Step 3: Plant Slips. Sweet potatoes grow best when they are spaced 12 to 18 inches apart. Mariah Henry, director of urban ...

Sweet potatoes are hardy and attract few pests, but these plants do benefit from weed suppression and even a little bit of dressing with compost around the plant once it is growing steadily. Light ...

Sweet potato plants can each yield eight or more edible roots. These southern staples are sometimes bypassed for more traditional Irish potatoes, but sweets are just as versatile in soups, stews ...

The Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin shares advice about when to harvest sweet potatoes, how to root angel wing begonias shoots and tips for planting a vegetable garden in Central Florida.

But sweet potatoes are easy to grow and make a beautiful plant in your garden. Garden master Jim Duthie shows us how to grow sweet potatoes, and tells us what the difference is between sweet ...

How to grow sweet potatoes. Gayla Trail. Special to The Globe and Mail. Published July 2, 2010. ... Sweet potatoes require a notoriously long growing season - about 100 to 140 days to be exact.

-- You can plant sweet potatoes until about June 20. They need about 85 days to mature, but the longer you keep them in the ground, the bigger they'll get.-- Harvest before the first frost.

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin shares advice with area gardeners about sweet potatoes, Christmas cactus, watering, light, poinsettia, fertilizer, pruning, grass, bahia ...

Related: How to Plant Sweet Potatoes in Your Backyard, According to Experts. Signs They're Ready to Harvest. Before you go digging up your sweet potato tubers, look for signs of ripeness.