How do you store winter squash?

How do you store winter squash?
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When I was getting to put them down in the fruit cellar where it is 40 degrees .........and dark............I wiped them down with 1 tablespoon bleach with 1 gallon of water and dried them before taking them down for storage.  They will keep several months down there.
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