Some fruits and veggies are more challenging to grow than others, and if you're fairly new to the gardening game, you'll ...

Within two to four weeks, slips will emerge from the sweet potato and grow into vines. "Once these reach about 6 to 8 inches in length, carefully twist them off the sweet potato," Peters says.

Plant sweet potato slips in the garden 12 to 18 inches apart in rows 3 feet apart. In hot, sunny weather, protect new transplants with row cover or overturned pots to discourage wilting and dieback.

Planting and managing potatoes. Once the soil temperature reaches 45 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, plant seed potato pieces in shallow trenches 3 to 5 inches deep with 10 to 12 inches between potato ...

Sweet potatoes are ready to harvest after about 90 to 130 days in the ground. Getting this timing right is very important, as harvesting too early or too late can impact sweet potato flavor. Keep ...

Planting and managing potatoes. Once the soil temperature reaches 45 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, plant seed potato pieces in shallow trenches 3 to 5 inches deep with 10 to 12 inches between potato ...

Ashton Ohmstede, 12, joins fellow volunteers as they dig for any remaining sweet potatoes to be harvested from a large plot at the Giving Field community garden in Beaumont Wednesday evening.

Purple-fleshed sweet potatoes need a long, warm season to produce a good crop, but the starchy, deep-purple roots of varieties such as ‘Violetta’ and ‘All Purple’ are worth the (120 day ...

Sweet potatoes often have a layer of dirt caked to their skins. This is normal—they grow underground!—but you’ll definitely want to give them a good rinse before cooking.

Sweet potato is a great crop to grow in warm to hot areas, where it can often be difficult to grow traditional potatoes. It’s a very hardy crop and one of the easiest to grow, and it provides ...