Curing sweet potatoes makes them sweeter and helps them last longer. Curing sweet potatoes involves drying them for several ...

Answer: Sweet potatoes should be cured to heal wounds and to convert some of the starch in the roots to sugar. The optimal conditions for curing are to expose the roots to 85-degree temperatures and ...

As a hearty root vegetable, the sweet potato is relatively easy to store, according to Benson Kimani, an agronomist. He says it is best to keep sweet potatoes in a cool, dry area that gets good ...

White potatoes are stem tubers in the nightshade family. I wrote a post about those recently: Why do Potatoes Sprout and how can You Stop Them? Sweet potatoes are not related—they are root tubers in ...

It is finally time to harvest our sweet potatoes. We planted ours in the summer, as sweet potatoes are one of the few plants that can be planted and will thrive during the peak of our summer heat.

The other day I was at the Horticulture Research Farm talking with Corey Dillon and Merle Barto about harvesting Dr. Luis Duque’s sweet potato research plots. Duque is investigating different colored ...

The humble sweet potato is both delicious and nutritious. It’s also not actually a potato at all. Harold McGee wrote in “On Food And Cooking” that the root vegetable native to northern South America ...

Growing sweet potatoes at home is easy and rewarding, yielding a delicious crop with minimal care. Start slips from healthy potatoes, plant after frost in warm, sunny, well-drained soil, then space, ...