Step 3: Plant Slips. Sweet potatoes grow best when they are spaced 12 to 18 inches apart. Mariah Henry, director of urban ...

How to grow sweet potatoes. Gayla Trail. Special to The Globe and Mail. Published July 2, 2010. This article was published more than 14 years ago. Some information may no longer be current.

A gardener and a chef team up with advice on growing and serving sweet potatoes, including a recipe for a delicious sweet potato cake.

— Sweet potatoes take 90 to 120 days to mature. Wait to plant slips until the soil has warmed to 65 F in late May or early June. Get a head start by placing the slips in moist potting soil or ...

Sweet potatoes are hardy and attract few pests, but these plants do benefit from weed suppression and even a little bit of dressing with compost around the plant once it is growing steadily. Light ...

When I tell people that I have grown sweet potatoes as part of my summer garden, the response is often that they didn’t think you could grow them in our area. I’m happy to report that you can ...

Do not plant where sweet potatoes grew the previous year. Some growers rotate crops and grow sweet potatoes every four years because of the sweet potato weevil. More: Home & Garden news and tips.

Grow sweet potatoes 30cm apart, leaving 75cm between each row. Sweet potatoes need high temperatures of 21 to 26C, British summers usually can’t be relied upon to deliver such warm weather.

How to grow sweet potatoes in Southeast Texas By John Green , Texas Certified Expert Gardener May 13, 2024 Pallets are filled with newly harvested sweet potatoes at the Giving Field community ...