Growing sweet potatoes in containers lets you start earlier, manage space, and protect plants from frost. Choose compact, non-vining varieties like Bunch Porto Rico or Vardaman for easier container ...

In this video, I show you how to grow sweet potato in containers or pots. Growing sweet potato in containers is particularly useful for small spaces such as a balcony garden but can also allow for the ...

You can grow sweet potatoes indoors, provided you choose the right varieties. Experts recommend only planting slips indoors. Sweet potatoes need lots of sun, so make sure to place them in a sunny ...

If my family depended on my gardening skills, we'd starve. But I'm continuing to learn and I have had some successes thanks to helpful resources and online advice from the University of Florida and ...

Compared to other crops, not many gardeners in our area grow sweet potatoes. Traditionally they have been considered a warm climate crop. Sweet potatoes are grown by planting root sprouts called ...

Q: I remember as a child growing sweet potatoes in our kitchen window and later planting the slips in my grandmother’s garden. How can I best pass this deeply rewarding experience to the next ...

If you're looking for the right plant to grow indoors, sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) may not be the first choice to come to mind. Still, these tasty root vegetables can thrive indoors when given ...

Choosing the absolute best sweet potatoes in grocery stores may soon become unnecessary if you decide to grow them indoors instead. Sweet potatoes thrive when the world around them feels like a long ...

Despite the summer’s rains, this was a great growing season for sweet potatoes. While they are tropical plants and typically associated with being grown in more southern climates, many varieties do ...