How to keep apples fresh until next summer. Come to the aid glycerin

Welcome gardeners!

Apple harvest this year has already hit all the records. And some owners head broke what to do with the surplus fruit harvest. Some have all the neighbors and friends have presented, others have wound cans and bag nasushit sour slices, while others may have already cooked and flavored cider, sealing the summer in a bottle.

But would you want to save a piece of apple harvest in kind until next summer? It is quite possible. storage "winter" period of apples (late ripening) inspires hope: 6-8 months is enough.

After spending some simple math, figure out: apples collected in September, prolezhat until April or May. In this article you will find recommendations on how to squeeze out the maximum shelf life and always have on hand your apples. They are better than store bought, right?

How to keep apples fresh for much longer

I will describe step by step all the way - from the harvest, so that no one confused.

1. The first stage - of course, picking apples.

I already wrote that, for long-term storage suitable "late" (or so-called "Winter") varieties. They have a solid pulp and genetics is the possibility of long shelf life without loss.

Apples need to pluck it from the tree. Opadyshi lying around in the grass, already have been damaged and may have begun with at least one barrel, but the port.

Perhaps the owners of the high apple bit strained) will have to use the ladder, calling close a safety net and looking around the garden with a height of almost bird's-eye view, or special devices for collecting fruit.

My neighbor is very deftly knocked the apples with a long stick - a pleasure to watch. But for fruit intended for long term storage, this option will not work. On the apple will trachinki (as I call any mechanical damage).

Next - sorting. It is better to choose the perfect fruit without a hint of scratches, holes and signs of disease. Any defect in the fetus greatly reduce shelf life: it is a potential risk of rotting. And apple rot in storage, probably infect neighbors on the box.

It is important to thoroughly dry the apples. Excess moisture collected in micro cracks - the reason is, again, rotting. And this, as we have learned, the main danger.

2. Treatment of apples

"Secret" Ingredient long storage - glycerin, sold at low cost in every pharmacy. It creates a film on the surface of the apple, and provides some protection against pests.

Simply rub the fruit cloth made of natural fabrics, richly dipped in glycerin. No toxicity it will not bring apples. Of course, before eating fruits rinse under water. Although I hope to anyone and would never eat apples unwashed.

3. About the storage

The temperature at which from apples stored for longer possible, - 0-4 ° C. The heat in the room, the smaller the term "shelf life." Theoretically, apples can be stored in such a way and in an apartment by placing a box on the loggia or in a cool place. But, let's say, at +10 ° C just before the harvest dolezhit NG or March 8)

Of course, it is better to omit the apple harvest in the cellar. The main thing - do not forget the occasional ventilation. Put a "Thumbs up", if the article was curious! Thanks. Also I recommend that you read: I almost forgot to fertilize strawberries in the fall: it is necessary to once again enjoy the harvest