We tell, under what conditions to keep onions in the apartment and what to do so that it does not spoil for a long time.
Onions - the constant ingredient of many dishes, which adds a special taste. However, keep it after harvesting is quite difficult. And even if you just bought it in the store, then in the wrong place it will quickly deteriorate. Therefore, we tell where to store onions in the apartment and under what conditions.
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Storage conditions
Why bow spoils
Where to place it in the apartment
How to prepare onions after harvest
When growing onions in the garden, it is important to give him to arm. Depending on the variety you planted, it will take 90-120 days. Collect fruits usually at the end of summer, in mid-August. The fact that they ripe will say characteristic signs: dried feathers and dense husks. After the bulbs dug up, they need to let dry. In dry hot weather they simply leave for 5-10 days on the garden for drying, periodically turning over. Sunlight kills the pathogenic bacteria on the surface of the bulbs. When rain is folded on a grid under a canopy or in a well-ventilated room.
When the onion feathers are completely dry, the neck will become thinner, and the covering fruits of flakes - a pleasant golden color, you can proceed to the next phase of preparation for long-term storage. It is necessary to cut the neck, leaving about 5 cm, as well as remove the roots. If you plan to heat the fruits into the braids, it is not necessary to trim feathers. Then you should carefully sort out the harvest: sort the size and remove the damaged heads. It is not worth getting rid of them: you can start immediately or use other products to salting. You can also meet patients with instances, they need to be thrown away.
Please note that for long-term placement it is important to select the right varieties. Latest cultures are kept longer. Such can go before the end of spring (April-May). It is also better to leave a choice on yellow bulbs, and not on red or white. The last fastest is spoiled.
How to choose bulbs in the store
If you do not have a garden or you do not stock onions for the winter, it is important to know how to choose good vegetables in the store. Non-quality or patients will quickly ruin, and can also damage other products stored nearby.
The diameter of the turn onion head should be about 3-5 cm, and the vegetable itself is dense. You can press it with your palm if a crunch appears - this is a good sign. Pay attention to scales: they must be dry, even. Their damage speaks about poor quality.
On the bulb should not be sprouted green shoots or roots. Also never take the heads that even slightly covered with mold or white bloom. So you can choose.
The smell of a good vegetable bowl of all is neutral. Sometimes you can teach a light and pleasant onion fragrance.
How to store onions in the apartment in winter
It is important to comply with the right storage conditions of the Republic Luke, otherwise it can quickly spoil. It is necessary that the place in which you plan to place a harvest was dry. Moisture is destructive for fruits. Because of it, they face. It is important that the place is ventilated. Next to vegetables should not be a heat source. It is also not worth placing them next to the fruits of other crops: potatoes, carrots and beets. Sunlight is undesirable, it will reduce the storage time. Therefore, it is better to locate fruit in a dark place.
The temperature for storing onion depends on the placement method. There are two options: cold and warm. When cold, it is necessary to achieve a temperature from -3 ° C to 0 ° C. With her, the bulbs are protected from rot. The pulp of the fetus does not freeze, because it is hidden under dry husk. The apartment is such a temperature, most likely will be on a glazed balcony.
Use a refrigerator for long-term placement of vegetables. In the chambers, the temperature is maintained from + 4 ° C to + 6 ° C. It is destructive for bulbs: moisture is formed on their surface, because of it they begin to rot. You can put the fruits in the freezer, there they are capable of flying from 2 to 6 months. The main thing is not to put the bulbs entirely and prepare. For example, freeze the vegetable in the mutunged form or to pre-make a grip. It is important that the temperature is constantly maintained in the freezer from -18 ° C to -24 ° C - it is with such products as long as possible.
The warm way assumes that the storage requires a temperature from + 18 ° C to + 22 ° C. The humidity in the room should be 60-70%. Therefore, it is possible to place the fruits at high mezzanine, in the storage room, in an empty space under the bed and on a warmed loggia. Also often embed special boxes in the kitchen set. In this case, it is important that heat from the oven and other household appliances does not affect the safety of products.
