Storage of potatoes requires attention

 A avoid strong light. After the harvest of potatoes to be stored in a dark room, strong light for a long time will make the potatoes turn greenish purple. Greenish-purple potatoes contain a toxic substance lobotomine. This toxic substance has a hemolytic and paralytic effect, the light will be nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, the heavy will be convulsions, coma and breathing difficulties, life-threatening, so the potatoes become purple-green can not be eaten.

Two avoid heaps. Storage of potatoes, especially storage of seed potatoes, to remove the broken, insect, diseased potatoes, do not pile up. To thin spread, the thickness should not exceed 30 cm, so as not to cause decay, premature sprouting.

Three avoid wet. Potatoes can not be stored in a wet room, wet not only easy to make potatoes rotten, but also make potatoes soon become "mother potato", so that the starch content is greatly reduced, low food value. Therefore, the indoor storage of potatoes must be dry.

Four avoid mixing. In the storage of potatoes, to be divided into varieties stored separately. Because different varieties contain different levels of moisture, pile thickness is not the same, the value of goods are also different, especially for seed, storage should be strictly controlled, not mixed.