How to Store Potatoes for Months - Cheaply and Easily!

[@DeidreMarquez]

Thank you for the info. Our Food King grocery store has their 15# potatoes for 1.99 no limit. They will go great with all the chuck roast im buying from Smiths for $3.27lb that i mentioned in a previous video. Going to spend our $100.00 stockup $ on chuck roast. Jackpot!😁

[@joyfullythriving]

That is awesome! Way to stock up on Chuck roast! 🙌 And that is an AMAZING price on 15lbs of potatoes too! Now you know how to store them! 👍

[@ShanahIgriega]

I actually wanted to buy more potatoes but wasn’t sure how I would have used them all before they would have went bad but this is right on time. Thanks!

[@joyfullythriving]

Yay! So many people kept asking, it seemed like a good time to film a quick video! 🥔

[@hopehealinghomestead462]

I am really enjoying your channel. One hoosier youtuber to another great job!

[@joyfullythriving]

Thanks so much! 🥰 Always nice to meet a fellow Hoosier here!

[@stevelogan5475]

I am Irishman, 61 yoa , that is how we stored them since I can remember , but we had a root cellar outside & consistent temp year round like a cave , appx. 62 degrees F & dark, lasts for months plus works on about every root veggie , carrots , parsnips, turnips, rutabagas , yams, etc... all grown in our large garden in rural S/E Kentucky

[@violethill5830]

And in the spring dad would cut up the sprouted potatoes, making sure each piece had a sprout, and plant them.

[@joyfullythriving]

Love it! Thanks for sharing your advice!

[@stevelogan5475]

@violethill5830 absolutely , God Bless

[@stevelogan5475]

You are welcome, God Bless

[@daisy8297]

What great advice, I wouldn’t have thought carrots would keep that long but it makes sense😊

[@nanar.8088]

That's the procedure we've used for many years and they last a long time. Great advice!

[@joyfullythriving]

Thanks for backing me up on this and adding your experience too! 🥰

[@swl9270]

My grandmother who loved to cook and was really a great cook, overwintered green tomatoes but wrapping each one in newspaper and boxing them and they lived in Alabama where it wasn’t that cool

[@joyfullythriving]

It's amazing what we can learn from our grandparents!

[@cyn4rest]

Interesting. I didn’t know this about the plastic bag. But it does make sense. Thanks. New subbie ❤

[@joyfullythriving]

Glad it was helpful! The little things make a big difference! And welcome!

[@marilynsmith8054]

I keep my potatoes in a ventilated box and place some kitchen towel on top to take up any moister and keep in them dark cupboard under the stairs in UK

[@karenholland2012]

I am so glad I found your channel! Thank you for all the great tips!!

[@joyfullythriving]

Awww. Thanks, Karen! 🥰

[@jodyblas-ti1ie]

Great information! Thank you

[@joyfullythriving]

You are welcome!

[@teresalittrell5791]

Great tip! I will have to start doing that.. Thanks😊

[@joyfullythriving]

Glad it was helpful! 🥰

[@l.chelseegobin7853]

Love it! ❤You are the one I learned this from on a previous video and it’s a game changer. I’m extremely sensitive to solanine and will become I’ll eating potatoes with even the slightest tinge of green. Your tips have saved me from wasting “bad” potatoes. 😊

[@joyfullythriving]

Oh dear! I am so glad I can help you salvage your potatoes and make things last better! 🥔

[@jeanwright8346]

Good advice... thank you for sharing.

[@joyfullythriving]

You're welcome!

[@UnitedWeStand2020]

I'm definitely going to try this. With the cost of groceries these days and having a very limited income, can't afford to waste food. How about getting carrots to last longer too? Seems like it may be the same process as the potatoes. Anyone know for sure?

[@sherriebyrd3784]

I love this idea. I bought the same deal on potatoes and I’m in the middle of canning them today. Also Kristen I followed your lead on Boost and took advantage of the great buys on carrots (canned those last night) flour, sugar etc. my husband could not believe everything I got yesterday between the weekly buys and boost. Thank you so much for teaching us about the deals.

[@joyfullythriving]

I love it when we can surprise and delight our husband with all the good deals! 🥰 SO glad you were able to stack all the deals too! One of these days, I am going to can some of my potatoes when I have a chance. Do you can them cubed?

[@sherriebyrd3784]

@@joyfullythriving Yes I cube them. It makes for easy potato salad and potato soup. I make pint jars to add to vegetable soup. If we need creamed or mashed potatoes as we say in Tennessee I just heat them add butter , milk, salt and pepper sometimes sour cream. Thanks for everything! I always look forward to Thursday afternoon.

[@joyfullythriving]

@@sherriebyrd3784 Awww! I look forward to our Thursdays together too! 🥰 And thanks! My thought was to cube them as well. Definitely putting canning potatoes on my Fall list.

