Some fruits and veggies are more challenging to grow than others, and if you're fairly new to the gardening game, you'll ...

Sweet potatoes are great—they’re like the utility knife of root veggies: dependable, versatile, and ready for all your stews and fries. However, growing them can feel like adopting a high-maintenance ...

Once sweet potatoes are the right size, Alvernaz said the California Sweet Potato Growers turn off the water and leave them in the ground for about 10-14 days for the sugars to settle and for the ...

They are high in fiber and in vitamins A and C, making them a great addition to the vegetable garden. One baked sweet potato (about 3 1/2 ounces) contains only 141 calories (this does not include ...

Harvesting sweet potatoes begins about four months after planting when most of the sweet potatoes are free of defects, between 3 inches to 9 inches long, not more than 18 ounces in weight, and ...

Sweet potato whitefly can be controlled with Year Round Spray Oil (spray under the leaves in early morning when it’s cool) or bifenthrin. In our area, these caterpillars are fairly common, but ...

I grew Margarita ornamental sweet potato vines this year for the first time. I know that these plants will freeze over the winter. I don't know whether to pull it all out or cut it off leaving roots.

Native to the tropical parts of Central and South America, this dicot (two-seed leaves, like tomatoes and maples) is a vining plant that forms a large, dense, and often orange-fleshed tuber.

Who doesn’t love a good tuber, whether it’s the sweetness of baked sweet potatoes or the crispy-hot goodness of french fries? In Southern California, tubers can be grown quite easily. We asked ...