Sweet potato vines (Ipomoea batatas) are ornamental versions of the sweet potato, grown for their eye-popping foliage instead of tasty tubers. This easy-to-grow plant can add dramatic flair when ...

One of my readers asked me a few years ago when a person should dig up her sweet potato vines and harvest her sweet tubers. You know sweet potato is not even related to the potato, which would make ...

Growing sweet potatoes requires patience, but the results are well worth it. In particular, it can often be challenging to know when you should harvest them, since these starchy tubers grow ...

Sweet potatoes and yams are not the same thing. Yams are herbaceous, perennial vines with a starchy tuber. They are monocots and are in the genus, Dioscorea. They are native to Africa, Asia and Latin ...

Q: What’s happening to this sweet potato vine? One of our sweet potato tubers developed a bud and I planted it. Any ideas to help the plant? A: Congratulations on starting a sweet potato vine! Over ...