Sweet potatoes are tropical plants related to morning glories. They require a long, warm growing season to mature, which is why they are a southern favorite. However, faster-maturing varieties make it ...

Sweet potatoes are grown from sprouts called slips, not from seeds. Plant slips in late May or early June on raised soil ridges after the danger of frost has passed. This low-maintenance crop requires ...

Sweet potatoes are delicious, nutritious, and relatively easy to grow in the home garden. You can incorporate sweet potatoes into the companion planting, succession planting, and crop rotation plans ...

Sweet potatoes can be grown from slips started in water, soil, or directly in the garden. Growing your own slips saves money and ensures access to untreated, organic sweet potatoes. Warm temperatures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing sweet potatoes in containers lets you start earlier, manage space, and protect plants from frost. Choose compact, ...

Walter Battle plants sweet potatoes, and Andrea Jacobo demonstrates ergonomic gardening techniques. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Area Specialist Walter Battle ...

I am growing sweet potatoes in the garden of my house in Kashima. It all started when my family visited 'Rapoppo Namegata ...

This year's sweet potato harvest far exceeded initial expectations. "We had little planting material available overall, so the planting dates were pushed back. The good growing and harvesting ...