Storing your own fruits and vegetables at base at the end of the growing season , following a few simple guidelines , will enable you to have food of good nourishment and flavour into the fall and winter . It is a good way to keep spare green groceries you ca n’t exhaust justly away from the garden , and to save money later at the grocery store . Even if you do n’t produce your own green goods , you could purchase it locally during the season at farm stands and sodbuster ’ market for home plate storage .
Successful warehousing lead off with a right choice of motley and harvest home .
store conditions for green groceries evenfall into four radical . Cold ( 32 arcdegree F ) and moist ( 95 percent proportional humidity ) should be used for many including asparagus , common beet , broccoli , Brussels sprouts ( leave on stalk if possible ) , cabbage , carrots , cauliflower , sweet corn whisky , lettuce , Petroselinum crispum , pea , spinach , and grapevine . Cool ( 45 to 50 arcdegree ) and moist should be used for snap bean , cucumbers , Solanum melongena , cantaloupe , sweet white pepper , potatoes , and tomatoes . Cool and dry ( 65 to 70 percent relative humidity ) should be used forgarlicand onion . Warm ( 55 to 60 point ) and teetotal should be used for hot peppers , pumpkins , and winter squash .
How long should you await for storing these crop in this fashion ? On the humiliated end are from two to four weeks for asparagus , broccoli , cauliflower , peas , and most green leafy crop . One to two month , possibly more , are distinctive for leeks , Petroselinum crispum , and pumpkins . restrained storage times of between three and five months are distinctive for apples , cabbage , matured carrots , parsnips , former potatoes , wintertime squash , and sweet white potato . live longest in memory board are garlic and onions ( six to seven months ) . Others really do n’t store well so should be eaten brisk , including maize on the cob ( two to three days in husk , less if husked ) , and cucumbers ( one calendar week ) .
In addition to proper temperature and humidity conditions for each fruit or veggie , the following tips will direct to the longest depot .
Indoors , area that provide the right store conditions can be used such as a basement way , unheated room or garage , porch , attic , superfluous icebox , or bulkhead . outside is good for vegetables requiring nerveless to cold precondition , such as in root cellars , earthen agglomerate , or outdoor complex body part such as sheds . Two drawback to outdoor storage are the greater chance of freezing , and scathe by creature pests . More ideas on computer memory , and conditions for each harvest can be found in leaflets from Cornell Cooperative Extension ( www.gardening.cornell.edu ) .
STORING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Dr. Leonard Perry , Horticulture Professor EmeritusUniversity of Vermont
