All we would like to crop stored as long as possible. However, not all vegetables and fruits are able to withstand the test of time for yourself. Today it comes to apples, but rather on how I prepare them for the winter. In my arsenal, there 3 methods of preparation of apples for storageAnd they are all tested by me personally - because of these methods apples for a long time remain in the integrity and security, providing us with a stock of vitamins for at least six months.
I store the fruit in a cool place, the pre-processing of a specially prepared solution or wax. Both variants of the solution prepared very easily and quickly, so that they can be used absolutely everyone.
A first solution is prepared from water, potato starch, iodine and salts. To do this, I pour a glass of cold water in a mug with a wide neck, add it for 2 hours. l. starch, 10 drops of iodine and a pinch of salt, then stir everything thoroughly.
Then just dip into the mixture of apples and send them out to dry. Once they formed a thin plenochka, bear fruit in the designated storage location. apples before use it is necessary to wash well.
A further embodiment of the solution - alcoholic solution of propolis (100 g in half a liter of alcohol). Use it in a similar manner and the same having dried apples, treat them in a cool place.
Waxing spend as follows:: Melted wax in a small bowl, apples placed in a nylon mesh, and then, holding her top, dip the fruit into the liquid wax mass. To excess wax stack and apples dry out, keep the grid in limbo for several hours.
I store apples in boxes that were pre-washed with boiling water. As ustilki use wood chips in each box and put a few sprigs of thyme and marjoram.
All apples before laying wrap paper (each fruit separately), and only then pile into a box. The paper can be replaced by a foil, film or cardboard.
That's the way I am every year to stock up on apples - none of the above methods I have never let down!