Sun and healthy soil are key. Grow sweet potatoes in USDA hardiness zones six and higher or perennially in zones eight and above. "As with other food-growing plants, they require a generous amount of ...

Growing your own slips from sweet potatoes is a rewarding project so easy anyone can do it. Unlike regular potatoes, sweet potatoes do not have eyes that grow into new plants. Skins contain fine roots ...

Every year, I try something new in my garden, whether that's a new variety of some vegetable I've grown before, or some completely new gardening technique. This year, I decided to try my hand at ...

Sweet potatoes are great—they’re like the utility knife of root veggies: dependable, versatile, and ready for all your stews and fries. However, growing them can feel like adopting a high-maintenance ...

A staple crop for years, sweet potatoes are fairly easy to grow right in your own backyard—it just takes a little time and know-how to do it right. We asked gardening experts to break down the steps ...

Selecting the right size of burlap sack is essential for sweet potato growth. A sack of at least 50 liters is ideal, as it ...

35 days time-lapse of growing a sweet potato in a water-jar. Sweet potato started to develop slips and consume lots of water, ...

DEAR HELOISE: When I was a little girl, my mother used to start a plant with a sweet potato just by rooting it in a vase of water. Do you know anything about such a plant? I don't recall this ever ...

For the summer flower garden, ornamental sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) make a beautiful, dependable addition. They thrive in the intense heat of our summers, and May through August is the perfect ...

Nutritious foods like sweet potatoes are becoming more popular as Kenyans embrace healthy lifestyles. How about starting a sweet potato farm to ride on this craze? Well, sweet potatoes are easy to ...

For the summer flower garden, ornamental sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) make a beautiful, dependable addition. They thrive in the intense heat of our summers, and May through August is the perfect ...