[@elisekuby2009]

Thank you for that! I've been doing it all wrong.

[@joyfullythriving]

Happy to help! ☺️

[@NOVAFrugalFamily]

I keep mine in a bowl on the counter because we use them so quickly but totally agree drying is key because grocery potatoes are always wet. I hope to get an amazing enough price to worry about storing in a box. 😊 I also keep a bowl in a dark cabinet to store extras.

[@joyfullythriving]

We are going through potatoes faster and faster here too! But hopefully November will bring amazing potato sales so we can both stock up for a couple months!

[@vivianhudacek1556]

I keep mine in a drawer. Is that just as good?

[@joyfullythriving]

Sure! It's dark and away from the light so that works too. If your drawer is in the kitchen, it might be a little warmer but still a good way to store potatoes!

[@ritaslade2989]

Very good tip 😊 God Bless You ❤😊

[@joyfullythriving]

Thanks, Rita!

[@analescano857]

Thanks for this great tip. I notice that when I buy yellow potatoes and don’t use them right away, they tend to turn green. Are they still ok to use? Also, would the cardboard box method help to stop them from turning green? Thank you so much.

[@joyfullythriving]

Good question! That green is called solaine and I did a bit of research for you. Potatoes turn green because they are exposed to the light so storing in cardboard should definitely help! I don't usually have a problem with my potatoes turning green - unless they were bought that way. And yes, they are still safe to eat if you cut and peel all the green parts off. Hope that helps!

[@analescano857]

@@joyfullythriving thank you so much for your response. I will try the cardboard box method.

[@pattroy172]

My mother did this with apples and pears too

[@joyfullythriving]

That is good to know!

[@sharontillotson2622]

Thank you so much great idea👍👍🇨🇦😊

[@elainel7924]

Love these tips!!

[@joyfullythriving]

Yay! 🥰🥰🥰

[@vbetta8979]

Thank you! My potatoes ALWAYS sprout. I put them in a cool dark place but still in the plastic bag. Now I know. ❤🎉

[@joyfullythriving]

Happy to help! The plastic bag is key. I think you will notice a big difference once you stop using the plastic bag. I definitely did!

[@jansmith5818]

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[@joyfullythriving]

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[@stevelogan5475]

@jansmith5818 John 14: 6 is my fave verse , Amen for your post sister Jan

[@lynnsummerlin4858]

❤

[@beavaness8742]

Thanks for the tip.

[@bethanywarner5989]

Yay! Thank you! That's so easy!

[@joyfullythriving]

You're welcome! And yes. It really is so easy - and a game changer still at that!

[@chriss7552]

Yay,, awesome. New subscriber 😊

[@joyfullythriving]

Yay! Thank you!

[@IzabelaWaniek-i1x]

Thank you 🙏

[@joyfullythriving]

You are truly welcome!

[@virginiavoigt2418]

Store them anywhere. . . . Except the refrigerator.

[@joyfullythriving]

Yes! I never store potatoes in the fridge!

[@lynntaylor2506]

Thanks so much for such great information ❤ have a beautiful day ❤

[@joyfullythriving]

You are so welcome, and same to you!

[@plowhand5591]

Thanks! 👍🙂✝

[@joyfullythriving]

You are so welcome!

[@aFreeman0409]

Well, I tried the box method and they last longer in the fridge. DO a side by side test. I got 6 months in the box 9 in the fridge.

[@joyfullythriving]

Interesting. While they may last longer, from all my research it is not recommended to store potatoes in the fridge because the cold starts changing the starches more to sugar, also changing the taste. Plus, my fridge is very, very full with no room for potatoes so I am going to stick to my box method!

[@patriciacorpe6228]

what if you never have newpaper's ???

[@joyfullythriving]

Then just skip it! Half the time I use it, and half the time I don't. It really doesn't make a huge difference...except if a bad potato sneaks in the box, then the newspaper helps contain it. Otherwise, this method will totally work without newspaper

[@pattroy172]

Get the free papers i those boxes at convention stores or store ads etc

[@LizWatts-o1o]

I just want to thank you again for this tip, it has really helped us to stop throwing potatoes away! I don’t like throwing any food away so this is great🙂

[@joyfullythriving]

You are so welcome! And with prices going up, every bit of food is valuable!

[@Hey_nat]

Thank you for this information!! Im going to do this today

[@joyfullythriving]

You are so welcome! It's such a simple thing but really helps our potatoes last a lot longer!

[@SK-ki1te]

Can someone tell me the truth about storing potatoes and onions together?

[@joyfullythriving]

Here is what I know. Onions like cool and dry storage just like potatoes BUT they should NOT be stored together. Onions produce ethylene gas which causes potatoes to sprout much faster. And on the flip side, storing them together means the potatoes can cause your Onions to soften and turn brown. I keep my potatoes in a box in the basement and Onions in a bowl on the counter. Hope that helps!

