry the outside,do NOT wash them off and always dig only when the ground is very dry.Also dig them when the sign is low and not on a watery sign and best when its the old Moon.
HUH? :dunno: Could you say that in english?Also dig them when the sign is low and not on a watery sign and best when its the old Moon.
i thought the sun turned them green and poisonous
That is when they are growing. Dry them well, rub them or roll them around gently to get the worst of the excess dirt off, store them in a dark, cool, dry, well ventilated place and if they start to sprout just rub the sprouts off of them. Should keep till at least early summer. :fing32:i thought the sun turned them green and poisonous
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