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eviltwin44 | 10:33 Mon 11th Apr 2016 | Food & Drink
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I've been told I shouldn't store onions and potatoes together, help please , ???
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i keep onions and tatties in those storage bags from lakeland..not together though
I store them both in the fridge.
I never store either in the fridge!
Why not? I store them together without a problem. I don't keep them in the fridge though.
I keep them separately in two plastic boxes in a dark area under a kitchen work surface.
If you google growing vegetables it suggests that onions should be kept away from potatoes. See below for reasons.

http://www.stilltasty.com/articles/view/32
Probably something to do with the onions making the potato's eyes water.

Maybe.
^Haaa!
My pots are in a dark cupboard and my onions in the veg rack!
Yes, shouldn't be stored in close proximity...but in a cool, dark place with air able to circulate around them (both onions and spuds). Plastic boxes and bags not a good idea...unless it's small new spuds in the fridge for several days.
I have last few of my potatoes in strong paper Catsan bags, very useful. I just have to remember to chit them occasionally. Onions are hung in dark shed. Lasting very well.
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thanks for all these varied replies
I didn't know they weren't meant to be kept together. I try to keep my potatoes out of daylight in a canvas bag to stop them going green, and usually just put the onions in as well.
I'll keep them separate in future.

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