Growing sweet potatoes in containers lets you start earlier, manage space, and protect plants from frost. Choose compact, non-vining varieties like Bunch Porto Rico or Vardaman for easier container ...

You can grow sweet potatoes indoors, provided you choose the right varieties. Experts recommend only planting slips indoors. Sweet potatoes need lots of sun, so make sure to place them in a sunny ...

Grow a glut of sweet potatoes in one container with these tips This American veg is no longer just a novelty this side of the pond – grow them in pots, in the ground or even use them as houseplants ...

Slip some of these delicious, easy-to-grow veggies into your garden this year. Sweet potatoes are tropical plants related to morning glories. They require a long, warm growing season to mature, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sweet potatoes are easy to grow—you just need a little patience. Growing sweet potatoes at home is easy and rewarding, yielding a delicious crop with minimal care. Start slips from healthy potatoes, ...

Question: I would like to plant sweet potatoes this spring. Can I start transplants in a glass of water? Answer: Many a gardener has sprouted a whole sweet potato in a drinking glass or jar of water.

Newly planted sweet potato slips. What many folks call yams in the South are actually sweet potatoes, a morning glory relative. True yams are a tropical root crop not related to sweet potatoes.

If my family depended on my gardening skills, we'd starve. But I'm continuing to learn and I have had some successes thanks to helpful resources and online advice from the University of Florida and ...