Sweet Potatoes
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Sweet Potato Scurf Information: Treating Sweet Potatoes With Scurf
Like any plants, growing sweet potatoes can have its own challenges. Scurf on sweet potato plants is perhaps the most common of these challenges. Click on the following article for sweet potato scurf information and possible treatment.
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Sweet Potato Stem Rot – Treating Sweet Potatoes With Fusarium Rot
The fungus that causes sweet potato stem rot causes both field and storage rot. The rot can affect leaves, the stem, and the potatoes, creating large and deep lesions that ruin the tubers. You can prevent and control this infection with some simple measures. Learn more here.
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Sweet Potato Container Crops - Tips For Growing Sweet Potatoes In Containers
A perennial in its native environment, growing sweet potatoes in containers is an easy endeavor but is usually grown as an annual. For more information on how to grow sweet potatoes in a container, click here.
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Sweet Potato Companions: Best Companion Plants For Sweet Potatoes
Once you get them out in the garden, what are the plants that grow well with sweet potato vines? And what are those that don't? You can learn more about companion plants for sweet potatoes in this article. Click here.
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Sweet Potato Vine Winter Care: Tips On Winterizing Sweet Potato Vines
If you have space, you can bring your sweet potato plants indoors and grow them as houseplants until spring. Otherwise, there are several easy ways of overwintering a sweet potato vine. Click on this article to learn how.
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Information About How To Harvest Sweet Potatoes
So you've decided to grow some sweet potatoes in the garden and now you need information about when and how to harvest sweet potatoes once they've matured. Read this article to learn more.
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Sweet Potato Storage – Tips On Storing Sweet Potatoes For Winter
You can have homegrown tubers for months past the growing season if you know how to store sweet potatoes after the harvest. Sweet potato storage requires careful curing to prevent mildew and trigger the formation of sugar-producing enzymes. Learn more here.
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Potato Vine Plant Leaves: Are Sweet Potato Leaves Edible?
In the United States, most gardeners grow sweet potatoes for the big, sweet tubers. However, the leafy green tops are edible too. If you've never tried eating potato vine leaves, you're missing out. Learn more in this article.
