Growing sweet potatoes is one of life’s simple pleasures. The slips (starter vines) are easy to grow and, once planted, can turn into a bounty of delicious tubers. But what if, after patiently waiting 90 to 120 days until harvest, you finally dig up the soil only to discover that…
On occasion, you may come across a potato or a sweet potato whose flesh or skin has a green tint. What causes the abnormal color, and is the potato safe to eat? We’ll answer these questions and more in this helpful article. What Causes Potatoes to Turn Green? Potatoes, also called tubers,…
Learn how to identify sweet potato scurf and distinguish it from other fungal diseases. Also, learn how you can prevent it from taking over the harvest. And discover whether or not you can eat infected tubers.
Sweet potatoes are a popular crop with home gardeners and commercial growers alike. The sweet root vegetable is easy to grow and a nutritious side dish to be enjoyed throughout the year, not just at Thanksgiving. But just like other root vegetables such as carrots, turnips, and beets, sweet potatoes…
Learn how to identify and organically eliminate this destructive pest so it won't destroy your sweet potato crop!
Many people use the terms yam and sweet potato interchangeably. Although both grow as tubers, they are two different vegetables. So, what’s the difference? Yams Yams are members of the Dioscoreaceae family and are botanically unrelated to sweet potatoes. The cylindrical-shaped tubers have a dry, starchy flesh and a roughly…
Sweet potatoes are a versatile and nutritious root vegetable that is easy to grow. In this post, you will learn how to grow them in containers or raised beds for an epic harvest. Although we tend to place sweet potatoes in the same category as white-flesh potatoes like Russet and…
Sweet potatoes are nutritious and delicious root vegetables that are easy to grow in beds or containers. Root vegetables like carrots, turnips, and beets are grown from seed, but sweet potatoes are grown from slips. Slips are short vines that have sprouted from a mature sweet potato. You can purchase slips online…