Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are usually harvested about 100 to 110 days after planting or when the plant’s leaves start to yellow. Though, sweet potatoes can continue to grow after their leaves ...

With inflation eating into our wallets and grocery store prices slowly creeping up, a lot of people are trying their hands at growing their own food at home—but where to start? Some fruits and veggies ...

November is Sweet Potato Awareness Month. It coincides with the heart of harvest season and Thanksgiving, a food-centered ...

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 ...

In this masterclass, discover the secrets to growing sweet potatoes, a versatile crop that can sustain your family. The video ...

Sweet potatoes will be ready to harvest about 90 to 120 days after planting. To harvest them, cut back their vines, then use a garden fork or spade to loosen the surrounding soil. After you've gently ...

Harvest after first light frost for best results. The first frost of fall is approaching, and it’s time to think about harvesting your sweet potato crop. For best results, dig sweet potatoes after the ...

One of my readers asked me a few years ago when a person should dig up her sweet potato vines and harvest her sweet tubers. You know sweet potato is not even related to the potato, which would make ...

Sweet potato started to develop slips and consume lots of water, starting from about 2-3 oz/day to peak of around 20 oz/day ...

Question. We planted sweet potatoes in May. When will they be ready to harvest, and how do we care for the potatoes? Answer. You have been producing a great summer crop that needs about 120 days to ...

DUMMERSTON — A team of farmhands harvests a crop of sweet potatoes at Walker Farm over the summer. The idea of growing sweet potatoes at the farm began as an experiment 30 years ago. The farm ...