When you know how to grow a sweet potato in water, you can get a dozen or more slips for free that you can plant in your ...

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho — We all know that potatoes are a big crop here in Idaho, but have you ever tried growing sweet potatoes? Believe it or not, sweet potatoes aren’t really related to the regular potatoes ...

In fact, the perks associated with growing sweet potatoes extend beyond nutrition to the very health of your planting environment. In most gardens, sweet potatoes can actually help maximize growing ...

We have experienced torrential rainfall the past few days, with some Southeast Texas areas receiving more than 20 inches of rain. Spring weather and climate patterns constantly change, and this ...

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 ...

Q. I’ve always grown sweet potatoes, but I’m new to California and the Redding area. I went to order starts from a catalog and it stated that they will not ship sweet potatoes to California. Can I ...