Michigan State University Extension
Preserving Food Safely - 01600189
10/13/97

### STORING SWEET POTATOES

     Before placing tubers in storage, they  need  to  be cured

    for
    ten days at 80 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit, or  between  65

    and
    70 degrees  Fahrenheit  for  2 to 3  weeks.  The  tubers

    should
    be covered to keep the humidity elevated.

     After curing the tubers  are  stored at 55 to  60  degrees

    Fahrenheit.
     Chill  injury  will  result if  the temperature

    is
     below  50  degrees  Fahrenheit.  To  keep  the  humidity

    high
    around tubers, they may  be  covered  with,  or  put in

    a
     burlap  sack  that is moistened periodically.

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