Nev - pot-in-pot for root storage???

[Cornelian]

Nev, I keep coming back to your wonderful article on the pot in pot fridge.

I was wondering ... do you think it would be any good for storing root veg - particularly potatoes? I know potatoes have to be kept above 5 degree C ... but I was wondering if the conditions within the pot in pot might be conducive to storage of potatoes.

Currently I store potatoes in my dark pantry in wickerwork baskets where they keep well - it has been several months since my potato harvest and I still have good quality spuds to use ... but I'm keen to find even longer ways of storing them. The pots appeal to me as they'd be rat proof and I could keep them under the house.

What about thing like carrots? (Although I have a good variety which grows year round so I generally always have some growing - the mini round carrot which is fabulous - so that isn't so important).

[Wombat]

G'Day Cornelian,

Salad vegetables - ideal! Potatoes I am not so sure. They may miss the ventilation, but on the other hand they do OK in a clamp. I think that carrots would do OK. I will have to bung a couple of taters in my coolers and see what they do!

Nev

[Cornelian]

Thanks for that Nev (and apologies for not getting back to this sooner). It will be interesting to see how they go.

[Wombat]

No worries mate!

Nev