central - east central Minnesota - | WhiteRiver1 - 3/4/2011 10:04 Right after potatoe harvest the price fell here to $2.99 for 15 pounds. I figured that wouldn't last long so I bought several sacks and put them in my basement. It stays around 54 F but they didn't make it 2 months. I thought they would last a long time, I never had tried this before, did I do something wrong or why didn't they last?
Too warm, yet -
From what I remember, they need to be maintaned between 33 - 35°F and high humitity air moving through them. That'll keep then from trying to grow and turn to mush . .. . .
For the most part, potato's are the best food for the money - lest expensive also. They are also one of those staples that just enough seem to be grown from region to region, with just in time delivery to the stores. One potato famine in the US and watch out . . .
Is that possible, a potato famine in the US ? |
Potatoes in the basement
