How long can potatoes be kept?

How long potatoes can be preserved depends on the quality of potatoes and the preservation environment. Good quality potatoes can be stored indoors for 45-60 days. Good quality potatoes can be stored indoors for 45-60 days.

If germination occurs, it should be interrupted in time to prevent nutrients from continuing to lose with the elongation of buds. If potatoes are not infected with diseases, ring rot, late blight, etc. During the growth period, and there is no rain before and after harvest, they will be stored longer than those infected with diseases or soaked.

Preservation method

Potatoes can be stored in the shade at about 5 degrees Celsius. Never expose them to the sun or put them in the refrigerator. If the temperature is too high, potatoes will sprout or rot. If the temperature is too low, potatoes are easily frostbitten and inedible.

Long-term storage can put potatoes and apples together, because mature apples will release a plant hormone-ethylene, which can promote the ripening of plant fruits and the shedding of organs.

When potato and apple are put together, the ethylene produced by apple will inhibit the cells in the eye of potato bud from producing auxin, and the auxin will not germinate naturally if it is not accumulated to a sufficient concentration. Mature bananas should also have this effect.