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 ...

Growing sweet potatoes indoors is best done from slips, which are the rooted sprouts that grow from mature sweet potatoes.

Q. Can you start ornamental sweet potato plants from the tuber? I tried once, and it rotted. — Sharon M., Tulsa. These decorative vines are very popular. They are both attractive and very easy to grow ...

Timing is everything when it comes to these delicious tubers. Sweet potatoes are ready to harvest after about 90 to 130 days in the ground. Getting this timing right is very important, as harvesting ...

Legend has it that the sweet potato vine sweet-talked its way out of the vegetable garden and into the window boxes of fine Brooklyn brownstones and cozy California cottages. The dark purple blackie ...