How do you store sweet potatoes so they don't rot and taste sweeter?

Summary: Sweet potatoes are not easy to keep. How can you store sweet potatoes better?

The sweet potato harvest season is coming around again soon. Many farmers, because they plant sweet potatoes on a fairly large scale, or because they are thinking about the winter market for sweet potatoes, are faced with the problem of storing sweet potatoes. During storage, if temperature, humidity and other issues are not well controlled, the sweet potatoes will end up with a poor taste, rot or sprout. Therefore you should choose the best storage method to ensure the appearance and taste of the tubers.

The key factors affecting sweet potato storage.

The key factors affecting sweet potato storage include temperature and humidity. Sweet potatoes are afraid of freezing; if the temperature is too low (

The main methods of storing sweet potatoes include cellar storage, well storage, indoor storage, and sliced storage. After harvesting, sweet potatoes are best dried in the sun for a period first to remove part of the surface moisture, so as to avoid, during direct cellar storage, excessively vigorous respiration producing moisture that makes the air humidity in the cellar too high. The drying time should not be too long either; at night it is best to cover them with plastic sheeting to avoid them being dampened by dew. In fact, cellar storage and well storage methods are similar: both require digging out a space of a certain depth, only the depth and size are somewhat different.

These two storage methods require choosing a location far from water sources, to avoid groundwater making the humidity in the cellar too high. When the sweet potatoes go into the cellar, it is best that they do not directly touch the ground; you can spread a layer of fine sand or lay down a layer of wooden boards, place the sweet potatoes on the wooden boards, and the placement density should not be too great, to avoid the temperature getting too high when they are piled up.

At the same time, the tubers should not be close to the cellar wall. When storing in a cellar, it is best to plan the placement positions well so that it is convenient to take them out later. After placing them, the cellar opening must be handled properly; it is best to leave one opening for ventilation, do not seal it too tightly, and at the same time you can cover the seal with a layer of straw. After storage, you also need to check regularly, paying attention to temperature and humidity, and regularly inspect and take out the diseased and rotting sweet potatoes. These two storage methods are suitable for farmer friends with a relatively large sweet potato planting area and a relatively large storage volume.

Indoor storage is mainly suitable for short-term storage of a small amount of sweet potatoes. Generally you can put the sweet potatoes in a wooden box or cardboard box, put some straw and the like inside for warmth, and especially in winter, after sealing the box well, leave a hole for ventilation to avoid cold wind blowing in. The storage time of this method is relatively short. Sliced storage mainly means slicing the sweet potatoes and drying them in the sun; during the drying process it is best not to let them get wet from dew or rain and snow; after drying, store them. Before eating, they generally need to be soaked in warm water. Sweet potatoes stored this way do not taste very good, so sliced storage is generally not recommended.

Overall, for large-volume storage, cellar storage is recommended; for small amounts, indoor storage can be considered; considering the taste, sliced storage is generally not recommended. Whichever method is used for storage, you must first remove the tubers that are damaged, have worm holes or have diseased spots. Control the storage temperature and humidity well.

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