We always spread them out on a old carpet on a flat bed wagon. Tried to keep them a single potato deep. Let them dry completely off. NEVER WASH them. Just rub the extra dirt off. Then we put them in regular bushel baskets. These we store in a basement room under the porch of the house. It does not freeze but is dark and dry there.
I think the key is: cool, dark, and dry. You provide those three things and potatoes will keep for a long time.
I have friends that live in OK. They do not get near as cold as we do here in Iowa. They dry theirs like we do but they store them outside in a pile of straw. It looks like a mini hay stack. They have a high spot of dirt about a foot higher than the surrounding ground. They start by spreading a thick layer of straw. Then they put about six inches of potatoes then more straw. Just making sure to have a layer of long straw on top. It sheds the water like a thatched roof.
When they need potatoes to use they just "dig" them out keeping the top layer of straw to shed water. I have seen them still have good potatoes until June/July of the following year.
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