[@daisy8297]

I wonder if this would work as I live in the tropics. The heat is appalling for at least 6-8 months of the year and the humidity is around 90%. Even when you take the potatoes out if the plastic bag they rot quite quickly, and there is nothing as disgusting as the smell of rotting potatoes! We don’t have basements, but we do have garages but even if they are insulated they are even hotter than our houses. I could definitely find a dark spot for them, but not a cool spot 😱

[@elainelivingstonky]

I lived in Florida, which was tropical, and that didn’t work when I moved to Kentucky, even when it was transitioning to fall where it was cooler, I stored them in the garage in a box as they said, and it didn’t work. The air conditioning is still running in my house and I’ve tried doing it here and it doesn’t work the best place that I found is just put it in the vegetable drawer in the fridge and I know people might be against that, but that’s what makes them last longer not for a month, but it makes them last longer.

[@elizabethteeter6284]

How about under a bed thanks for the update you are such a great person 🙏🙏💗

[@joyfullythriving]

That's dark! Go for it!

[@cynthiamilo5571]

I was hoping, but if you live in the hot East where you have hot weather 10 months of the year, you don’t have a cool area. Not even an air condition house can’t save potatoes. I’ve tried everything. You got 2 days, 4 if you’re lucky. It’s very sad. Yes, I freeze for mashed, freeze twice baked, but, only so much room for freezing.

[@debbielieb7018]

Thank you

[@joyfullythriving]

Welcome!

[@PatB415]

Will this method work for Sweet Potatoes too?

[@joyfullythriving]

Yes! Sweet potatoes will last even longer than regular potatoes stored this way!

[@dillarddillard-p4e]

Question, we live in the hot humid south and store our thin skin golden potatoes under our counter where it’s dark. They sprout so quickly I don’t have time to use them up! Help please?

[@robyndowning2990]

Wow! This is the easiest method I have even seen! I have red potatoes in a bag so I will take them out and let them dry off for a day. I have newspaper and three delivery storage boxes about the size you are showing. Thank you so much for this tip! I have used other methods of storing and the potatoes didn't keep well. Yes, they were stored in a dry cool and dark place but I wasn't told about drying the potatoes nor using newspaper. I sure appreciate this helpful hint!

[@joyfullythriving]

So glad I could help! Yes, it's really easy and really works. I am all about simple and practical! 😊 Happy to help!

[@stacyhackney6100]

Thx u

[@joyfullythriving]

Of course!

[@deewinston5651]

Thank you for sharing.❤️✝️🙏🇺🇸

[@joyfullythriving]

Any time!

[@LVT2314]

Boxes carry bugs no way . Dark cold room in bin

[@joyfullythriving]

Hmmm. I haven't ever had a problem with bugs in my boxes! 🤷‍♀️

[@eyesup9542]

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[@joyfullythriving]

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[@raymundomarroquin7105]

Thank you! San Antonio, TX

[@joyfullythriving]

From one (former) San Antonian to another...de nada! 🇨🇱

[@rhonii6259]

Starch in the dark

[@joyfullythriving]

Good catch phrase!

[@deborahlozano7134]

Thank you.

[@joyfullythriving]

You're welcome!

[@peggyspence9081]

Thank you!

[@joyfullythriving]

You are truly welcome! ❤️

[@justsaying7347]

Does this work for sweet potatoes?

[@joyfullythriving]

Yes! Definitely does...and sweet potatoes stored this way will last even longer than russets!

[@cynthiajudkins2250]

Thx ❤

[@joyfullythriving]

Of course! Happy to help!

[@brandierhoades4696]

Where would you suggest if you don’t have a basement? I have a garage but in the summer months it stays hot/humid. And I don’t have a closet in my kitchen. I do have a small cleaning closet in the kitchen but it’s not very big/deep and only has 1 shelf

[@joyfullythriving]

Do you have a hall closet? Or a coat closet close by? That is what I often used for storage when I lived in an apartment.

[@brandierhoades4696]

@@joyfullythriving no. In that room I have the cleaning closet and off the kitchen I have a laundry room with shelving.

[@joyfullythriving]

@@brandierhoades4696 A bottom shelf then? Or a just stick it somewhere out of the way. If the box is closed, that is the main thing and will help with the darkness. Just do the best you can with the space you have! I know it is tricky sometimes with tight spaces.

[@leonameads3554]

Thanks for the information

[@rachelparmater892]

Try under a bed or in a corner that you could put a towel or blanket over it.

[@libraryslug]

Can you use a plastic bin?

[@joyfullythriving]

I would not recommend using a plastic bin - unless it has holes in it. Cardboard is more breathable as is a bushel basket. A plastic bin is better than staying in the plastic bag but I would still choose cardboard before plastic.