[Ag-eq] Potatoes

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Tracy:

The potatoes sound great.

Does your basement stay dry and is it cooler than the house?

A root celler is basically a basement, they keep things cool, but also protect
from freezing.

If you have lots of potatoes they might not fit in your refrigerater.

Good luck.

Nella



Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> I started digging my potatoes yesterday.  They're the best I've ever grown,
> nice and big!  And 2-4 potatoes for every one I planted.  I grew Red Pontiac
> this year.  I think our unusually cool summer helped. And, as a bonus, I put
> lots of compost and leaves around the potatoes to keep the soil loose, and
> now I have really nice soil to put in a fall crop.  I put in some lettuce in
> one spot, and I'll put carrots or turnips in another.
> Google says to store potatoes in "a cool, dark, well-ventilated place".  I'm
> not sure where that might be.  The basement's not hot, but not particularly
> cool.  Google says the fridge isn't the best, but it may be the best I have.
> Wish I had a root cellar.
> Tracy
>
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