I am so proud of you for sleuthing this out!
I am the only one to post new content in this community in 30 days.
Now thanks to you I am pulling all my post from this sub and blocking it and you.
Thank you for your contribution to this otherwise dying community.!
My grandfather use to bury potatoes and carrots in a hole covered with plywood. Dig them up in the spring and eat them until the next fall harvest. The would barely start to root towards the end but never rot.