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  1. 10-07-2018, 11:06 AM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thumbcocker View Post
    This is our first year growing them so I'm not sure how they will keep in the basement. It stays 65 degrees down there and is very dry so I hope they will keep a long time. If the start going bad we will just start canning them.
    I used to pick up at potato sheds here in NC and I think the guys said they keep them at 55degrees. I know it was in the 50's.
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    Are you curing them to bring up the sugar?
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    Supposed to make more starch into sugar

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    Keep them quite warm and dry for a few weeks, then bring them to storage cool, but not cold.
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