Gophers taught me how to store potatoes without curing for a whole year and after a year they were just as firm and moist as the day I dug them. I was blown away because normally in our area (zone 5) spuds stored in a root cellar will begin to shrivel and sprout after only 7 months. The gophers used my root cellar as a dumping site for the dirt from their tunnel digging. This dirt happened to cover some potatoes in the root cellar. I discovered these spud after a year and they were just like the day I dug them.

We used to use a woven hammock in the basement to cure our potatoes, worked well for getting air all the way around the potatoes.

Thank you. Curing them now. FL.

Thank you ☺️

First time potato grower here, this is really informative. Thanks for the video

great vid!

Thanks for the great video Stacey. This year we have a pretty good haul of very tasty potatoes and I was looking for a way to store them.

Thank you! So descriptive!

Very thorough. Thank You!

soooo helpful - thank you!!

Thanks! Great info!!

Just found your channel and I am going to hit that subscribe button bc you were quick and to the point and gave me just what I was looking for and so much more. Thank you. 🥰

Great video!

Awesome man very helpful

Thank you for the great information. My first harvest should be ready in about 3 weeks.

Thank you for making this video. I've always had trouble storing.

Very informative. Much appreciated!

Thank you. I had my first big potato harvest. I learned a lot from this video

Great video, quick and to the point. I love your location! So beautiful, i hope not too cold in the winters! Subscribed

Just found you,....excellent video! Thank you!

Great video. Wonder how the commercial folks do it?

Top works. So well done. Thanks brother not even a studder.

I like it.

😊Thanks for sharing 😊

Excellent description for a newbie potato grower.

nice video

For my potato storage I was able to recycle stackable cultured stone boxes from a building site. Heavy duty, wax lined with vent holes. They work great for my apples, garlic, onions and squashes too.

Excellent information--great explanation/ideas….

Your home looks so beautiful and peaceful thank you for the useful information.♥️👍

First timer here too. Mine just germinating but a few rotted in the soil. Here's hoping and thanks for the clear instructions.🌻

Great to know , thank you , I've had a sweet potatoe in my cupboard for over 6 months , it shoots out sprouts and I planted them , which basically brought me to the internet to find out what's going on lol. Now I have regular potatoes in tge cupboard and am on my 3rd round of potatoes in pots . Was wondering what I would need to do to store them longer , and here we are ! , appreciate your knowledge. I have to watch some of potatoes are shriveled with spores growing , I'd normally plant them when the spore comes out but it's getting cold , so I'll try growing under lights and see what happens, otherwise I'll cure some for the next round. Great video and info , thank you !!

Awesome video. Thanks for the great info. It's my first time here, but I'd love to know what a 6 month old or 7 month old red potato looks like for planting. Cheers!

Great video as always. I have a bunch of old bed sheets. Can they be used to cure the potatoes? Growing some in a couple of 10 gallon pots. First time growing them.

Thank you for the info. I'm saving this link to refer to it again when my potatoes are ready to store. My fav is Yukon Gold, I hope they won't sprout like the red one you showed. I'm growing them for the 1st time so I hope for the best.

Hey, I have a mouse and mole family living in my nice cool damp cellar and it can't be enclosed totally due to being built in rock with tons of cracks etc. If I took a tote or rubber garbage can and drilled a ton of 1/8 holes (too small for mice to get into) in the sides, lid and bottom then have it off the ground on a pallet for air underneath, do you think that would be enough ventilation for taters if suspended inside the container like you have done? Thanks for your vid and advice.

cool

Can you use the green potatoes to grown more right away if your season allows it? Also do potatoes take a light frost?

What if my garage Is hot as after I harvest we still can get pretty warm and the garage can get hot. Will that still work? Or does it need to be cool… I might be able to store them in my pantry, but it’s a little small.

Thanks for the info. I was looking forward to my first crop of potatoes but when I harvested them I discovered wire worms in all of my potatoes.

Anyone know if you can store potatoes on cellar door steps? I have a finished basement that is heated during the colder months so I probably wouldn't be able store them there successfully. The cellar door steps are isolated from the rest of the basement so would that work?

Can you store potatoes like this if conditions in your barn are below freezing?

quick question, would it not be possible to wash them immediately after harvest then dry and cure ?

How do you dry the outside of the potato by covering it when the climate where I live is hot and damp most of the day? That sounds like putting a lid on a pot on the stove.

Is it advisable to plant potatoes that have turned a little green and is sprouting? I have one.

What is room temperature for your potatoes?

Where in Canada are you located?

What about using a cardboard box to put the potatoes for curing?

So potatoes only last for 100 days?

If you break those sprouts off when they are shorter those potatoes will last at least a month or more longer.

I am so confused! These steps are not easy, but complicated and a lot of labor.