I grow a variety of garden produce and all basically pesticide free.
We bring the potatoes and carrots south with us for the winter. Carrots store amazingly well in the fridge, but I don't have decent storage for the taters.
Last year at this time we had to chuck the last of the taters as the sprouts were past a foot long and the life drained from the tubers.
Well, this year I had a brainstorm to use a cooler to try and put them into chilled storage.
Hmm using an ice pack will freeze any spuds it contacts and ruin them. Well, suspend the ice pack above the spuds?
Use adhesive cable tie anchors on the cooler lid
Hang the ice pack. Learned to put some paper towels over the spuds as the ice pack sweats and drips.
Just starting to sprout, but the tuber quality is excellent.
My wife's favorite are purple potatoes and hard to find in most stores.
Pretty decent for 3-1/2 months of storage.
When the cooler was full, I had to change the ice pack 3x a day. Now I'm down to 1-2x a day.
On days it gets cool enough at night, the cooler goes on the balcony, but those days are gone. Florida winter is measured in days.
A few more weeks and fresh Florida reds will hit the stores.
Thanks for looking.
We bring the potatoes and carrots south with us for the winter. Carrots store amazingly well in the fridge, but I don't have decent storage for the taters.
Last year at this time we had to chuck the last of the taters as the sprouts were past a foot long and the life drained from the tubers.
Well, this year I had a brainstorm to use a cooler to try and put them into chilled storage.
Hmm using an ice pack will freeze any spuds it contacts and ruin them. Well, suspend the ice pack above the spuds?

Use adhesive cable tie anchors on the cooler lid

Hang the ice pack. Learned to put some paper towels over the spuds as the ice pack sweats and drips.

Just starting to sprout, but the tuber quality is excellent.

My wife's favorite are purple potatoes and hard to find in most stores.
Pretty decent for 3-1/2 months of storage.
When the cooler was full, I had to change the ice pack 3x a day. Now I'm down to 1-2x a day.
On days it gets cool enough at night, the cooler goes on the balcony, but those days are gone. Florida winter is measured in days.
A few more weeks and fresh Florida reds will hit the stores.
Thanks for looking.