At the end of summer, gardeners take great pleasure in harvesting a good harvest of tomatoes. Preserving in the form of salads, assorted fruits and just whole fruits will help you enjoy tomatoes all winter. But often you want fresh vegetables, especially during periods of vitamin deficiency.
It is quite possible to keep fresh tomatoes until the end of winter with a few simple tips.
Collection of fruits for storage must be done carefully enough. Tomatoes should be either green or dairy. Damaged and affected fruits should not fall into storage containers, it is better to get rid of them immediately.
The container for storing tomatoes must be prepared in advance. For this, disinfected wooden boxes are suitable, the bottom of which is quite appropriate to cover with paper.
Each fruit must be wrapped in thin paper and placed neatly in a container. It is permissible to stack tomatoes in rows.
The boxes must be installed in a sufficiently dark room, the temperature in which should not exceed 10 ° C. It is advisable to ventilate the storage area every day and inspect the fruit weekly.
In order to get rid of excess moisture, it is necessary to add peat and sawdust to the container and monitor the relative humidity of the room. It should be within 80%.
