Build wood rent for potatoes yourself

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You should store your potatoes in a timber heap. The storage room should in any case be frost-free, dark and well ventilated.

Potatoes should be stored in a timber pile
Potatoes should be stored in a timber pile

What you need:

  • 5 boards 2 x 10 x 400 cm
  • 1 lath 4 x 6 x 400 cm
  • 4 metal brackets
  • 24 nails 60 mm
  • 118 screws 4 x 50 mm
  • saw
  • Cordless screwdriver
  • hammer
  • Folding rule
  • angle

Under no circumstances should you store your valuable potato harvest in a plastic or metal container. It is much better if you rent a wood for that potatoes build. With a little manual skill, a potato heap can be built quickly.

Find the right place for a wood rental

  1. Before you start building a log pile to store the potatoes, you need to find a suitable place for it.
  2. Potatoes should always be stored in a dark room. If they are exposed to daylight or artificial lighting, green spots appear on the potatoes. This makes them inedible.
  3. Potatoes should also not be stored in a warm room. The storage room should also be frost-free. The optimal temperature in the potato store is 4 degrees Celsius.
  4. Suitable places for renting wood are the basement or possibly the attic.
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How to build a log pile for potato storage

  1. To store around 200 kg of potatoes, a pile of wood measuring 60 x 60 x 80 cm is sufficient.
  2. You first start with the floor of the timber rent. To do this, saw 2 roof battens to a length of 60 cm. Place the two slats parallel on a flat surface, also 60 cm apart.
  3. Then saw 6 boards that are 10 cm wide to a length of 60 cm. You attach these 6 boards to the two battens with nails.
  4. Then mount a batten 80 cm long with a metal bracket and screws at each corner. You should make sure that the slats are aligned exactly vertically. You can easily check that with an angle.
  5. Now the side walls of the timber pile are still missing. To do this, you have to saw 28 boards, each 60 cm long. You attach the boards to the previously installed roof battens with 4 x 50 screws.
  6. So that the potatoes in the timber pile are adequately ventilated, you should leave a gap of 2 cm between the individual boards.

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