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[0:00]Hello, good morning. Good morning, friends, and welcome back to our channel. Welcome back to our garden. And it is a beautiful, beautiful day today. It's a little bit breezy. We're having a little bit of breeze come through, but the sun is shining, and it is a beautiful day to be in the garden, and it's a beautiful day to do some harvesting in the garden. And if you remember in the last video, we had such a beautiful harvest of potatoes, and we had so many of them that we started taking them out of the garden beds because we didn't want to leave them in there because it's starting to warm up now. And in today's video, we're going to be talking about how to prepare your potatoes to store them, how to cure your potatoes, and how to store them long-term. And a lot of you asked in the comments how we prepare our potatoes to store them and how we get them to last for so long without them spoiling. And so in today's video, we're going to talk all about how to cure your potatoes and how to store them for a long time. So let's go ahead and let's get into it. Let's first talk about what is potato curing. Potato curing is basically a process where you're going to toughen up the skin of your potatoes so that they last longer. And another way that you can think about it is you're basically healing your potatoes. When you pull your potatoes out of the ground, they have very tender skin, and they're more susceptible to bruising and to spoiling. And if you cure your potatoes, the skins are going to toughen up, and they're also going to heal themselves from any damage that happened to them when you pulled them out of the ground. So basically, potato curing makes your potatoes last longer because it helps heal any bruises and cuts that might have happened when you were harvesting them, and it also thickens their skins, which is going to help prevent any moisture loss. And if you want your potatoes to last up to six months, then curing them is a very important step. So now that we know what potato curing is, let's talk about the first step, which is going to be removing all of the dirt from your potatoes. Now, you don't want to use any water for this. You just want to use your hands and just gently remove any excess dirt, because you don't want to bruise your potatoes. And you definitely don't want to wash your potatoes because if you do, you're going to introduce too much moisture to the potato, and they're going to spoil faster. So you just want to take all of the excess dirt off with your hands, and you also want to remove any green potatoes. Now, green potatoes can be toxic, so we don't want to eat them. And they're also green because they've been exposed to the sun, which means that the taste is going to be very bitter. So we're just going to make sure that we remove any green potatoes and any bruised potatoes or any potatoes that have cuts, and we're just going to keep those aside and make sure that we eat those first. We don't want to cure any potatoes that have bruises or cuts because they're going to spoil faster. So we're just going to separate them, and we're just going to go ahead and make sure that we eat those first. So once you remove all of the excess dirt and you've removed all of your green potatoes and any potatoes that have any blemishes, you're now ready for the next step, which is going to be curing your potatoes. So now let's talk about the conditions for curing your potatoes. You want to make sure that you cure your potatoes in a dark, humid, and well-ventilated area for about 10 to 14 days. So in the next clip, you're going to see how we go ahead and we set up our potatoes to cure them. We just go ahead and we grab all of our potatoes, and we just lay them in a single layer in this dark room in our house, and we just make sure that we spread them out evenly. We make sure that the room is well-ventilated, and we also keep the temperature at about 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. We're going to go ahead and we're going to leave our potatoes in this room for about 10 to 14 days. And after those 10 to 14 days, you're going to notice that the skins of your potatoes have thickened, and they're also a little bit harder. And that means that your potatoes have been successfully cured. And that means that now you're ready to store them. So now let's talk about how to store your potatoes long-term. Now, you want to make sure that you store your potatoes in a cool, dark, and dry place that is well-ventilated, such as a garage, a basement, or even a closet. And we just go ahead and we store them in these plastic crates, and we just make sure that we store them in a single layer. You don't want to stack your potatoes on top of each other because they're going to bruise, and they're also going to rot faster. You also want to make sure that you check your potatoes often to make sure that there's no potatoes that are starting to spoil. Because if one potato starts to spoil, it's going to affect all of the other potatoes. You just want to make sure that you remove it as soon as you find it. You also want to make sure that you don't store your potatoes with any onions or any fruits that produce ethylene gas, such as apples, because the ethylene gas is going to cause your potatoes to spoil faster. And if you store them this way, your potatoes can last up to six months and even longer. And that is all for today's video, friends. We hope that you enjoyed it, and we hope that you found it helpful. And if you did, please make sure that you like, comment, and subscribe. And we'll see you again in the next video. Happy gardening.