[Ag-eq] Potatoes

[David Andrews]

Tracy, I am not an expert, but I think the refrigerator is too 
cold.  It turns the starch in potatoes to sugar.

Dave

At 07:42 AM 8/15/2014, you wrote:
>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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