Sweet Potato Archives

How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Sweet Potatoes

How to Harvest and Store Sweet Potatoes

in Tuber Vegetables

When to Plant Sweet Potatoes

by Stephen Albert

Plant sweet potato sprouts (called “slips”) in the garden 2 to 3 weeks after the last frost. Night temperatures must stay warmer than 60°F (16°C) and the soil temperature should be at least 65°F (18°C) for sweet potatoes to thrive. Start purchased slips or sprout your own about 6 to 8 weeks before setting sprouts […] More
in Plant, Seed Starting, Seed Starting Specific Crops

Sweet Potato Plant Starting Tips

by Stephen Albert

Sweet potatoes are a warm-weather crop. They require a long, hot growing season. Sweet potatoes are grown from rooted cuttings, called “slips” or “draws”. Slips are best started indoors from sweet potato tubers. Slips stated indoors take about 12 weeks to reach transplant size. Transplant sweet potato slips into the garden after all danger of […] More
in Breakfast and Brunch, Recipes

Sweet Potato Pancakes

by Stephen Albert

Serve sweet potato pancakes with bacon and eggs at breakfast or as a side dish with chicken or ham at supper time. These pancakes aren’t too far a cry from sweet potato pie but just enough. And they aren’t the boiled and mashed sweet potatoes you serve alongside turkey and mashed potatoes. Maple syrup or […] More
in Guides, Pests Diseases Problems

Sweet Potato Growing Problems: Troubleshooting

by Stephen Albert

Sweet potatoes require loose, well-drained soil and about 100 very warm days. Sweet potatoes are usually grown from slips started from roots (to start your own add another 40 days). Set sweet potato starts into the garden about the same time you set out tomato transplants in spring. For sweet potato growing tips see Sweet Potato […] More
in Best Bet Varieties, How to Grow, Tuber Vegetables

Sweet Potatoes: Short-Summer Varieties

by Stephen Albert

Sweet potatoes in 100 days! Sweet potatoes started from slips–rooted sprouts–purchased at the garden center or from a seed catalog can be harvested in about 100 days, even less. Short-season sweet potato varieties include ‘Beauregard’, ‘Centennial’, and ‘Georgia Jet.’ These three planted from slips will be ready for harvest in 80 to 90 days. Varieties […] More
in Prepare, Tuber Vegetables

How to Cook Sweet Potatoes

by Stephen Albert

Sweet potatoes can be cooked and prepared in just about every way a potato can. Two Types of Sweet Potato There are two main types of sweet potato (although there are more than 400 varieties): one has orange flesh and becomes soft and moist when cooked, and the other has white flesh and becomes relatively […] More