[AJD] OT potato storage

Mark Johnson markjohnson100 at centurylink.net
Sat Mar 8 12:00:18 PST 2014


Sorry to hear you've lost most of your crop.

When I was a kid, we had a concrete well-house which was at the perfect temp
for storing potatoes. Never froze, but we only ran enough heat with heat 
lamps to
prevent that...storage temp ran from high 30's to 50 or so.

Mark Johnson
Columbia, MO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Cook" <ron at lakeport-1.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 11:25 AM
Subject: [AJD] OT potato storage


> Well, with everyone's help and advise, I raised a very good potato crop
> last season.  I evidently was not able to keep them stored in a cool
> enough condition, however.  They are nicely sprouted and are starting to
> go soft.  I keep them as cool as I could, but that was mid fifties to
> low sixties.  In the dark, of course, but I understand they maybe should
> have had some air movement.  That did not exist.  Maybe I can do better
> next crop.  The ground is frozen and will be for some time so planting
> these is out of the question. Looks like I'll be tossing a little over
> 100 lbs.
>
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
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