Sweet Potato

The other essential is rich, well-draining soil. Mixing in compost or rotted manure before planting is a must. Other than that, sweet potatoes need little… Read More »Can You Grow Sweet Potatoes In Manure?

It generally takes about 120 days for sweet potatoes to mature after planting the slips, so once your slips are in the ground, mark your… Read More »How Long Do You Age Sweet Potatoes?

Spread on planting beds like mulch, grounds are said to repel cats, fertilize soil, kill slugs and keep weeds at bay. A coffee mulch is… Read More »What Should You Not Use Coffee Grounds For?

Sweet potato is a soil conserving crop. The total fresh residue mass of sweet potato (root and shoot) ranges from 69,000 lbs to 75,000 lbs/acre… Read More »Do Sweet Potatoes Deplete The Soil?

blunt end. The standard answer is that the blunt end of the sweet potato is the top and the end tapering to a point is… Read More »Which Side Is The Top Of A Sweet Potato?

Keep the top 1/3 of the potato exposed by placing toothpicks into the sides. The pointed end should be down in the water. Do potato… Read More »Which Side Of Potato Goes In Water?

If you’ve never grown sweet potatoes before, it can be great fun to grow your own slips from small or medium-size sweet potatoes purchased at… Read More »How Long Does It Take To Grow Potato Slips?

To begin with, dig a trench that is 6-8 inches deep. Plant each piece of potato (cut side down, with the eyes pointing up) every… Read More »How Far Apart Do You Plant Potato Slips?

Stop Watering 1-3 Days Before Harvest – After flushing, in the final days of harvest, you can further stress your plants by stopping watering. You… Read More »When Should I Stop Watering Before Harvesting?

Sweet potatoes are a nutritious choice Sweet potatoes have 10 times more vitamin A than regular white potatoes. Sweet potatoes contain carotenoids. Does size of… Read More »Are Bigger Sweet Potatoes Better?