Potatoes will be stored in a 2 times better: what to do after the harvest
Good day, our channel readers. We have grown a rich harvest, and will soon begin to dig potatoes in his garden. To the roots are well kept, do not rot - it is important to dig the potatoes and prepare it for storage. Recounts everything in the article!
By the way: the right actions improve the quality of stored potatoes in 2 times, duration - 1,5 times.
When the time comes ...
It was time to dig potatoes? Take a look at the weather forecast! To potatoes from the garden was kept longer, you need to opt for a "grand" event sunny day. Wind welcome! And fine, if the weather will be a few more days. Ovoschevodu is just at hand:
- the risk of decay is reduced;
- dry land falls off the skin, so the potatoes will look nicer, acquire "marketable."
- tubers will have time to dry before storing.
When digging, try not to damage the potatoes. Abrasions, cuts, cracks... All this is the entrance gate for bacteria and fungi, due to which the tubers deteriorate.
Subscribe to our feed to get daily tips on the cultivation of garden and indoor plants! We will be glad to each subscriber! By the way, will soon be an article about proper storage of potatoes!
"Potato instruction". What to do with the potatoes after digging out all the rules
The first point - this sort. I'm at his dacha doing this simultaneously with potato digging. Why? Because I do not want to then once again tinker with each tuber.
It's very simple: put 3 buckets, one throw healthy tubers, in the other - spoiled. Recent instances then give a neighbor to feed pigs or using a compost pit. And the third? I post to potatoes, chopped shovel. I attribute them to the house for an early use in food. Long shelf life, they still are not likely to. And I, as an economical housewife, do not want to transfer the product.
Stealth handling of seed potatoes
I tell an interesting trick, which you save more seed potatoes for planting in the country and the garden in the coming season. Leave selected the tubers dry in partial shade for several days - until their skin is not turn green.
Many of us have prejudices against such nodules... On the one hand, for good reason: the green tint on the surface of the potato - traces of solanine, a poisonous substance. But it is exactly what we need: solanine not give the potatoes rot, because the poisons and pathogens and decay. So, the next year you will have more seed. And, most importantly, healthy! New tubers will grow safe for human health.
Extend the "life" of the potato for food
A large part of the crop of potatoes goes for winter storage. Its preparation takes place in 3 stages:
1. Spread potatoes thin layer under the awning. I put them in plastic wrap. Desirably, each tuber was blown air carefully. The main task - dry skin to prevent rotting. By the way, and with it much of the land shall fade. Focus on dry tubers. I spend 2 hours a sunny and windy, and cloudy - about 4. You can not hold any longer. Otherwise, as we found out in the previous paragraph, in the potato accumulate solanine.
2. Once again, check the potatoes and cull all diseased and damaged.
3. If you plan to store the potatoes until next summer without loss, will need additional drying. Fold potatoes in fabric bags, put in a dark place at room temperature. The optimal rate - 18-20 ° C. It will take 2 weeks to be able to harvest in the cellar. Such a method improves the storing quality parameters (integrity, flavor, health, structure, duration) of 2-3.
Our channel wishes you good harvests! If you liked the tips, please put "Thumbs up" and subscribe to the channel - do not miss the interesting! Read more: Potatoes will be perfectly stored in the winter. 4 super-version