Why spoil bulbs
Sometimes you understand why the bow is rotting during storage and what to do with it is difficult. Most likely, the reason in excessive humidity. For example, if you leave the fruits in the cellophane package for a long time, condensate will begin on their surface. Sometimes you can detect the rot and whitish raid from fungus. The causes of these problems also become an excess of moisture. In this case, it is necessary to quickly get rid of spoiled bulbs and revise the rest. If in the room is wet, then it is worth finding another place to accommodate. You can also move the heads of dried nettles, chalk, layers or husks - they will help to absorb liquid and save the products.
Where and how to store onions
1. Special containers
In stores for home, you can find containers that are designed for storing vegetables. It is easy to place onions, potatoes, garlic, carrots and other products. Boxes are made of plastic, have solid walls and a door with ventilation holes. You can find narrow and high options or, on the contrary, wide and low. The same containers in size should be put on each other, it will save space. Boxes made in the same style will look good in the interior.
2. Wicker or metal baskets
Baskets from a vine or straw is an eco-friendly method of storage of vegetables. You should not choose big and deep, so the bulbs will begin to deteriorate from the bottom due to lack of air. The optimal option is 5-6 liters. Fruits worth putting in them not a very large layer, its height should be about 20-30 cm.
Instead of wicker, you can use metal baskets. They are also well ventilated. When stored in them, the same rules should be observed as for baskets from the vine.
3. Wooden boxes
Wood boxes are often used for storage of vegetables. They can be made independently from thin boards. With it, it is important to leave the gaps between the valve straps. If you got a box with solid walls, then the holes should be done on your own. It is desirable that their diameter amounted to 2-3 cm.
From the boxes can be made a spacious shelf, as shown in the second and third photo in the gallery. Or just put the tanks on each other. So you will save a lot of space.
4. Ceramic pot
In pots, you can store a small amount of onions, which is needed for cooking in the kitchen. Due to the thick walls inside the container dark, and small holes provide ventilation. Such a pot is nice to leave on the table top, you can put on a closet for decoration or just remove on the shelf.
5. Metal banks
This is an analogue of ceramic pots. Banks are no different from them, except for the material. In the walls should be done by ventilation holes, in such vegetables are well stored.
6. Fabric bags
For the storage of bulbs, bags made of natural fabric, such as flax, cotton or cargo, are suitable. Such are well ventilated. Bags must accommodate about 4-5 kg. More to put in them is not worth it, otherwise the fruits in the center will not be enough air.
You can place the bags in the storage room or on the balcony, and one of them to carry into the kitchen and put in the kitchen box. So you do not have to go to another room for the necessary products every time.
7. Paper bags
Packets made of thick paper are able to pass air, so suitable for storing bulbs. They can be used instead of woven bags in the same way: the part is left in the storage room, and one of the packages bring to the kitchen.
If the paper seems to you very dense, make it holes for ventilation. By the way, instead of packages, you can use boxes of dense cardboard. In this case, it will also be needed additional holes.
8. Grids for vegetables
Mesh is a modern eco-friendly method for storing and transporting vegetables from the store. They can be used to accommodate bulbs. For example, just put the fruits into the grid and hang on the hook in the kitchen.
9. Special shelf
If in the kitchen, in the storage room or on a warmed balcony there is a free space, you can put a special shelf there. Instead of boxes, wicker baskets are built into it, which provide good ventilation. It is easy to fold onion, garlic and fruits of other cultures. They will all lie in one place, which is very convenient.
10. Kosy.
This is one of the reliable and common ways to store the harvest. His advantage is that air constantly circulates around vegetables. It is almost impossible to achieve this when placed in boxes and containers.
To braid good braids, it is important to collect a harvest on time. It is necessary that the tops do not have time to dry, otherwise it will break - it will not work such. The shoots should be a little tired and yellowed, but not quite hot. Vegetables leave on a garden for several hours so that they are dried, then make spit on them. So that they are stronger, inside the straw or ribbon. After hanging a wicker indoors.
