So you may think! But I left three pounds of potatoes on a high shelf and forgot all summer til I noticed a smell. They rotted and started leaking everywhere. It stained the shelf. Potatoes will come for you if you give them time, humidity and heat
And to think at some point in history that happened to somebody and they thought I better drink that liquid potato
The secret is to store them in dirt. Worst case scenario, you now have a potato plant instead of a potato.
I also discovered this. I was panicking a little bit when I started smelling what seemed like sewage in my basement. In a 100 year old house, I was wondering what broke. After a few hours, I figured out that there were potatoes rotting in the pantry, which was more open to the basement than it was to the main floor of the house - so all the smell sank down there. It was honestly a relief.
I worked at a train yard taking train cars full of potatoes and loading them on semi trucks to go across the bridge to Canada. One car had sat in the sun with no refrigeration for a week before it got to us. When we cracked that thing open, the smell was atrocious. It was like we could feel it as it expanded out, it was so potent.
Best part about onions is that if it's gone a little bad, just tear of layers untill you find a good layer.
The healthiest house plants in my home are the potatoes in the bottom of the kitchen cupboard I forgot about.
