I planted potatoes today, and hopefully I get enough to store this winter. I was thinking my storm shelter would make a great root cellar. But, I'm concerned because of this recent story about rotting potatoes giving off toxic fumes. Nowhere could I find how to prevent these fumes from building up. Do they rise, or stay near the floor? My storm shelter has ventilation tubes so I'm hoping the gasses rise. It also didn't say how long it takes to render a person unconscious, or if the toxins can be absorbed thru the skin. I suspect it is fast as these poor people followed each other one by one into the basement, and no one came out.
These are what I got:
Purple majesty
Daisy gold
Russet norkotah
