How to store potatoes

My friends in Belarus have learned to store potatoes in the basement in the most amazing way: they pour boiling water over the tubers before storing them. But starch coagulates and turns into jelly, which will inevitably lead to rotting.

There is a way to store tubers. But it is quite labor-intensive and requires special care. You are right: the main thing is not to cook the tubers! First, you need to wash them thoroughly, and then, placing them in a net, lower them into rapidly boiling water for exactly 4 seconds and immediately spread them in a cool room in one layer on paper or burlap to dry.

Such potatoes are largely cleared of pathogenic microorganisms and, indeed, lie better. In addition, it almost does not germinate.

Therefore, do not experiment with seed tubers. And let me also ask a question: how many potatoes can you process like this? If you collect half a ton, then I can sympathize with you.