Freezing: Freeze whole cuts of fresh pork if you do not plan to cook it within four days after purchase. Wrap whole cuts of pork separately in foil or freezer bags before freezing, and label for ease in selecting just the right number of cuts to thaw for a single meal.
(However, they wonât keep as long as they would if kept at ~55Â°F.) In general, potatoes will keep for 1-3 weeks in the refrigerator, but this depends on when they were harvested before they got to you. Sweet potatoes should be stored the same way as white potatoes. The usual advice is not to refrigerate them, but they will tolerate refrigeration as long as they have been âcuredâ at 85Â°F for 5-8 days to allow the skins to dry out and harden. Raw whole potatoes can be stored wrapped or unwrapped.
Over the next few weeks, the sweet potatoes will send out little baby plants. Your only responsibility during this time is to keep that water level fairly constant. The sweet potatoes will take care of everything else. After four to six weeks, you should have a nice growth of little baby sweet potato plants.