Storing Potatoes. 1  1. Sort your potatoes. 2  2. Store healthy potatoes in a dark, dry place. 3  3. Keep the temperature cool.  4. Check your potatoes periodically for signs of 1  spoilage. 5. Cure your potatoes for long-term storage.
A period is a horizontal row in the periodic table. Although groups generally have more significant periodic trends, there are regions where horizontal trends are more significant than vertical group trends, such as the f-block, where the lanthanides and actinides form two substantial horizontal series of elements.
Now you know about periods going left to right. The periodic table also has a special name for its vertical columns. Each column is called a group. The elements in each group have the same number of electrons in the outer orbital. Those outer electrons are also called valence electrons. They are the electrons involved in chemical bonds with other elements. Every element in the first column (group one) has one electron in its outer shell.