Two sweet potato tubers sitting on a freshly prepared raised garden bed next to three young sweet potato plants - La Huertina De Toni/Shutterstock ...

DEAR HELOISE: When I was a little girl, my mother used to start a plant with a sweet potato just by rooting it in a vase of water. Do you know anything about such a plant? I don't recall this ever ...

Slips dislike cold weather, so it's usually advisable to wait until one month after your last frost date if you're planting sweet potatoes in the ground. However, for containers, it may be possible to ...

One of my readers asked me recently when a person should dig up her sweet potato vines and harvest her sweet tubers. Despite its name sweet potato is not a true potato. Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) ...

You might want to consider planting a Hawaiian heritage plant that can add an attractive ground cover that is good for your garden while providing an edible staple that is good for you. Known in ...

Have you ever grown sweet potatoes in your garden beds, a large container, or a grow bag? As these vines need plenty of warmth to produce their favorable tubers, and it can take from 85 to 120 days ...