Sweet potatoes are easy to grow—you just need a little patience. Sweet potatoes have been a staple crop for millennia, and with good reason. These healthy root vegetables are full of ...

Choosing the right container is crucial for successfully growing sweet potatoes indoors. Opt for a large, deep pot with at ...

These qualities (and more) make sweet potatoes popular among gardeners. However, growing sweet potatoes at home also comes with a set of downsides, such as pest infestations, disease ...

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I have seen poinsettias growing outdoors as far north as Granada Hills but they were always planted against a wall.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes may share a name, but they actually come from very different plant families. Here's what you need to know about the health differences between potatoes and sweet ...

Sweet potatoes traveled with Christopher Columbus from the New World to Europe around the end of the fifteenth century, but unfavorable climatic conditions on the continent made them hard to grow ...

Taro root, which is poisonous if eaten raw. Potatoes. Their sprouting buds ("eyes") can grow into new plants. Sweet potatoes. These can be yellow, orange, or purple and are sweeter than regular ...

sweet potatoes are being rediscovered as a guilt-free dessert, with especially sweet and sticky varieties growing in popularity. According to the agriculture ministry, Koganesengan―a variety ...