Unlike regular potatoes, sweet potatoes do not have eyes that grow into new plants. Skins contain fine roots—just like beets and carrots do—that can be coaxed into producing slips which are sweet ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweet potato sliced on a gray plate - New Africa/Shutterstock If you've ever planted potatoes in the fall, you know that growing ...

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 ...

If you're worried you don't have enough space to grow sweet potatoes outside, try this container method that lets you produce ...

Compared to other crops, not many gardeners in our area grow sweet potatoes. Traditionally they have been considered a warm climate crop. Sweet potatoes are grown by planting root sprouts called ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - “Sweet potatoes are one of those highly nutritious vegetable crops that we can grow, but there’s a little bit of prep work that has to be done in advance,” said Jayla ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sweet potatoes root prolifically and slips are started indoors in water or soil or outdoors directly in the garden. Read more here ...