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

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 ...

Using fresh African cowpea leaves in salads offers an interesting twist on traditional greens. Their slightly bitter taste balances well with sweet fruits like mangoes or oranges. Toss them with ...

Wondering how to cure sweet potatoes after digging them up? Which varieties hold up best in storage? Read on to learn all about growing sweet potatoes at home. Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are ...

Leaves of sweet potato plants and other tissues in sweet potato are found to have good amount of vitamin B6 and other water-soluble vitamins, in a new study. Leaves of sweet potato plants and other ...

PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES: Sweet potatoes not only come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, but also in a rainbow of colors and flavor profiles. Even the leaves can be cooked and eaten like spinach and ...

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I have some favorite plants in the vegetable garden, and one of the most treasured is the sweet potato. The vining sweet potato plant shades soil, winding around peppers and eggplants, and between ...

While you might assume potatoes and sweet potatoes are quite similar, there is one key difference that actually sets them farther apart than expected.

Many gardeners new to Florida are surprised that they are a little behind when try to plant their gardens the same time they did “back home.” Most of our vegetable crops should have been planted in ...

A UC Davis graduate student traveled to Ethiopia recently to try to convince farmers and other residents to adopt a new food source: sweet potato leaves. The leaves are commonly used as livestock feed ...