Re: [gardeners] Introduction
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 07:02:21 -0600
>So the question at hand is: just how do you preserve your onions
>until next spring, or whenever..? In fact, those of you who harvest so
>many, many lbs of potatioes, how do YOU preserve them until next
>season..? I have trouble enough keeping them in the fridge! The
>onions tend to sprout, and the spuds are inclined to get limp.
>
>
>Penny, NY zone 6, without a root cellar......
>
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Onions that have good air circulation keep best. I have mesh onion bags,
and nails pounded into studs in the basement, from which to hang the onion
bags. Potatoes do sprout, but I keep them in liquor boxes with flap lids
intact so they're only exposed to daylight when I'm getting taters out.
"Greening up" that Bill mentioned is a reaction to sunlight. The potato is
developing solanine, I think it's called. It results in green skin or
spots on potatoes that must be removed before you eat the spud because it
is a toxic alkaloid. Don't eat green potatoes. Margaret