• ElRenosaurusReg [fae/faer, comrade/them]
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    1010 months ago

    Wash your veggies when you buy them, dry them thoroughly, and store them in a sanitary environment; they’ll last much longer this way.

    I regularly keep my organic veggies for weeks at a time before cooking them with no molds or rotting.

    It also helps to buy from a growers market where things haven’t been in cold storage for months before getting to the store.

    • @[email protected]
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      610 months ago

      When you say wash, do you use some sort of cleaner? I rinse mine off and get a week, maybe a week and a half from most of my veggies before they spoil. I also live in a swamp so that might have something to do with it lol

      • ElRenosaurusReg [fae/faer, comrade/them]
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        10 months ago

        I wash with plain water and a little bit of citric acid or vinegar.

        Keep (unused) silica gel kitty litter in a mesh bag in your fridge to lower the relative humidity, I lived in a swamp for a while too :/

        Edit: dry your silica gel in the oven every couple weeks, once it looks like it’s losing its transparency.

    • @marine_mustang
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      210 months ago

      This, and don’t discount the effect of good airflow. People need to stop storing fruits and veggies in plastic; it just traps moisture and promotes rot. I got these mesh bags that really increased their shelf/refrigerator life.